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- What is the optimal approach to infiltration and extravasation of nonchemotherapy medications?
The immediate response is warm or cold compression and assessment of the severity.
- Reincarnating autoimmunity: Immune-related adverse events as new diseases
The range of adverse events is broad. Any organ can be affected, and any naturally occurring autoimmune process can be mimicked by the massive inflammation generated by checkpoint inhibition.
- Should my elderly hospitalized patient with acute onset of altered mental status undergo stat head CT?
Clinical acumen and use of delirium scoring tools help narrow the range of possible causes for the individual patient and guide decisions on the need for further testing and imaging.
- Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis
The patient first noted the mildly tender, nonpruritic lesion on his left ear after he began sleeping on a firmer pillow.
- The perfect storm: An unseasonably early RSV annual epidemic, a severe annual flu epidemic, and a smoldering COVID-19 pandemic
The author presents scenarios illustrating the overlapping clinical manifestations of respiratory viral infections that challenge clinical diagnosis.
- Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: What do the current USPSTF guidelines say?
A concise overview of the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations.
- Brodie abscess in an 87-year-old man
Though Brodie abscess is rare in older adults, timely diagnosis and treatment can prevent exacerbation of the abscess and avoid the need for additional surgical treatment, shortening the duration of hospitalization and preventing long-term complications.
- Reproductive issues and multiple sclerosis: 20 questions
The authors offer answers to frequently asked questions about the management of MS during pregnancy planning, pregnancy, and the postpartum period.
- Paternalism in practice: How we create obstacles for sexual, reproductive, and menopausal healthcare despite our best intentions
In theory, we all understand the concept of shared decision-making. But in practice, clinical recommendations are often still dictated rather than discussed.