Importance The rise of fentanyl and other high-potency synthetic opioids across US and Canada has been associated with increasing hospitalizations and unprecedented overdose deaths. Hospitalization is a critical touchpoint to engage patients and offer life-saving opioid use disorder (OUD) care when…
This case report presents the electrocardiogram findings of a pregnant patient in their 30s with a family history of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
This case report describes a patient in their 50s with a history of pneumoconiosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presented to the emergency department with sudden onset shortness of breath.
This case report describes a patient in their 50s who collapsed, received chest compressions, and recovered consciousness at home.
This case report describes a patient in their 50s with a 2-month history of worsening chest tightness and dyspnea after COVID-19 infection.
This essay discusses medication cost-lowering strategies that clinicians can use in routine clinical and inpatient care to assist patients in affording and adhering to expensive therapy regimens.
This case report describes a man in his 80s who received shock from an automated external defibrillator that registered 3 types of tachycardia.
Importance More than 40% of US adults have obesity, which increases the risks for multiple chronic diseases and premature mortality. Historically, nonsurgical interventions often have not led to sufficient weight loss and maintenance to improve health, but highly effective antiobesity medications…
This case report describes a patient in their 50s who presented with squeezing chest pain for 4 hours and an initial electrocardiogram showing acute inferior wall and right ventricular infarction with third-degree atrioventricular block.
This case report describes a patient in their 70s with hypertension and heart failure presenting to the emergency department with chest discomfort, nausea, anorexia, and weakness.
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