<div class="column"><p><span>ABSTRACT: Current guidelines recommend screening patients with diabetes for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) using measurements of kidney damage...
<p>A 6-year-old girl with painful oral lesion. The pain intensified when she ate or drank anything sour or salty. She had similar painful lesions in the oral cavity before. No history of...
Andrew L. Chan, MD, MB, FCCP, FRCP; Jordan D. Fein, MD; Timothy E. Albertson, MD, PhD, FRCP
<p>THE CASE:&nbsp;An 81-year-old retired obstetrician who had never smoked tobacco presented with a 6-week history of cough with clear sputum, fever, chills, and a 30-lb weight&nbsp;loss. He...
<div class="column"><p><span>During the evaluation of a 15-year-old boy with an injury to the right foot, an unexpected radiographic finding was noted.<br> The lateral...
<div class="column"><p>A 41-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 3-day history of left thigh pain and swelling.&nbsp;She denied any precipitating trau-...
<P>This rash on both palms concerned a 35-year-old hairdresser, who said she always wears vinyl gloves while working. She recalled using a new hair coloring product on a client a few days...
<P>For the past 2 weeks, a 13-year-old African American girl had fever and blisters on her lips. Two days earlier, a rash appeared under her arm and on her face. The rash caused slight discomfort,...
Dr Petty was among the first to expound on the importance of patient education in chronic lung diseases. He understood the pain and suffering endured by patients with chronic lung diseases, particularly...
<div class="column"><p><span>For the past few years, itchy red bumps have appeared on a 59-year-old man’s trunk during the winter; the lesions slowly resolve as the weather...
<p>A renal mass was found incidentally in a 69-year-old man during his hospitalization for an episode of sigmoid diverticulitis. Abdominal CT scans with and without contrast demonstrated the presence...
<div class="column"><p><span>The likelihood that patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will start stimulant medication can generally be identified at the...
<p><span>Dr </span><span>Steven King is commended for sharing in his recent article that benzodiazepines are contraindicated in pain management as&nbsp;well as for stating the...
