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Renal Artery Stenosis: Is It Common & Life Threatening?

Vascular Physician

As a result, your kidneys may not be able to properly function, which can lead to other serious health complications. Narrowed arteries make it harder for oxygen-rich blood to travel from your heart to your kidneys. How Common is RAS? RAS affects over 200,000 people in the United States every year.

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How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection

Vascular Physician

Understanding High Blood Pressure High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common medical condition in which blood pressure flows through the arteries with a force that is consistently higher than normal. Prevention begins with understanding the relationship between these two conditions.

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Lower Extremity Bypass for Peripheral Artery Disease – Indications and What to Expect

Vascular Physician

Other more complicated cases may require open interventions such as endarterectomy and/or bypass. Removing the valves provides a clear path for forward moving blood and further decreases the risk of venous hypertension. There are several indications for surgical intervention for peripheral artery disease.

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Reasoning during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Clinical Problem Solvers

No prior history of atrial fibrillation – just hypertension and diabetes. Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. We walked down to the emergency room and reviewed his chart.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. GPs Provide Most Healthcare The following graph shows that by far most patient/doctor contacts are with GPs.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

This episode also covers what healthcare providers need to know about post-exposure prophylaxis, respiratory precautions, and managing occupational exposures. Aside from coughing forever, there’s some important complications you need to be aware of. And they can be severe, especially, as I noted earlier, in young infants.

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