By Sara Stream, MD
Peer Reviewed
As resident physicians, we are taught to supplement serum potassium to a goal level of 4.0 mEq/L in all hospitalized patients. While the dangers of severe potassium abnormalities are well established, the …
By Sara Stream, MD
Peer Reviewed
As resident physicians, we are taught to supplement serum potassium to a goal level of 4.0 mEq/L in all hospitalized patients. While the dangers of severe potassium abnormalities are well established, the …
By Maxine Wallis Stachel, MD
Peer Reviewed
The Scale of the Problem
Despite decades of rigorous data collection, drug research, patient education and evidence-based practice, ischemic heart disease (IHD) and congestive heart failure (CHF) remain among the most …
By Lauren Christene Strazzulla
Peer Reviewed
The lifetime risk for developing heart failure from age 55 on is 33% for men and 28.5% for women, and as the population ages, there is an increasing prevalence of this …
By Gabriel Lutz
Peer Reviewed
Due to the pervasiveness of television and print marketing of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) in a multitude of flavors and device designs, e-cig use is on the rise in the …
By Alexa Yuen
Peer Reviewed
According to the CDC, there are 22 million people with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in the United States, but more frightening is that the rate of …
By Chio Yokose, MD and Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
All but a lucky few of us will one day see our locks lose their color. But what is the physiologic basis for …
By Martin Fried, MD
Peer Reviewed
Welcome to Gamechangers, a series that takes a critical look at the latest in medical literature to answer one important question: would the results of this article …
By Jenna Conway, MD
Peer Reviewed
Introduction
A 58-year-old man presents with worsening dyspnea and nonproductive cough for five days. Significant history includes a recent hospitalization for congestive heart failure. He is afebrile with …