Search results for "Syncope"
MKSAP Quiz: evaluating ‘a sense of unsteadiness'
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate ongoing dizziness in an elderly woman.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/09/3.htm
9 Aug 2011
Asleep blood pressure could present a novel target for CVD risk
Taking one or more blood pressure drugs at bedtime reduced asleep blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk compared to taking all hypertension drugs upon awakening, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/30/5.htm
30 Aug 2011
Managing the elderly with cardiovascular disease
As patients are living longer, they're seeking more care for their cardiovascular diseases, as well as the accompanying comorbities such as diabetes. Effective therapy works in the older population, say the experts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/10/CVD.htm
1 Oct 2011
Isolated diastolic hypotension a risk factor for heart failure
Isolated diastolic hypotension is an independent risk factor for heart failure similar in magnitude to isolated systolic hypertension, researchers reported.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/04/7.htm
4 Oct 2011
ACP workgroup compiles list of low-value tests
A workgroup of internists convened by ACP has developed a list of 37 clinical situations in which medical tests are commonly used but do not provide high value.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/24/2.htm
24 Jan 2012
New pneumonia vaccine option for patients over 50
Recalls, warnings, approvals and other regulatory news.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/fda.htm
1 Mar 2012
MKSAP Quiz: worsening gait unsteadiness and falls
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 65-year-old man for worsening gait unsteadiness and falls.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2012
Cautions about mixing HIV, HCV drugs
This regulatory update covers a warning about giving boceprevir with some ritonavir-boosted HIV protease inhibitors, as well as approval of a new erectile dysfunction drug.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/07/fda.htm
1 Jul 2012
MKSAP Quiz: fatigue and dyspnea in an elderly man
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 72-year-old man for fatigue and dyspnea.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/3.htm
28 Aug 2012
Metacognition and its impact on physician self-diagnosis
A physician tried to self-diagnose his symptoms of a feeling of suffocation and a change in gait. Experts review the cognitive biases that made the doctor overlook the right diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/10/gray.htm
1 Oct 2012