Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorderó – An Essential Medical Treatment
This Clinical Insights describes the process for initiating buprenorphine treatment for patients with opioid use disorder.
This Clinical Insights describes the process for initiating buprenorphine treatment for patients with opioid use disorder.
This case report describes a woman in her mid 30s with diabetes who had been treated with insulin therapy, no history of diabetic ketoacidosis, and normal levels of C-peptide.
This case report describes a patient in their mid 70s who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and was found to have irregular, narrow atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rhythm on electrocardiography imaging.
This case report describes a patient in their 70s with a lambda wave pattern on electrocardiography.
This case report describes a patient in their 60s with intermittent palpitation, weakness, and irregular cardiac rhythm.
This Teachable Moment discusses providing patients with an opportunity to initiate dietary change before prescribing statin therapy for even severely high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
This case report describes a woman in her 40s with opioid use disorder receiving methadone who was admitted for extended antibiotic treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and was subsequently diagnosed with opioid-induced adrenal insufficiency.
This case report describes a patient in their 70s presenting to the hospital with dyspnea and fatigue.
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