How to Assess for Nail Clubbing (JAMA)

8 years ago

The JAMA Rational Clinical Examination recommends two clinical signs: Img Cred: The JAMA Rational Clinical Examination The Lovibond angle (angle…

What side are Congestive heart failure Pleural effusions on?

8 years ago

Pleural effusions in patients with congestive heart failure are typically bilateral. However, a unilateral pleural effusion is more commonly seen…

Neuroleptics and Prolactin: Mechanism

8 years ago

Neuroleptic medications can produce hyperprolactinemia even at very low doses and are the most common cause of galactorrhea in psychiatric…

SSRI and Upper GI Bleed: Mechanism

8 years ago

SSRIs have been implicated in a modest increase risk of Upper GI bleeds in recent meta-analysis and review. [6] Img…

When to Treat Asymptomatic Bacteriuria?

8 years ago

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria can be defined as a positive urine culture (Two consecutive clean-catch voided urine specimens of at least 100,000…

Thyroxine-binding Globulin (TBG) and Pregnancy

8 years ago

During the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, serum TBG levels will increase by two fold. This causes more T3/T4 to…

Physical Findings that change Likelihood of Aortic Stenosis

8 years ago

Aortic stenosis (AS) is classically a mid-systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur that radiates to the carotid. Features that INCREASE likelihood [1]: Pulsus…

Regular vs. Irregular Supraventricular Tachycardias (SVT)

8 years ago

REGULAR IRREGULAR ·         Sinus tachycardia ·         AVRT ·         AVNRT ·         Atrial flutter (with fixed block) ·         Atrial tachycardia ·         Atrial…

Antibiotics and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Diarrhea

8 years ago

Controversy surrounds the use of antibiotics in the treatment of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infections due to concerns about triggering…

Blood test (Iron Studies) results of Iron Deficiency Anemia

8 years ago

A common issue with multiple etiologies, the following test results will help to confirm your clinical suspicion: ↓ Ferritin (If…

This website uses cookies.