Biotin has been shown to interfere with a number of commercial immunoassays that use biotin-streptavidin technology. Do you know which endocrine assay is not affected by biotin?
Surgical site infections are said to account for approximately 20% of all health care associated infections. Are you familiar with common risk factors for these infections after surgery for an abdominal...
A man was injured during a robot-assisted prostate surgery. The plaintiff alleged that the physician did not properly repair the tear, leading to a rectourethral fistula, requiring surgery, a temporary...
May is Lupus Awareness Month. Test your knowledge on the chronic autoimmune disease that affects 1.5 million Americans by taking our short quiz based on facts from the Lupus Foundation of America.
Researchers found that the use of electroconvulsive therapy may be a potentially better option in treating patients with major depressive episodes than ketamine. Share your opinion by answering this poll. ...
A New York court recently affirmed a family court decision, finding that a father had neglected his child by twice administering tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oil to her while she was in the hospital...
Robin Gal, MSPH, CCRA • Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP • Teresa McA...
Researchers studied the use of a telehealth model to help clinicians care for patients with diabetes who may not have access to endocrinology care. Do you believe this is an adequate way to help this...
In this slideshow, you can learn about different presentations of vasculitis from case reports in the Consultant archives. Each slide links to the full case report for more details.