This Teachable Moment discusses a woman in her 60s with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, and smoking history who presented with bilateral, aching leg pain triggered by walking and relieved by rest.
This case report describes a 57-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease who was receiving hemodialysis through a tunneled central venous catheter and had severe hyperkalemia that prompted admission for emergent hemodialysis.
This case report describes the electrocardiagram findings of a patient in their 60s with chest tightness and dyspnea, left ventricular systolic impairment, and elevated troponin I levels.
This Teachable Moment discusses guideline-directed medical therapy intolerance in a woman in her 80s with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.
This Teachable Moment describes a 66-year-old woman with mild dysuria, vulvar discomfort, and recurrent urinary tract infections.
This case report describes a woman in her early 60s who went into cardiac arrest immediately after administration of an echocardiogram contrast agent.
Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD; formerly nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) is a growing cause of chronic liver disease, affecting 25% of the population in the US and 30% of the population globally.1 It is the second leading indication for liver…
This case report describes a man in his 60s with hypertension, deep vein thrombosis, and a recent diagnosis of HIV presented with low CD4 cell count after starting antiretroviral therapy with tenofovir alafenamide-emtricitabine-bictegravir.
This Clinical Insights discusses how the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nares swab may be used alongside disease prevalence and clinical factors to determine when MRSA coverage is needed for common inpatient infections.
This Teachable Moment describes a man in his 30s who presented with a right diabetic foot ulcer and hyperglycemia and was assumed to have type 2 diabetes and was subsequently diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
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