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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in adults above 50 years of age. GCA is a rheumatological emergency. Rapid diagnosis and treatment are required to reduce the risk of ...
Dr. Mark Adrian Dr. Adrian is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with subspecialty training in Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine. He has a special interest in the evaluation and non ...
Whether or not to use systemic corticosteroids to treat a skin disease By Dr. Eileen Murray on October 3, 2017 ...
Up until recently, pain management with IUDs (intrauterine devices) insertion was not commonly performed, as most users were multiparous women and the insertion was reasonably straightforward. However ...
In my office, we are fielding increasing patient questions about pneumococcal vaccines as COVID pandemic concerns are focussing attention on vaccine-preventable respiratory illness. People are seeing ...
We frequently encounter questions about the interpretation of syphilis serology and about the appropriate treatment of various clinical stages of syphilis.
Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic skin disorder with a remitting and relapsing clinical course. Women commonly present with severe vulvar itch and an urge to scratch the skin. The recommended ...
Acknowledgments: I would like to thank Dr. Lisa Erlanger, Dr. Maya Rosenkrantz, Maria Oswald, Andrew Brown, and Ljuba Pavlovich for their helpful edits and suggestions. Medical school taught me that ...
Acute onset of monocular flashes and/or floaters is a common presentation to primary care providers. Most often, this represents a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), an age-related condition with a ...
Antibiotic treatment duration decision-making is fundamentally a balance of expected benefit and harm. Anchoring our expectations of benefit and harm with the most current literature can better inform ...
New asthma and COPD guidelines are changing the way we provide respiratory care; SABDs, such as salbutamol and ipratropium, are no longer the mainstay treatment for both conditions. Importantly, SABD ...
Until about 3-4 years ago, I obtained swabs from the endocervix for the diagnosis of chlamydia and gonorrhea. In women with symptoms of vaginitis, swabs were obtained from the lateral vaginal walls ...
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