As part of our NF Clinic’s ongoing efforts to maintain a patient-centered focus, the NF Community Advisory Board was developed last year with the objective of providing input and direction regarding ...
A 12-year-old female was sent by her pediatrician to the emergency department for investigation of severe suprapubic abdominal pain that radiated to her lower back. She reported that the pain had ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several stories over the past few years have shown some patients have been victimized during medical exams. Here's how to protect ...
What Is an Annual Physical Exam? The physical exam is an essential part of any doctor's visit. Surprisingly, though, there are no absolutes in a routine physical. A good doctor may be thorough or ...
A woman in her mid-60s with a history of hypertension and renal failure receiving hemodialysis 3 times a week presents to the emergency department (ED) with 3 days of generalized abdominal pain and 1 ...
The presence of an abdominal murmur has been most extensively studied in hypertension secondary to stenosis of the renal artery. Murmurs are frequently present in such cases, but their diagnostic ...
Currently, children with functional abdominal pain are diagnosed with one of the abdominal-pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs) defined by the Rome III criteria The Rome ...