Clinical Review
Clinical Review
Does Clinical Inertia Vary According to Provider Type?
Despite the well established risks of persistently elevated blood pressure, as well as the benefits of controlling such elevations, hypertension...
Clinical Review
Reunification: The Silent War of Families and Returning Troops
Military families grapple with a host of stressors when service members are called to war—and others when these warriors return home and must...
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Evaluating Prescribing Patterns of Blood Glucose Test Strips
Recognizing an opportunity for potenial cost savings, these authors evaluated whether blood glucose test strips were being prescribed...
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Goal Attainment in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Part 2
Are patients at a military treatment facility being screened often enough and being treated appropriately according to their disease progression...
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Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Following Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Procedure
While gastric banding typically is associated with more gradual weight loss and fewer complications than other types of bariatric surgery, this...
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Goal Attainment in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Part 1
With only a small percentage of adult patients with diabetes meeting the recommended goals of therapy, these authors investigated whether patients...
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Leptospirosis in a Patient with Schizophrenia
This patient exhibited acute manifestations of leptospirosis—but, initially, negative serology. These authors explain how they handled this case,...
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Intralesional Verapamil for Peyronie's Disease
Although this treatment has been used for Peyronie's disease for many years, patient satisfaction with the results is seldom measured. These...
Clinical Review
The Impact of Laboratory Automation on Performance Improvement
With a plethora of challenges facing today’s laboratories—including increasing work volume, labor shortages, and curbed budgets—full or partial...
Clinical Review
Use of Laser Doppler Imaging to Assess Microvascular Response to Thermal Stress
Assessment of cutaneous microvascular perfusion can provide important clues about wound and amputation healing in patients with diabetes. These...