Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive and persistent anxiety and worry about multiple events or activities that is difficult to control. The anxiety and worry occur more ...

Author: Nita V Bhatt, FAPA, MD, MPH; Chief Editor: David Bienenfeld, MD more ...

The examination should also assess for depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, psychosis, mania, cognitive impairment, and other findings that may suggest a comorbid or alternative psychiatric ...

Activated charcoal (AC) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) are used in the treatment of acetaminophen toxicity. Antiemetics are used to relieve nausea and vomiting, which can result from both acetaminophen ...

Signs of complications require immediate clinical attention. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage: Evaluation of vital signs is essential to assess for hemodynamic instability. Tachycardia, hypotension, ...

An acrochordon (commonly known as a skin tag and sometimes as a fibroepithelial polyp [FEP]) is a small, soft, common, benign, usually pedunculated neoplasm that is found particularly in persons who ...

Grade A (ie, strongly supported) treatment recommendations included the following. Immunocompetent patients - Topical azoles once or twice daily for 2-4 weeks; selenium sulfide once daily for 3 days, ...

The following organizations have released guidelines for the management of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Key diagnostic and treatment recommendations have been reviewed and integrated ...

American Urology Association (AUA) guidelines for diagnosis and management of genitourinary injuries were amended in 2017 and 2020 to reflect literature that was released since the original ...

The Hoehn and Yahr scale is used to describe the symptom progression of Parkinson disease. [1, 2, 3] The scale originally was described in 1967 and included stages 1 through 5. [4] It has since been ...

Triglycerides: Males: 40-160 mg/dL or 0.45-1.81 mmol/L; females: 35-135 mg/dL or 0.40-1.52 mmol/L Total cholesterol: < 200 mg/dL or < 5.2 mmol/L High-density lipoprotein: Females: > 55 mg/dL or > 0.91 ...

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