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Learn to see signs of an often fatal disease | ACP Internist
Pulmonary arterial hypertension can be recognized and treated. But it remains a diagnosis that is often missed, and the delay can lead to a rapidly progressing and fatal outcome. Learn the signs beyond a patient who reports “being out of
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Members of the American College of Physicians contribute posts from their own sites to ACP Internist . Contributors include: Auscultation...
Ivacaftor, a breakthrough in cystic fibrosis treatment : ACP Internist
One of the implicit themes we were taught in medical school is that an understanding of the basic science of a disease informs and guides tr...
Decision-making rules for diagnosing PE may save lives | ACP Internist
Early detection of pulmonary embolism is critical, which puts the primary care internist on the front lines of preventing a patient's continual deterioration that culminates in death. Patients are as likely to present in the office with symptoms as
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This question can be found in MKSAP 16 in the Pulmonology and Critical Care section, item 8.
E-cigarettes are popular, but health effects are questionable | ACP Internist
This issue includes stories centered on various aspects of pulmonology, as well as a glimpse at the upcoming Internal Medicine 2014 in Orlando, Fla.
March 2014 | ACP Internist
ACP Internist provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
March 2013 | ACP Internist
ACP Internist provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
April 2013 | ACP Internist
ACP Internist provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
Consider GERD in patients with pulmonary diseases | ACP Internist
Because not all presentations of lung diseases include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)'s more commonly recognized symptoms, such as heartburn and regurgitation, it is easy to miss GERD as a contributing factor. Internists should be on the