Tilt Table Testing
This Diagnostic Test Interpretation uses a patient case to illustrate tilt table testing, useful for evaluating patients with syncope of unknown cause or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
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Falls Prevention for Older Adults
This article summarizes a 2022 clinical practice guideline on falls prevention and management in older adults from the World Falls Guidelines Initiative.
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease
This JAMA Insights Clinical Update discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and management of eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases.
Management of Outpatients With Diabetes at High Risk of Hypoglycemia
This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the Endocrine Society’s 2023 recommendations on management of outpatients with diabetes and high risk of hypoglycemia.
Cardiac Amyloidosis Due to Transthyretin Protein – A Review
Importance Systemic amyloidosis from transthyretin (ATTR) protein is the most common type of amyloidosis that causes cardiomyopathy. Observations Transthyretin (TTR) protein transports thyroxine (thyroid hormone) and retinol (vitamin A) and is synthesized predominantly by the liver. When the TTR protein misfolds, it…
Linkage Case Management and Posthospitalization Outcomes in People With HIV – The Daraja Randomized Clinical Trial
Importance Despite the widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV still experience high mortality after hospital admission. Objective To determine whether a linkage case management intervention (named “Daraja” [“bridge” in Kiswahili]) that was designed to address barriers to HIV care…
Intranasal Naloxone for Opioid Overdose
This JAMA Insights describes indications for naloxone use in preventing opioid overdoses and benefits vs barriers to its availability following FDA approval of its availability without a prescription.
Progressive Dyspnea on Exertion in an 82-Year-Old
An older patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and right lower lobe segmental pulmonary embolism presented with dyspnea that had worsened over 5 years; physical examination and laboratory testing showed jugular venous distension, a cardiac systolic murmur, right ventricular heave, bilateral…
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Late Preterm Antenatal Corticosteroids – The ALPS Follow-Up Study
Importance The Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids (ALPS) trial changed clinical practice in the United States by finding that antenatal betamethasone at 34 to 36 weeks decreased short-term neonatal respiratory morbidity. However, the trial also found increased risk of neonatal hypoglycemia after…
Interstitial Lung Disease – A Review
Importance Interstitial lung disease (ILD) consists of a group of pulmonary disorders characterized by inflammation and/or fibrosis of the lung parenchyma associated with progressive dyspnea that frequently results in end-stage respiratory failure. In the US, ILD affects approximately 650 000 people and…
