By Anna Hirsch
Peer Reviewed
The use of opioid medications for chronic low back pain, or for any chronic non-cancer pain complaint, is still a source of controversy in the …
By Anna Hirsch
Peer Reviewed
The use of opioid medications for chronic low back pain, or for any chronic non-cancer pain complaint, is still a source of controversy in the …
By Thatcher Heumann, MD
Peer Reviewed
Background
Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) are a class of medications consisting of the thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran (Pradaxa), and the factor Xa inhibitors, rivaroxaban (Xarelto), apixaban (Eliquis), and edoxaban (Savaysa). …
By Gerardo Velez
Peer Reviewed
Mr. H is a 71-year-old patient with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who came in for his routine follow-up. He recently saw the podiatrist for some foot pain and is …
By Jamie Oliver
Peer Reviewed
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US.[1]Almost all CRC develops from precancerous polyps, and with appropriate colonoscopy screening most polyps can be detected …
By Allison Guttmann, MD
Peer Reviewed
A middle-aged woman presents to the Emergency Department with 1 week of calf-pain and swelling. A venous duplex ultrasound reveals a non-compressible popliteal vein suggestive of deep …
By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD
Peer Reviewed
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an increasingly prevalent disorder that has well described associations with cardiovascular disease. OSA affects approximately 20–30% of males and 10–15% of females in North …
By Rebecca Lazarus, MD
Peer Reviewed
The concept of lactate is frequently on the tip of the tongue or top of the to-do list in the hospital setting. As a new hospitalist, I …
By Kevin Rezzadeh
Peer Reviewed
Injuries associated with amateur boxing include facial lacerations, hand injuries, and bruised ribs.1 While many of the superficial wounds and bone fractures can completely heal, brain damage …