Latest Articles
- Should urine antigen testing for Legionella pneumophila be ordered for all hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia?
Testing is recommended if the pneumonia is severe, if there has been recent travel, and if there is currently an outbreak of legionnaires disease.
- Finger nodules: Tip of the gouty iceberg
Recurrent, dramatic flares are the cardinal symptom of gouty disease, but some patients exhibit tophi on physical examination or imaging—without flares or pain.
- Guidelines for the management of trigeminal neuralgia
Care pathways for patients with trigeminal neuralgia vary widely. The most recent UK guidelines emphasize the need for evidence-based care plans for multidisciplinary management.
- 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.
- Cholesteatoma
The patient’s audiogram showed left-sided conductive hearing loss, and examination revealed an atelectatic tympanic membrane on the left with a retraction pocket and keratin debris.
Endocrinopathies from checkpoint inhibitors: Incidence, outcomes, and managementA review of the incidence and severity of each immune checkpoint inhibitor-related endocrinopathy, factors related to toxicity risk, and principles of management.