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- Fungus among us: A poster child for diagnostic stewardship
When interpreting the significance of Aspergillus species in respiratory culture, first ask if the culture was clinically indicated, or if this was an incidental finding.
- Famous and not-so-famous physical findings in infectious endocarditis: A look back
It is difficult to find a disease more emblematic of the practice of internal medicine.
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition and crowned dens syndrome
Patients are typically over age 65, often with significant leukocytosis and dramatically elevated inflammatory markers.
- Median arcuate ligament syndrome: A clinical dilemma
Patients with chronic abdominal pain can benefit from a multidisciplinary evaluation.
- All that wheezes…
All that wheezes is not asthma, but it is airway obstruction of one kind or another.
- SGLT-2 inhibitors: A new era in managing diabetic kidney disease starts now
Randomized controlled trials of these new agents had positive outcomes.
- Trials and tribulations of testosterone therapy in women: Importance of adhering to the evidence
Testosterone should not be touted for outcomes that are not supported by data.
- Prostate cancer: To screen or not to screen? The question is complicated
Prostate cancer screening is controversial due to the complexity of harms and benefits.
- The HPV vaccine: Understanding and addressing barriers to vaccination
Key steps include optimizing clinician-patient communication.
- Cardiac troponin testing: Goodbye, ‘troponinemia’
Any troponin elevation is prognostically important; dismissing it as “troponinemia” is no longer a viable strategy.