Search results for "Fever"
Don't get psyched out!
An internist and psychiatrist offers tips on separating somatization from deception.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/dont-get-psyched-out.htm
15 May 2019
MKSAP quiz on gout
These cases and commentary, which address gout, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/ty.htm
15 Apr 2012
Helping homeless patients during COVID-19
Hospitalists have been working to improve outcomes for a vulnerable population.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/helping-homeless-patients-during-covid-19.htm
15 Sep 2020
Follow-up blood cultures for gram-negative bacilli bacteremia may not be necessary
It took about five follow-up blood cultures to yield one positive result for gram-positive cocci, but about 17 follow-up blood cultures were needed to yield one positive result for gram-negative bacilli.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/02/2.htm
2 Aug 2017
COVID-19
The coding of COVID-19 is a bit complicated, particularly when other manifestations are included.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/coding-corner-covid-19.htm
15 Nov 2020
Tuberculosis presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms
The patient's chief symptom was watery diarrhea for the past 10 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/brief-case-tb-with-gi-symptoms.htm
15 Nov 2021
Global health hospitalists
More physicians are focusing on a particular country, and frequently a particular hospital, to bring about lasting change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2013
Spinal epidural abscess
A patient presented with acute-on-chronic lumbosacral back pain and new-onset urinary incontinence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/free/spinal-epidural-abscess.htm
1 Nov 2023
Cases from Massachusetts General Hospital
Henoch-Schönlein purpura in an adult, serotonin syndrome presenting as myoclonus and hyperreflexia, dengue fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/brief-case.htm
15 May 2015
Tuberculosis presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms
The patient's chief symptom was watery diarrhea for the past 10 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/brief-case-tb-with-gi-symptoms.htm
15 Sep 2021