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A 66-year-old male presented with a 5-day history of progressive shortness of breath,right-sided pleurisy, and productive cough. He also has night sweats and malaise, but nofevers, chills, or hemoptysis. Review his medical history and choose your course ofaction.

Anal intercourse is becoming more common among heterosexual couples. In the US, 30-44% of men and women report experience of anal sex. There are a host ofnegative health implications, especially for women, that should be communicatedespecially so patients can make truly informed decisions.

1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™1.0 ACPE contact hour (0.1 CEU) Release Date: May 1, 2022Expiration Date: May 1, 2023 Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the pharmacologic and safety differences between conventional and atypical opioids. Recognize appropriate patients who might benefit from buprenorphine as a first-line opioid analgesic. Understand how to transition opioid therapy from full µ-opioid analgesics to buprenorphine when appropriate.

This case study describes an adult man with a history of diabetes and hypertension presenting with painful lesions on his arms and legs. The description covers the course of his workup for presumptive infectious dermatitis through differential diagnosis when the infectious disease workup revealed sterile lesions, to the final diagnosis of Sweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis).

“Just an anesthesiologist.” This retired doctor speaks about the country’s lack of understanding of this medical profession. Why? In a recent survey, the general public was asked whether anesthesiologists are physicians: A full 22% of respondents answered incorrectly and 8% were unsure.

The knee arthritis meta-analysis reviewed 169 trials involving 21,163 patients, with the evidence demonstrating viscosupplementation is associated with a clinically irrelevant reduction in pain intensity and with an increased risk of serious adverse events compared with placebo. For the meniscus study, the commentary may sum it up best: “Multiple studies, including several with sham surgeries as a control have shown repeatedly over the previous 2 decades that surgery is not superior to physical therapy, yet the issue and use of surgery persist.”