Accessing a relative’s charts
A medical center takes issue with a clinician who uses her employee access to view her ex-husband’s medical records.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Adherence and hypertension in the geriatric patient
Addressing factors that lead to lack of adherence to antihypertensive therapy in elderly patients is crucial to improving outcomes.
An unusual cause of respiratory distress in an infant
A congenital condition is found in an infant with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms.
Steps for improving health literacy
Communicating well with your patients will lead to better provider/patient relationships, better health outcomes, and reduced healthcare disparities.
What our words say about ourselves
The words that we use and how we use them ultimately reflect what we think of ourselves.
Salivary duct stone
After 36 hours, a patient with a salivary duct stone shows limited improvement.
Endometriosis is linked to higher risk for heart disease
The link is elevated in women 40 years of age or younger.
Clozapine use and neutropenia
Low dose lithium can bring return absolute neutrophil count (ANC) to normal levels.
Survival unimproved with deferred second defibrillation
Deferred defibrillation was not associated with improved survival.
Obtaining a urine specimen in a child
Turn a challenge into a game for your patient.
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