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Knowing how to conduct a thorough sexual history and prescribe PrEP medications can contribute to reducing the incidence of new HIV infection.
- Gastroparesis for the nongastroenterologist
The authors explore how primary care clinicians can use current recommendations to manage patients with mild to moderate gastroparesis.
- Functional dyspepsia: How to manage the burn and the bloat
The authors discuss how to diagnose and treat the 2 subtypes of functional dyspepsia: epigastric pain syndrome (burning and pain) and postprandial distress syndrome (bloating and satiety).
- Nonhormone therapies for vasomotor symptom management
The authors provide an up-to-date overview of evidence-based nonhormone therapies available for management of vasomotor symptoms.
- Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency and glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome: Two sides of the same coin
This review highlights the differences between primary adrenal insufficiency, secondary adrenal insufficiency, including glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency, and glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome.
- Management of lower-extremity venous thromboembolism: An updated review
A review of the 2021 updated guidelines of the American College of Chest Physicians including risk factors, supportive management, choice of anticoagulation therapy, and treatment considerations.
- Medical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
The goal is to maximize quality of life and minimize “bothersome” symptoms. Choices about medical therapy are guided by indication, effectiveness, side effects, as well as patient preference.
- Management of venous thromboembolism in patients with active cancer
The authors review the presentation and diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer and present an approach to treatment that aims to balance the bleeding risk from anticoagulation with the risk of recurrent thrombosis.
- von Willebrand disease: A guide for the internist
The pathophysiology of von Willebrand disease, its subtypes, common presentations of each subtype, diagnostic testing, and management of clinical manifestations of the disease are reviewed.
