Top 5 COPD Apps for Primary Care Providers & amp; Patients
An app that tracks cigarette cravings and moods, one that guides patients through proper inhaler use, and 3 other top COPD apps for both patients and physicians. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 31, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ted W. James, MD Tags: COPD Source Type: news
Elevated Phosphorous in CKD: How to Avoid Vascular Calcification
The optimal choice of medication to bind excess phosphate in patients with advanced CKD won ' t always be straightforward. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 27, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Tags: Cardiovascular Disease Source Type: news
10 Common Treatments, 10 Not-So-Common Applications
Some uncommon and perhaps surprising applications of common treatments are in the works. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 25, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Leo Robert Source Type: news
Assessing Aspirin: 8 Questions on Primary CVD Prevention
To Rx or not to Rx aspirin - is one of our 8 questions based on new research that highlights costs vs benefits of aspirin therapy. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 24, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Aparna Sajja, MD Seth Martin, MD Tags: Cardiovascular Disease Source Type: news
Obesity Algorithm Challenge: 8 Questions
Test your knowledge of the newly updated obesity algorithm from the Obesity Medicine Association with this 8-question challenge. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 24, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Sydney Jennings Source Type: news
Medical Overuse Pop Quiz
Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge of the medical overuse problem and a potential solution. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 18, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Leo Robert Source Type: news
Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring and Primary Care
When should you consider coronary artery calcium scoring to determine CV risk in your patients? Our author found some solid guidance. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 18, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Tags: Cardiovascular Disease Source Type: news
What Young People are Drinking: A 10-question Quiz
Sample: Which beverage accounted for the largest percentage of total beverage consumption among US youth? Milk? Water? The answer might surprise you. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 18, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Leo Robert Source Type: news
The Changing Faces of Eating Disorders
This quick slideshow sheds light on three common eating disorders that aren ' t just impacting adolescent girls and women. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 17, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Linda Peckel Source Type: news
Emesis x3 Weeks in an Elderly Woman: Dx?
ECG Challenge: The patient is seen in the ED after a short-lived reprieve from vomiting. She faints during the ECG. What ’s your read of the tracing? (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 17, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Brady Pregerson, MD Tags: Cardiovascular Disease Source Type: news
5 Qs on Managing Hepatitis C in the Young
How much do you know about HCV treatment in children and teens? Take this short, 5-question quiz to find out. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 16, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Andrew D. Bowser Tags: Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Quiz Source Type: news
The Future of Aspirin in Primary CVD Prevention
What exactly is the role of aspirin in CVD prevention? Two new studies from ESC 2018 and 3 ongoing studies sought to answer that very question. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 12, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Veronica Hackethal, MD Source Type: news
11 Questions on Cannabis-based Medication
Sample: True or false? The longer a study on cannabis-based interventions lasted, the less of an effect on pain was reported. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 11, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Steven A. King, MD, MS Source Type: news
2 GI Case Quizzes: Fatigue/Poor LFTs; Pain post-Gastric Bypass
Two scenarios: a 42-y/o man with MRCP findings of concern and a 35-y/o woman s/p RNY and C-sections, with RUQ pain. Your solutions? (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 11, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ted W. James, MD Tags: Gastrointestinal Disorders Source Type: news
PVD Management in a post-COMPASS World
A subanalysis of the COMPASS trial found that combination treatment with rivaroxaban and aspirin reduced incidence of major adverse limb events by 43%. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - October 11, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Tags: Cardiovascular Disease Source Type: news
