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A middle-aged woman with a four-year bipolar disorder diagnosis continued deteriorating despite psychiatric treatment until clinical reassessment pointed toward anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune condition whose psychiatric prodrome frequently delays correct diagnosis.

A quiz-format clinical vignette from Consultant360 walked through imaging selection and analgesia decisions in a 47-year-old woman presenting with acute right upper quadrant pain, using the case to reinforce diagnostic sequencing in the acute abdomen.

The 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign pediatric guidelines issued 61 recommendations covering infection recognition, hemodynamics, ventilation, and long-term follow-up for children with sepsis or septic shock.

A 61-year-old man presenting with chest pain and the de Winter ECG pattern was found on emergency angiography to have proximal left circumflex artery occlusion rather than the classically associated LAD occlusion, representing only the second such case reported in the literature.

A Cook County jury awarded $66 million after a 39-year-old patient died from unrecognized internal bleeding following a combined abdominoplasty and liposuction, spotlighting the compounding risks of combined cosmetic procedures.