Consultations

Avoiding lactic acidosis

February 27, 2009

How high can creatinine go before you must...
 

Musculoskeletal effects of diabetes

February 26, 2009

A 48-year-old Caucasian woman diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 10 complains of stiffness in her wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles.
 

Who should have carotid ultrasound?

February 25, 2009

More and more offices are performing their own carotid ultrasounds. In light of recent guidelines published by...
 

Skin tag removal

February 24, 2009

What is the best way to minimize scarring in the removal of skin tags? I find that cryotherapy results in...
 

Switch cholesterol therapy?

February 23, 2009

 

Both sides of the fever coin

February 19, 2009

Is there any validity to statements by patients that their basal temperature is always low and...
 
 

Anxiety and cardiac disorders

February 16, 2009

I have read that anxiety can be an early symptom of cardiac disorders. What screening tests would help clinicians detect...
 

Anticoagulation in Cardiomyopathy?

February 13, 2009

Is there a role for anticoagulation in a patient who has nonischemic cardiomyopathy with...
 

Is chemotherapy working?

February 12, 2009

A 67-year-old man with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer has had two sessions of...
 

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