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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
85-year-old woman with Hx of stage 3 chronic kidney disease New onset dyspnea and intermittent mild fever Slight difficulty opening her mouth; no dental caries or cervical lymphadenopathy Elevated CRP Elevated BUN Follow the case as it develops.
Family Medicine/General Practice September 13th 2022
Read this article and obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credit! The learning objective? To appraise when stress ulcer prophylaxis should be considered for critically ill patients with risk factors for stress ulcers.
Emergency Medicine July 19th 2022
ACP Internist
Dr. Lucinda A. Harris, an associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Scottsdale, AZ, offers her evidence-based approach to diagnosing and treating these five rare GI diseases: Non-celiac gluten sensitivity Eosinophilic esophagitis Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Mast cell activation syndrome
Family Medicine/General Practice July 13th 2022
This “1-Minute Consult” discusses what constitutes bile duct dilation, clinical evaluation, imaging options for workups, clinical approach to the evaluation, and take-home points, along with figures, tables, info, and metrics on the condition.
Gastroenterology June 23rd 2022
MDLinx
We already shared the story about the financial advantage of AI being used in colonoscopies — here is a related story featuring key takeaways regarding the importance of screening in younger people, new techniques such as linked color imaging, and the non-invasive modality MRI colonography.
Family Medicine/General Practice June 13th 2022
MedPage Today
Technology to the rescue. Employing artificial intelligence (AI) during a colonoscopy could save money and lead to earlier detection of cancer and better health outcomes for patients. AI detection tools also were associated with a cost savings of $57 per patient after lowering discounted costs from $3,400 to $3,343, which persisted in secondary colonoscopy modeling analysis.
Family Medicine/General Practice June 7th 2022