Search results for "Endocrinology"
Screen for cardiovascular risk factors in Cushing's patients who use glucocorticoids
People who use glucocorticoids and exhibit iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome should be aggressively targeted for early screening and management of cardiovascular risk factors, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/07/4.htm
7 Aug 2012
Score predicts diabetes remission after Roux-en-Y surgery
Researchers created a new score, based on four variables, which can help predict whether a patient will have remission of type 2 diabetes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/24/4.htm
24 Sep 2013
MKSAP Quiz: Irregular menses and infertility
What constitutes best management for a 24-year-old woman evaluated for irregular menses and infertility?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/19/3.htm
19 Apr 2011
MKSAP Quiz: drug-resistant hypertension
Wireless hemodynamic monitoring associated with less hospitalizationCardiac resynchronization therapy effective in less symptomatic heart failure
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/3.htm
15 Feb 2011
Obituaries
Robert L. Grissom, MACP; James R. Miller, FACP; and Walter L. Henry, Jr., MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/obituaries.htm
1 Jun 2009
MKSAP Quiz: three-month history of sweating, appetite and weight loss
Meta-analysis finds telemonitoring beneficial
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/10/3.htm
10 Aug 2010
MKSAP Quiz: 3-week history of fatigue, nausea, and poor appetite
Patients need to be told they are overweight, study findsDrug adverse events affect patients' choices more than benefits
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/08/3.htm
8 Mar 2011
More things you shouldn't do based on the lack of evidence
Unwarranted testing and use of resources make up the biggest chunk of unnecessary health care costs, estimated at between $250 and $325 billion per year, and include such items as folic acid tests for patients with altered mental status, creatine kinase muscle-brain testing, and 24-hour patient observation after switching from IV to oral antibiotics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/05/evidence.htm
1 May 2014
Letters to the Editor
Readers submit their thoughts on bone mineral density testing and a better title for “internal medicine.”.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/letters.htm
1 Mar 2012
Guideline recommends pharmacologic treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high fracture risk
Bisphosphonates are recommended for initial treatment, although ibandronate is not recommended for reducing nonvertebral or hip fracture risk, the clinical practice guideline from the Endocrine Society stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/02/4.htm
2 Apr 2019