By Nicholas Beccarino, MD
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Learning Objectives:
Case Summary:
A 33-year-old …
By Ofer Fass, MD
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Introduction
QT interval prolongation is a common side effect shared among the most effective antiemetic classes. The risk of QT prolongation is exacerbated by electrolyte abnormalities observed in …
By Keshav Mangalick, MD
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With medicine advancing at such a rapid pace, it is crucial for physicians to keep up with the medical literature. This can quickly …
By Varun Subashchandran
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Heart failure is a common health condition that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The American Heart Association estimates a prevalence of 6.2 million people in the United States between 2013 and 2016.1 In an international pooled analysis of 1506 patients with chronic heart failure, …
By Daniel Gratch, MD
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In 150 AD, Greek physician and philosopher Galen wrote of a woman suffering from insomnia: “I was convinced the woman was afflicted not by a bodily disease, but rather …
By Elana Kreiger-Benson
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“I’m not actually planning to try it,” the patient whispered to me while I was feeling her radial pulses. We had just finished an extensive conversation with her primary care …
By Austin Cheng, MD
Peer Reviewed
As a resident in internal medicine, hearing the words ‘Loop of Henle’ brings back memories from early medical school of complex diagrams of anatomy, ion transporters embedded …
By Victoria Gore, MD
Peer Reviewed
With medicine advancing at such a rapid pace, it is crucial for physicians to keep up with the medical literature. This can quickly …