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Antisynthetase syndrome reminds us to stay grounded in the fundamentals of clinical care: careful listening, purposeful examination, and directed use of tests.

No. The decision is complex and depends on whether the thrombosis is acute or chronic and on other factors.

We are hospitalizing more patients with “pneumonia,” but it has not improved outcomes.

Needed are better and faster ways to diagnose pneumonia and find the cause.

Sometimes, careful observation can detect unusual signs of a common and serious condition.

The patient had oral ulcers, a truncal rash, and blistering lesions on his hands, all of which had been getting worse for 9 months.

Although antidepressant drugs do not differ much in their efficacy, a particular drug may be a better choice in a given patient.

Few physical findings are as useful but as undervalued as the estimation of the jugular venous pressure.

Because early diagnosis improves the chances of survival, it is important to identify patients who would benefit from surveillance.

With its variety of clinical presentations, it should be in the differential diagnosis for patients with unexplained interstitial lung disease.