CHRISTA M. GEORGE, LUCY L. BRUIJN, KAYLEY WILL, AMANDA HOWARD-THOMPSON
Managing blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus begins with nutrition counseling, exercise, and pharmacologic therapies. Metformin is the first-line choice of hypoglycemic agents because it is the only medication shown to reduce mortality and diabetes...
GEORGE G.A. PUJALTE, SHIRLEY A. ALBANO-ALUQUIN
When pain in a joint or joints is confirmed, it should be classified as inflammatory or noninflammatory in origin. This can be determined through history and physical examination findings. The differential diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis can be narrowed based on pattern...
CRAIG BARSTOW, CAITLYN RERUCHA
Most children with short or tall stature, defined as height two standard deviations from the mean, have a normal variant in growth. However, height three standard deviations from the mean increases the chance of the child having a pathologic condition. The initial evaluation...
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ALLEN F. SHAUGHNESSY, DEBORAH R. ERLICH, DAVID C. SLAWSON
Clinicians need to consider the best available research findings, their own experience, and their patients' needs and values.
AMY CRAWFORD-FAUCHER, R. MICHAEL HUIJON
Based on low-quality evidence, levetiracetam was found to be ineffective for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain symptoms. Moreover, patients who were taking levetiracetam experienced adverse effects at a significantly higher rate than those who were taking placebo.
HENRY C. BARRY
These two randomized trials, one with short-term outcomes and the other with five-year outcomes, demonstrate that carotid artery stenting results in more frequent strokes (clinical and radiographically detected) than carotid endarterectomy (CEA). However, the rate of fatal...
ALLEN F. SHAUGHNESSY
MARK H. EBELL
A new 9-valent HPV vaccine is generally similar in effectiveness to the older quadrivalent vaccine. There is a small benefit of the new vaccine compared with the older vaccine for women who are initially uninfected (2.4 vs. 4.2 cases per 1,000 person-years), but you would...
DAVID SLAWSON
The use of concomitant NSAIDs in adults who receive antithrombotic therapy after MI increases the risk of serious bleeding complications and recurrent adverse CV events. This study found the highest risk among users of celecoxib (Celebrex) and diclofenac, and the lowest risk...
JEFFREY J. BIDINGER, ROSS A. VANDERHOOF
A woman presented with a mildly pruritic eruption that began one week after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and gradually worsened.
SUFIAN ZAYED, DIANE J. MADLON-KAY
Is recombinant growth hormone (rGH) effective in the treatment of idiopathic short stature in children?
LISA HAUK
• Head and neck imaging should not be performed to specifically assess tinnitus in the absence of localization to one ear, pulsatile tinnitus, focal neurologic findings, or asymmetric hearing loss.
GARY GREEN
Studies show that 1 in 15 patients successfully quit smoking and 1 in 94 patients experienced chest pain or palpitations. Want to know more?
HUGH SILK
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