Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults
Diagnosis H&P: Risk factors. Common Presentation: Patient with risk factors presents with dysphagia with or without unintentional weight loss. Dysphagia starts with solids first, then advances to liquids as the disease progresses. Diagnostic studies -Upper...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds
-Increased pain with lumbar spine extension is consistent with lumbar spinal stenosis. -Pain gets worse with spine extension. Spinal flexion reduces the pain. Why? “Spinal extension that increases lumbar lordosis decreases the cross-sectional area of the spinal...
Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/1101/p1537.html
Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults
Hohenwalter EJ. Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: Diagnosis and Treatment. Seminars in Interventional Radiology. 2009;26(4):345-351. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036470/
Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults
“An 82-year-old white male consults you following several syncopal episodes that are clearly orthostatic in nature. During the course of your evaluation, you find that he has a large tongue, mild cardiomegaly, and findings that suggest bilateral carpal tunnel...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
Background Definition: Pernicious anemia is caused by a lack of intrinsic factor (IF) which leads to vitamin B12 deficiency resulting in megaloblastic anemia. -The name pernicious anemia dates from the era when treatment had not yet been discovered and the disease was...
