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A typically busy morning surgery* draws to an end with several important clinical questions being raised. Many of these go unanswered under the pressures of a full waiting room and too little time, but the problems presented by 3 patients merit further reflection at the end of the day. All 3 patients had problems commonly seen in primary care, and I might have done a better job for them if I were a better informed physician. These cases included
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