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Problem Representation

The Clinical Problem Solvers

His past medical history is significant for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Developing Medical Educators of the 21st Century, San Francisco, CA. 2018;33(11):2010-2014. One day later the patient also develops a rash. At this time, you might want to activate another schema, for example, “Fever + Rash”. Durning (eds.)

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #1: Mission: SPACE

PEMBlog

Andrea De Jesús Martínez Chief PEM Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine | Texas Children’s Hospital Instagram: @bcm_pemfellows Co-author: Benjamin Silva, MD, MPH The Case A 4-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents with headache and vomiting. 9,3 (2014): 168-72. At that visit, his physical exam was normal.

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Patterns of alcohol use and the association with cardiovascular disease in the Dhulikhel Municipality of Nepal [Global health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Heavy alcohol use is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) including hypertension (HTN), coronary artery disease, and ischemic heart disease. It includes 1,609 adult residents of Dhulikhel who have been enrolled over 2 waves of recruitment in 2014 and 2023.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

Increased health anxiety has been a feature of the pandemic, with fears around leaving the home, social distancing, hand hygiene, and shortages of goods and medications due to panic buying commonplace. Despite the spike in prescribing of insulins, oral antidiabetic medications were not similarly affected.