A 62-year-old man presents to your clinic with left leg pain…
A 62-year-old man presents to your clinic with left leg pain. His past medical history is significant for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic renal insufficiency. He is a current smoker. His brother has bilateral lower extremity vascular claudication. Which of the following is NOT a known risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
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Assessing hearing ability is important early in the course of child development. The clinician should recognize that if a child does not speak with some recognizable words by age ____________, audiometry testing should be done.
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On physical examination, your 55-year-old female patient has an enlarged thyroid gland. She complains of feeling hot all the time, nervousness, palpitations, tremor, and recent weight loss of 10 pounds over the past 3 weeks. These signs and symptoms are commonly due to:
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