Volume 54 - Issue 11 - November 2014

A 65-year-old Caucasian female with a history of refractory asthma complains of progressive dyspnea, arthralgias, and bilateral lower extremity rash.

A 78-year-old male came into the clinic for a routine follow-up visit. He has a history of vertigo that has been associated with unsteadiness and multiple falls.

A girl was born at 37 weeks of gestation to a 40-year-old gravida 3, para 2 mother via cesarean delivery at a county hospital.

A 54-year-old female presents with an asymptomatic eruption on her legs.

A 21-year-old male presented for evaluation of a rash that started on his legs 1 month prior following a sunburn earlier in the summer.

A 28-year-old Caucasian male presented to our hospital for evaluation of hematuria.

A 69-year-old Caucasian male with known history of hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, and smoking presented to the surgeon with a neck mass.

A 55-year-old female with history of triple negative breast cancer stage IIA status presents with pleuritic right-sided pain in the infrascapular region with progressive dyspnea on exertion over the past 2...

A 25-year-old African American, G2P2, without prior known comorbidities presented to the emergency department with 2 episodes of seizures, 8 days after an uncomplicated full-term normal spontaneous vaginal...

This article features a collection of HIV/AIDS related infections, including histoplasmosis, Karposi sarcoma, and oral hairy leukoplakia.

A 64-year-old woman is admitted with acute calculus cholecystitis. Over the last 48 hours, she has had steadily increasing pain in the right upper quadrant.

The CHEST guidelines recommend monitoring the INR every 4 weeks in most patients. However, in those patients who have been stable on warfarin therapy for at least 3 months, CHEST suggests that it is...

This column highlights pitfalls during the diagnostic evaluation for PE and discusses how to avoid them to minimize morbidity and mortality.

A 23-year-old had a splenectomy after a motorcycle accident. He received the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV23) after surgery and now, 6 months later, he is calling because he has a fever. What should...

In this first half of a 2-part series, the authors summarize the history of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the proposed mechanisms of action, and its clinical indications.

This article discusses the risk factors for skin disorders and offers treatment pearls when treating the geriatric population.

This article outlines an algorithm that can potentially lead to significant cost savings per diagnosis of microcytic anemia.

Even the best-seasoned clinicians start out young, green, naïve, and with little clinical experience.

“Obesity is an issue, but it is not the only issue,” said Timothy Harlan, MD, keynote speaker at Consultant’s 2014 Cardiometabolic Risk Summit (October 10-12, 2014, Las Vegas). “Weight loss is only half the...