Posted on March 21st, 2024 by Academic Programs
Importance When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a drug or medical device on the basis of limited clinical evidence, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must decide whether the therapy is “reasonable and necessary” for coverage…
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report presents the ECG findings of a patient in their 40s with post-tubercular bronchiectasis who presented with acute exacerbation of dyspnea and no chest pain.
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes an older patient with persistent chest pain, recent hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and previous kidney transplantation.
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report presents the electrocardiogram findings of a patient in their 50s with syncope and palpitation and amaurosis followed by loss of consciousness for several minutes without preceding position change, cough, chest pain, or shortness of breath.
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report presents the electrocardiogram findings of a patient in their 50s with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, hypertension, and diabetes.
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a patient in their 70s who presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset tachycardia that had been going on for more than 1 day after experiencing recurrent palpitations for the past 20 years.
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a patient in their early 60s with chest pain during exertion.
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
A patient in their 50s presented to the emergency department (ER) within 30 minutes of ingestion of prawns at a restaurant with complaints of an itchy skin rash, and generalized weakness; his pulse rate was 79 bpm, his blood pressure…
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a patient in their 70s with acute onset waxing and waning chest pressure, which radiated to both arms and was accompanied by shortness of breath.
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This Teachable Moment describes a 33-year-old woman with decreasing transaminase levels on repeated testing and ultrasonography showing fatty infiltration.