Achieving Weight Loss and Hypertension Control Among Obese Adults: A US Multidisciplinary Group Practice Observational Study.

Background: Among adults with hypertension, obesity independently contributes to cardiovascular disease. Weight loss and hypertension control are critical to reduce cardiovascular events. The purpose of this study was to evaluate rates and predictors of achieving weight loss among adults who achieved hypertension control within 1 year of developing incident hypertension.

Association of anxiety and depression with hypertension control: a US multidisciplinary group practice observational study.

Objective: The presence of a mental health disorder with hypertension is associated with higher cardiovascular disease mortality than hypertension alone. Although earlier detection of hypertension has been demonstrated in patients with anxiety and depression, the relationship of mental health disorders to hypertension control is unknown. Our objective was to evaluate rates and predictors of incident hypertension control among patients with anxiety and/or depression compared with patients without either mental health diagnosis.

Diagnosis and initial management of musculoskeletal coccidioidomycosis in children.

Background: Coccidioidomycosis is an invasive fungal infection caused by the inhalation of aerosolized spores of Coccidioides spp., which reside in the arid soil of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Approximately two thirds of cases are asymptomatic, and the remainder usually present with mild flu-like symptoms.

Pulmonary embolism following an ankle fracture in a 9-year-old boy: a case report.

Venous thromboembolism following trauma is an uncommon event in childhood and associated pulmonary embolus after routine lower extremity fracture is exceedingly rare. We present a case report of postoperative pulmonary embolus following an open reduction and internal fixation of a Salter-Harris IV medial malleolus fracture in a 9-year-old boy. Four days after open reduction and percutaneous pin fixation of the ankle fracture, the child began to experience chest pain and shortness of breath.