The US Food and Drug Administration recently granted an approved indication for the first fixed-dose combination antihypertensive (amlodipine) and nonsteroidal…
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting as Hypophysitis
A 20-year-old healthy woman presented to a local hospital with 3 months of headaches and fatigue and 3 weeks of…
Assessment and Treatment of Physician Speechlessness
What does a doctor say when words don’t come? Such was my dilemma several years ago on an inpatient psychiatric…
The Art of Nitpicking
Star Trek fans enjoy nitpicking over trivia from the popular TV series. One example comes from the episode called This…
Program Coordinator Professional Development: Definition, Perception of Importance, Motivating Factors, and Barriers
The graduate medical education (GME) coordinator role has continued to evolve over the past decade and even more so within…
Spironolactone and Outcomes in Older Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
The efficacy of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists or aldosterone antagonists in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is well known.…
The Computerized ECG: Friend and Foe
Computerized interpretation of the electrocardiogram (ECG) began in the 1950s when conversion of its analog signal to digital form became…
Lift Then Shift: Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
A transient paralysis was precipitated by thyroid dysfunction. The patient, a 29-year-old man, woke up with diffuse muscle pain and…
Doubling of Hemoglobin A1c on PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy
A 70-year-old man with history of cerebrovascular accident, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with polyuria, polydipsia, and weight…
Betrixaban: Safely Reducing Venous Thromboembolic Events with Extended Prophylaxis
Although venous thromboembolism prophylaxis of acute medically ill patients is commonly employed, a percentage of high-risk patients still have venous…