Improvised medication spacer
A nurse practitioner shares instructions for making an asthma medication spacer to use in emergency situations out of every day materials.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Mysterious stomach pain when coughing
Could a liver infarct be the cause of a patient’s dull, intermittent pain in the right-upper-quadrant? Or is something else to blame?
Easing children’s anxiety over cast removal
Cast saws can be terrifying for children. An orthopedic physician assistant shares a tip to help ease pediatric patient’s fear.
The devil is in the “D-TAILS”
A nurse practitioner shares a useful mnemonic device for taking thorough patient histories.
“Alarming” teen contraceptive-pill compliance
Teens often tell me they forget to take their birth-control pills (BCPs), sometimes as often as three or more times per cycle.
Next step for endometrial hyperplasia
How would you proceed with a 64-year-old woman who has complex endometrial hyperplasia and secretory changes?
Use caution providing medical advice via telephone
A young clinician working in a depressed urban area gives medical advice over the phone to a mother concerned about her child’s abdominal pain, and then must pay the consequences.
Testing for cold intolerance
An elderly man complains of feeling cold all the time, even though the weather is warm.
Sesame oil to lower BP?
Can substituting dietary corn oil with sesame oil reduce blood pressure?
Stopping warfarin before cataract surgery
Does an individual undergoing cataract surgery with standby or local anesthesia need a full workup if he or she has been stable on current medications, regardless of medical history?
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