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- What can I do when first-line measures are not enough for vasovagal syncope?
Second-line measures include midodrine, fludrocortisone, beta-blockers, and SSRIs, but evidence is limited.
- Back pain as a sign of inferior vena cava filter complications
Complications can include filter movement, fracture, occlusion, and penetration.
- A physician’s response to observational studies of opioid prescribing
Not long ago, we were told we needed to do better at relieving pain.
- Influenza update 2018–2019: 100 years after the great pandemic
A centennial year update on immunization, epidemiology, transmission, and treatment of influenza.
- Which patients with pulmonary embolism need echocardiography?
The decision should be based on clinical presentation, burden of pulmonary embolism, and other imaging fi ndings.
- PSA screening: Back to the future
Screening for prostate cancer reduces mortality rates and metastatic disease, and the paradigm continues to evolve.
- Men’s health 2018: BPH, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, supplements
Latest research in 4 areas of men’s health commonly addressed in primary care.
- Perioperative cardiovascular medicine: 5 questions for 2018
Findings of recent studies regarding aspirin, troponin T, hypotension, patent foramen ovale, and recurrent stroke.
- Bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fracture: Managing a rare but serious complication
Concern about this rare complication has led to a decrease in bisphosphonate use.

