Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Objective To provide an update on the most recent developments regarding diagnosis and outcomes of steatotic liver disease (SLD), review new nomenclature applied to SLD, and provide an approach to the diagnosis and management of SLD. Subtle differences are present among patients diagnosed with SLD.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management General Practice Hypertension 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The “Clinical Reasoning Corner” will provide an introduction to the topics that keep our reasoning rooted in the core principles of clinical problem solving. For our first post, we are going to talk about two concepts that help us decide whether we treat, test for, or toss specific diagnoses (i.e., Let’s dive in!

Clinic 52

Clinic Diagnosis Diagnose Utilities 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

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.

Illness 52

Illness Diagnosis Emergency Room Diagnose 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Establishing a Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-150-9-200905050-00006 African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK): AASK Clinical Trial in the NIDDK Repository: [link] Lewis J, Agodoa L, Cheek D, et al. Published online July 29, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.13378

Clinic 52

Clinic Education Clinical Practice Patient-Centered 52

PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

All kids with hypertensive emergency need ICU-level care. Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. These neurological manifestations suggest hypertensive encephalopathy, a form of end-organ damage.

Hypertension 75

Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing 75

GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

And I also worry about this push towards just amyloid blood testing so as a way of diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease without doing the workup that’s needed beforehand. Ken 26:17 You presented that. So Tim Anderson did a wonderful study looking at hypertensive management in the hospital. But of course it is, actually.

IT 64

IT Hospital Screening Patients 64

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And so, unfortunately, I think for a while, this condition, for many people, isn’t diagnosed until you end up seeing a cardiologist or a heart failure doctor who’s really honed in on this to say, actually, this is a heart failure syndrome. Is your impression that HFpEFde is under diagnosed in older adults?

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113