Volume 45 - Issue 4 - April 2005

Consultant

What's the Take Home?
What's the Take Home?
Hypertension in a Pregnant Woman
04/30/2011
Lawrence I. Kaplan, MD; Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 35-year-old woman who is pregnant for the first time has had elevated blood pressure since she first presented for prenatal care at 28 weeks' gestation.
04/30/2011
Asymptomatic Celiac Disease
Asymptomatic Celiac Disease
Should Patients With Asymptomatic Celiac Disease Forgo Gluten?
04/30/2011
I do not advocate a gluten-free diet for asymptomatic patients who have a positive blood screening test.
04/30/2011
What’s Wrong With This Picture? Man With Fever, Chills, and a History of Injection Drug Use
08/20/2005
Which clues on the patient’s chest film point to the cause of symptoms that also include myalgia and dry cough?
08/20/2005
Practical Pointers: Discover Shortcuts Devised by Colleagues (April 2005)
04/21/2005
Discover Shortcuts Devised by Colleagues
04/21/2005
Photoclinic: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
04/21/2005
The incidence of thrombocytopenia after use of low molecular weight heparin has not been documented in large studies.
04/21/2005
Gout
Gout
Photoclinic: Gouty Tophus
04/21/2005
A 70-year-old man sought medical attention for a white lesion with surrounding erythema on the thumb of his right hand.
04/21/2005
Dry Eye Disease
Dry Eye Disease
Aged Woman With Bags Above Her Eyes
04/21/2005
This case is a first for “What’s Your Diagnosis?”: it focuses on a mistake in diagnostic reasoning.
04/21/2005
Photoclinic: Angiomyolipoma
04/21/2005
A 45-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe left flank pain, tachycardia, and hypotension of about 48 hours’ duration.
04/21/2005
Photo Quiz: Do You Recognize These Nail Disorders?
04/21/2005
Yellow, thickened nail plates; complete or partial loss of fingernails; asymptomatic greenish black discoloration—what do you suspect is the underlying cause in these cases?
04/21/2005
Multiple Supraclavicular Nodes
04/21/2005
A 45-year-old Asian man presents with a 3-week history of weight loss, poor appetite, fatigue, intermittent sweats, and a nonproductive cough.
04/21/2005
Photoclinic: Tinea Corporis in an Immunocompromised Child
04/21/2005
Two ringed, extremely pruritic lesions were noted on a 6-year-old girl receiving immunosuppressive therapy after she had undergone heart transplantation.
04/21/2005
Strategies to Promote Successful Aging: Part 1, What Patients Can Do
04/21/2005
How can you help your patients live longer—and well? Here: a guide to helping patients help themselves.
04/21/2005
Guidelines for Protecting Women’s Hearts
04/21/2005
Cardiovascular disease is the chief cause of death among women.
04/21/2005
What's Wrong With This Picture: Woman With Sudden Drop in Platelet Count
04/21/2005
What do the clinical history and peripheral smear suggest is the cause?
04/21/2005
Photo Essay: Unusual Optic Nerve Findings
04/20/2005
Five cases of optic nerve damage.
04/20/2005
Photoclinic: Rectal Prolapse
04/20/2005
An 83-year-old woman with a history of mild dementia and hypertension presented with rectal bleeding.
04/20/2005
Matters of the Heart and Other Organs: Weight Loss Benefits Go Beyond BP Control
04/20/2005
How important is control of obesity in the treatment of hypertension?
04/20/2005
Dermclinic: A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills (April 2005)
04/20/2005
A tender vesicular rash; chronic paronychia; a pruritic, slowly enlarging eruption—can you identify the disorders pictured here?
04/20/2005
Molluscum or Sebaceous Hyperplasia?
04/20/2005
We diagnosed molluscum contagiosum based on the umbilicated morphology of the lesions and their pearly white appearance.
04/20/2005
High LDL and HDL: Is Drug Therapy Required?
04/20/2005
Would measurement of homocysteine and lipoprotein (a) levels be useful to clarify further her risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease?
04/20/2005
Asthma: What Next When Your Patient Doesn't Respond to Therapy?
04/20/2005
The burden of responsibility for asthma therapy lies with the patient.
04/20/2005
C-Reactive Protein: A Promising New Marker of Cardiovascular Risk?
04/20/2005
Biomarkers of inflammation have become the subject of intense research interest.
04/20/2005
A "Slightly High PSA: When Should You Call the Urologist?
04/20/2005
Prostate cancer detection and treatment have been profoundly affected by the advent of PSA testing.
04/20/2005
What Do These Images Reveal: Knee Pain in an Adolescent Soccer Player
04/20/2005
What clues do these films provide about the cause of knee pain in an adolescent soccer player?
04/20/2005