Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: December 1, 2016
Consider catheter placement if symptoms and effusions recur or if pleurodesis fails.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: August 1, 2015
Added to drug therapy, it can modestly improve blood pressure control, but has no significant effect on outcomes.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: November 1, 2014
The procedure can control the airway, find the source of the bleeding, and in some cases stop it.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: June 1, 2014
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: March 1, 2014
Regard its values with suspicion, especially when they do not agree with the patient’s blood glucose levels.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: January 1, 2014
After 3 hours of chest pain, a 67-year-old man presented with deep symmetric T-wave inversions in the precordial leads, a prognostically significan...
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: January 1, 2014
No. Only critically ill patients who meet specific criteria should receive it.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: October 1, 2013
Sometimes, careful observation can detect unusual signs of a common and serious condition.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: August 1, 2013
A 49-year-old man with a 25-pack-year history had a striking finding on radiography.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: January 1, 2013
While boarding a bus, a 50-pack-year smoker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease heard popping sounds, which were followed by chest and neck ...
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: September 1, 2012
A 62-year-old woman has numerous lobulated, yellowish, choroidal lesions in the left eye, and two similar but smaller lesions in the right eye. Wha...
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: May 1, 2012
A 65-year-old man presents after 2 months of weakness, dizziness, and blurred vision. What test should be ordered?
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: April 1, 2012
The risk of a first episode of thromboembolism is two to five times higher with the heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation, but the absolute risk is...
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: September 1, 2011
Screening with diagnostic imaging may be justified in high-risk groups, although the issue is debatable.
Article
- Author:
- Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP
Publish date: March 1, 2011
The lesions have been present for many years; a few show signs of recent bleeding. What is the diagnosis?
