Search results for "Physical Examination"
Test yourself: Sepsis
These cases and commentary, which address sepsis, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/ty.htm
15 Jan 2011
Test yourself: Stroke
The following cases and commentary, which address stroke, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/ty.htm
15 Jun 2010
Cases from Saint Louis University Hospital
Anaphylaxis to mammalian meat, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, typhoid fever, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/brief-case.htm
15 Sep 2016
Test yourself: Antibiotic therapy
A 40-year-old male prisoner is hospitalized because of a three-day history of fever, hypotension and a swollen right arm... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/07/test-yourself.htm
15 Jul 2007
MKSAP quiz on antibiotics
These cases and commentary, which address antibiotics, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/ty.htm
15 May 2011
Heart failure documentation and coding challenges
Identifying the systolic versus diastolic nature of heart failure is crucial for clinical management and coding purposes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges.htm
15 Feb 2019
Test yourself: Hypertension
These cases and commentary, which address hypertension, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2010
MKSAP quiz on nutrition
Patient cases involving burns, nutrition, diarrhea after small-bowel resection, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/MKSAP-nutrition.htm
15 Feb 2015
When the findings don't fit
A Fellow investigates a young woman's elevated testosterone level and reaches a diagnosis even though the lab results and imaging conflict. Our diagnostic experts consider confirmation bias and how this internist sidestepped being misled.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/mindful.htm
15 Jan 2010
For excluding PE, D-dimer plus decision rule or gestalt is usually safe
Combining D-dimer testing with either a decision rule or a physician's unstructured estimate (gestalt) is usually safe when evaluating adults for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), a meta-analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/05/2.htm
5 Oct 2011