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BP meds: This simple change improves outcomes
- Author:
- Kate Kirley, MD
- Umang Sharma, MD
- Kate Rowland, MD
For patients with uncontrolled hypertension, a switch to bedtime dosing is advisable.
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Postprostatectomy incontinence? Here’s help
- Author:
- Umang Sharma, MD
Behavioral therapy is an effective treatment for incontinence related to prostatectomy.
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Another option for patients with liver disease
- Author:
- Umang Sharma, MD
Currently used to treat hepatic encephalopathy, rifaximin is effective at preventing this common complication of chronic liver disease, as well....
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Bisphosphonate therapy: When not to monitor BMD
- Author:
- James J. Stevermer, MD, MSPH
- Umang Sharma, MD
Monitoring bone density within the first 3 years of therapy does not provide useful information—and it is costly besides.
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Ovary-sparing hysterectomy: Is it right for your patient?
- Author:
- Umang Sharma, MD
- John Hickner, MD, MSc
It may be, if her surgery is not cancer-related.
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What is the recommended approach to asymptomatic patients who develop a reactive PPD?
- Author:
- Umang Sharma, MD
- Carl Morris, MD
- Sarah Safranek, MLIS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Clinical evaluation and chest x-ray are recommended for asymptomatic patients with a positive purified protein derivative (...