Recurrent Fevers in a Patient With Splenomegaly
A 36-year-old man presented with 10 weeks of recurrent fevers, malaise, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, and dyspnea. What is your diagnosis?
A 36-year-old man presented with 10 weeks of recurrent fevers, malaise, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, and dyspnea. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Chronic spontaneous urticaria affects approximately 1% of the general population worldwide, including approximately 3 million people in the US, impairs patients’ quality of life, and is associated with multiple comorbidities. Observations Chronic spontaneous urticaria affects patients of any age but is…
Importance Governments worldwide have become increasingly cognizant of the spread of genetic discrimination (negative treatment or harm on the basis of actual or presumed genetic characteristics). Despite efforts by a number of governments to establish regulations addressing this phenomenon, public concern…
This case report describes a patient in his 60s with peripheral-type paralysis and hemorrhage in the left thalamus-radiation crown region.
Importance In 2022, the US House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution (House of Representatives Resolution 1118 at the 117th Congress [2021-2022]) calling for meaningful nutrition education for medical trainees. This was prompted by increasing health care spending attributed to the…
Recognize adverse outcomes and identify best practices for perioperative insulin administration in pediatric patients. This activity contributes to the patient safety CME requirement for the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™…
The acute aspiration of gastric contents in the perioperative setting is a recognized complication of anesthesia that may lead to severe patient morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this course is to provide learners the opportunity to gain the necessary…
The Anesthesia Quality and Patient Safety Meeting 2023 focuses on key themes in quality improvement, patient safety, team collaboration, and wellness. The meeting includes renowned practitioners who are passionate about ensuring safe care before, during, and after surgery. The program…
Anesthesia SimSTAT – MRI will provide you with the opportunity to practice the management of patients receiving anesthetic care for MRI. In this course, you will practice the management of a patient who requires rescue from a deeper level of…
The Patient Safety Highlights 2024 package consists of 13 individual modules that contain recordings of the corresponding session presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023. Upon successful completion of all the modules, the learner would earn 11.75 ABA-approved patient safety credits. The patient…
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