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Clinical Correlations
Spotlight: Hepatic Encephalopathy and TIPS: A Clinical Vignette
April 26, 2017
By Samantha Kass Newman, MD
Peer Reviewed
Today marks the first publication of the new Spotlight series in Clinical Correlations. This series uses case vignettes to explore diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of a wide …
Optimism
January 25, 2017
By Adam Blaisdell
Peer Reviewed
Present Day – The patient is a 61 year-old male who presents with a one-week history of jaundice and intense pruritus. He has a medical …
PTH versus PTHrP — Small Differences, Big Implications
March 3, 2016
Samantha Kass Newman, MD
Peer ReviewedÂ
A 48-year-old depressed male smoker with a bit of an alcohol problem presents to the emergency department with worsening fatigue, severe lower back pain, constipation, …
Are We Overusing Proton Pump Inhibitors?
November 13, 2015
By Shimwoo Lee
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 31-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. His home medications included esomeprazole. When asked why he was receiving this …
Proton Pump Inhibitors: Acid Suppression with a Nutritional Cost
June 13, 2014
By Dana Zalkin
Peer Reviewed
In the late 1970s evidence began to emerge that a newly discovered pump, a H+/K+ ATPase in the gastric mucosa, was the final step in the process …
Proton Pump Inhibitors and Clostridium Difficile Infection
March 20, 2014
By Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
First introduced in the late 1980s, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have revolutionized the treatment of gastric acid-related disorders and have been described as a miracle drug …
Can Young Patients Get Diverticular Disease?
January 23, 2014
By Aaron Smith, MD
Peer Reviewed
Case: A 35 year-old, overweight female presents to the emergency room with five days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. The pain is 10/10 in …