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- When does pericarditis merit a workup for autoimmune or inflammatory disease?
Further evaluation is required for recurrent pericarditis resistant to conventional therapy or for manifestations of systemic disease.
- Eruptive xanthoma
A man with a total cholesterol level of 1,045 mg/dL and a hemoglobin A1c of 12.6% presents with a new rash.
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015)
Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).
- In Reply: Pheochromocytoma (November 2014)
Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).
- Can the test for human papillomavirus DNA be used as a stand-alone, first-line screening test for cervical cancer?
Yes. The FDA has approved the test for this indication, and guideline committees are reviewing the data.
- A nonhealing oral ulcer in a man with HIV
The workup eventually led to a diagnosis of oral tuberculosis secondary to active pulmonary tuberculosis.
- A 57-year-old woman with abdominal pain
She was admitted with a diagnosis of acute diverticulitis, but then one thing led to another.
- In Reply: Pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015)
Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).
- The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Where have we been and where are we going?
Evidence-based guidelines and performance-improvement practices will, it is hoped, reduce mortality from sepsis worldwide.
- The art and science of clinical medicine and editorial policy
Most clinical decisions are made without any applicable data from clinical studies. This is the “art” of medicine.