A Country Doctor Writes
JUNE 11, 2025
A sore knee or an annual physical are like a closeup or a panorama. It may look something like this: 40 year old male has a normal routine physical. Or it may look like these examples: 60 year old male with hypertension, COPD and anticoagulated atrial fibrillation returns for followup. Dietary strategies reviewed.
Annals of Family Medicine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Chronic exposure has been associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, skin cancer, renal, bladder and lung cancers, polyneuropathy, and QT prolongation. This is the first study elucidating clinician knowledge on the risk and symptomatic presentation of patient arsenic exposure from well water.
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Vascular Physician
MARCH 25, 2022
Treatment Options Conservative management includes lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation, weight loss, and regular physical exercise. Medications to use include controlling dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes along with antiplatelet therapy.
The Clinical Problem Solvers
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
A patient’s clinical presentation, risk factors, and the base rate of disease, in addition to our own clinical experience, all factor into the pretest probability we assign to any diagnosis. There are multiple physical exam findings associated with ascites including: Bulging flanks (LR = 1.9) Q: Is there portal hypertension?
Vascular Physician
JUNE 27, 2021
Varicose veins often present as blue, rope-like vessels under the skin usually in the legs and feet. Keeping your blood circulating with regular exercise or physical activity may alleviate some pain. Reducing salt intake since a high salt diet may lead to hypertension or narrowing of arteries.
PEMBlog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. At that visit, his physical exam was normal. During this second ED visit, his physical exam including vital signs and mental status remains normal.
GeriPal
MAY 11, 2023
A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Physical activity is a big one. But there are some things that we really think we can modify: the vascular risk factors, sleep, physical activity, maybe cognitive activity, and what kind of bang for the buck could we get?
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