More on triglycerides, the forgotten lipid
Investigators find that triglyceride levels are an independent risk factor for heart disease.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Emergency department triage protocol
Our hospital begins workups in the lobby waiting area and orders with limited patient history and evaluation.
Are LDL goals permanent?
Does a single Framingham Risk score >20% permanently establish the LDL goal at 100?
Chronic suppressive antiviral therapy for herpes labialis
What information do you have on resistance rates among antivirals for herpes simplex virus?
Does fibromyalgia require sleep testing?
Should all patients with fibromyalgia undergo sleep studies?
Low libido in women
What diagnostic options and treatments are available for women in their late 20s and early 30s who complain of loss of libido?
When SSRIs are not enough for depression
Consider buspirone or mirtazapine as an additive agent.
Pediatric diabetes treatment
What treatment is recommended for obese children with elevated insulin levels and normal fasting blood sugar?
Shingles vaccine after lymphoma treatment
Is it safe for a patient who underwent chemotherapy to receive the herpes zoster vaccine?
Test for malignant hyperthermia?
A healthy 8-year-old boy needs elective oral surgery for excision of an extra tooth. His paternal great-great-uncle died of suspected malignant hyperthermia (MH). The boy’s mother has had two cesarean sections and his father has had oral surgery several times, all without incident. When the patient’s younger brother had a tooth removed at the age…
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