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Diverticulitis: Evaluation and Management
Diverticulitis is a result of acute inflammation of colonic diverticulum. Acute diverticulitis is placing an increasing burden on health care resources as the incidence, prevalence, and hospital admission rate is rapidly increasing. Its timely diagnosis and treatment are essential to help improve outcomes for patients. The ability to recognize complicated versus uncomplicated diverticulitis can aid in expedited care and resource allocation to prevent repeat radiation exposure through radiological imaging of these patients who present with uncomplicated diverticulitis.
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute metabolic disorder characterized by markedly increased circulating ketone bodies leading to ketoacidosis in the presence of prolonged hyperglycemia due to an absence of insulin. Diabetic ketoacidosis may present in subjects with Type 1 diabetes mellitus with an absolute or relative insulin deficiency or in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus due to relative insulin deficiency. Diabetic ketoacidosis commonly occurs at the onset of Type 1 diabetes mellitus but also may occur from withdrawal or omission of insulin therapy due to psychiatric, social, or economic reasons or due to increased insulin requirements during an acute illness.
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea
MONOGRAPH: Continuous positive airway pressure devices remain the mainstay of treatment. If CPAP is poorly tolerated, here are your options.
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Urinary Tract Infection
MONOGRAPH: More than 8 million medical visits per year are for the chief complaint of UTI and the diagnosis accounts for 100,000 admissions annually.
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Strategies to Improve Opioid Prescribing
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Drug Interactions and the Medical Home
MONOGRAPH: Drug-to-drug interactions are a concern of increasing significance at all levels of health care.
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The Devalued Body: Symptoms of BPD in Mental Health and Medical Settings
Borderline personality disorder is a complex dysfunction often caused by childhood trauma and it may result in your patients harming themselves.
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Vitamin D: Health and Disease
A few years ago, vitamin E was deemed to be an extremely important nutrient required to maintain health, prevent or delay several disorders, and prolong life. However, many clinical trials involving intervention with supplemental administration of vitamin E failed to establish or confirm these benefits. A similar prominence is being afforded at present to vitamin D because of relationships being documented between vitamin D deficiency and multiple outcomes, including several disorders and mortality. -
Childhood Obesity in Practice
Obesity currently is the nation's greatest public health challenge. Serious chronic disorders are rising rapidly among children, teens, and young adults. -
Hypertension
The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure is currently updating its work in JNC-7 in an effort to help physicians provide safe, effective, and patient-centered care for those with elevated blood pressure.