Promoting breastfeeding is an important public health intervention, with benefits for infants and mothers. Even modest increases in prevalence and…
Health Care Hotspotting — A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Health care spending in the United States is heavily concentrated, with 5% of the population accounting for 50% of annual…
Baroreflex Dysfunction
The autonomic nervous system innervates all body organs, including the cardiovascular system. Smooth muscle in arteries, arterioles, and veins and…
Axillary Artery Occlusion after TAVR
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
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Case 1-2020: An 11-Year-Old Boy with Vomiting and Weight Loss
Presentation of Case. Dr. Jenna R. Lillemoe (Pediatrics): An 11-year-old boy was seen in the emergency department of this hospital…
Beware Ketoacidosis with SGLT2 Inhibitors in Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult
Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are increasingly used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but have been associated with ketoacidosis.
Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Obstructive Renal Mass Treated with Fluconazole
A 78-year-old male with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and urothelial carcinoma excised 3 years prior presented with lower abdominal pain…
Acute pancreatitis after a meatless burger in Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome
A 62-year-old woman with Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome due to documented lipoprotein lipase deficiency presented with pancreatitis 48 hours after eating…
Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage Secondary to Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
A 63-year-old woman presented with constipation and abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) scan of abdomen without contrast showed evidence of…