Clinical Review

Clinical Review

Risks vs Benefits for SGLT2 Inhibitor Medications

Author:

Shanti Pittampalli, MD

Satya Upadyayula, DMD

Hema Madhuri , MD

Steven Lippmann, MD

Health care providers should carefully assess patients with diabetes mellitus before prescribing sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor...

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Clinical Review

Transgender Care in the Primary Care Setting: A Review of Guidelines and Literature

Author:

Leila Hashemi, MD

Jane Weinreb, MD

Amy K. Weimer, MD

Rebecca Loren Weiss, MD

For patients who desire transgender care, providers must use appropriate language, know the basics of cross-sex hormone therapy, and understand...

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Clinical Review

Screening and Treating Hepatitis C in the VA: Achieving Excellence Using Lean and System Redesign

Author:

Angela Park, PharmD

Rachel Gonzalez, MPH

Maggie Chartier, PsyD, MPH

Shari Rogal, MD

Vera Yakovchenko, MPH

David Ross, MD, PhD, MBI

Timothy R. Morgan, MD

The national effort to redesign care using Lean management strategies, develop local and regional teams, and to centralize support allowed VA to...

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Clinical Review

Open Clinical Trials for Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Providing access to clinical trials for veteran and active-duty military patients can be a challenge, but a significant number of trials are now...

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Clinical Review

Association of Dioxin and Dioxin-like Congeners With Hypertension

Author:

Surbhi Trivedi

Rohit R. Arora, MD

Although 7 of 8 studies found moderate evidence of an association with hypertension in patients with at least 1 chemical congener, these studies...

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Clinical Review

Understanding, Assessing, and Conceptualizing Suicide Risk Among Veterans With PTSD

Author:

Ryan Holliday, PhD

Lindsey L. Monteith, PhD

Hal S. Wortzel, MD

A thorough clinical interview combined with self-report measures can help gauge suicide risk.

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