More articles from Clinical Reviews
- Strategies for managing atrial fibrillation
The limitations of current therapies for atrial fibrillation are forcing a rethinking of how they should be used.
- Preoperative autologous blood donation: clinical, economic, and ethical issues
Autologous blood transfusion is not without risk. The expense involved in reducing the use of allogeneic blood raises a number of ethical issues.
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia: an approach for the internist
Paradoxically, the increase in treatment options for BPH is creating less certainty about which options to use. Some practical suggestions.
- Cardiac imaging techniques: which, when, and why
The science behind the different cardiac imaging techniques, and how to choose the best test for each patient.
- Cardiac rehabilitation: not just exercise anymore
The treatment of sicker patients and shorter hospital stays are forcing a rethinking of approaches to cardiac rehabilitation.
- Managing lupus nephritis: algorithms for conservative use of renal biopsy
Despite the widespread use of renal biopsy, lupus nephritis can usually be managed on the basis of clinical presentation alone.
- Outpatient management of systemic lupus erythematosus
Common problems in the treatment of lupus and suggested management strategies.
- Community-acquired pneumonia: an update
Community-acquired pneumonia: clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and whom to hospitalize. Choice of antibiotics, by individual pathogen.
- Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: the role of nasal continuous positive airway pressure
Continuous positive airway pressure is the treatment of choice for the initial management of sleep apnea, but compliance can be difficult. Some practical tips on its use.
- Perioperative care of the elderly patient: special considerations
For the elderly, surgical risk factors such as underlying disease or the nature of the surgery are more important than age alone. A preoperative assessment can help define risk.