Applied Evidence
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Applied Evidence
Neuroendocrine dysfunction following mild TBI: When to screen for it
Consider lab studies when suggestive symptoms last >3 months, or if delayed symptoms appear anytime up to 3 years after the injury.
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Applied Evidence
Abnormal bleeding in your female patient? Consider a progestin IUD
Abnormal bleeding is common in women of childbearing age. For some, insertion of a levonorgestrel-releasing IUD—easily done in a family practice...
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Applied Evidence
Is a novel anticoagulant right for your patient?
There are many reasons to consider prescribing the new oral anticoagulants—although for some patients, warfarin remains the better option. The...
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Applied Evidence
Caring for Asian immigrants: Tips on culture that can enhance patient care
Attentiveness to a few Asian social conventions and use of a cross-cultural interview technique such as the LEARN model are among the many means...
Case Reports
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Case Reports
Nausea, blurry vision, hallucinations—Dx?
Clinical Inquiries
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Clinical Inquiries
What is the best imaging method for patients with a presumed acute stroke?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: It depends on whether the stroke is schemic or hemorrhagic. For early detection of ischemic stroke, magnetic resonance...
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Clinical Inquiries
What is the best approach to goiter in euthyroid patients?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: In the absence of outcome studies, experts recommend ultrasound evaluation of nontoxic mulinodular goiters (MNG) followed...
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Clinical Inquiries
Whom should you test for secondary causes of hypertension?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: IT'S RECOMMENDED that all children and adolescents with a new diagnosis of hypertension undergo renal ultrasound and...
Commentary
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Commentary
A new year—and new features
Medical Verdicts
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Medical Verdicts
Lung cancer found belatedly despite multiple chest radiographs
Photo Rounds
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Photo Rounds
Recurrent vesicular eruption on the right hand
The 8-year-old boy was otherwise healthy. So what was causing these painful lesions to erupt on his hand?
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Photo Rounds
Mass on hard palate
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Photo Rounds
Jaw pain
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Photo Rounds
Rash on trunk
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Photo Rounds
Papillae on tongue
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Photo Rounds
Painful toes
PURLs
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PURLs
Steroids for acute COPD—but for how long?
Not only was a shorter course of glucocorticoid therapy as effective as a 14-day regimen, but there was no difference in the time to next...
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PURLs
Low-dose penicillin for recurrent cellulitis?
Giving patients with leg cellulitis low-dose penicillin helps prevent recurrence, this study shows—but optimal dose and duration are still unknown...
Watch & Learn
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Watch & Learn
Punch biopsy
Watch & Learn A how-to video series