Widespread Micropapular Eruption
A male individual in his 20s presented with a widespread papular eruption starting at age 2 years. What is your diagnosis?
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Health Care Strategies for Firearm Injury Prevention
Hosted by AMA’s Firearm Injury Prevention Task Force Injuries and deaths from firearms are a public health crisis. In 2020, firearm injuries became the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States. While this is a…
Heterogeneity of Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Breast Cancer – A Review
Importance Over the past 2 decades, systemic therapy for early-stage breast cancer has gradually moved from the adjuvant to the neoadjuvant setting. Administration of systemic therapy before surgery leads to potential improvements in surgical outcomes and allows for the assessment of…
Chronic Facial Pain in an Adolescent
A 13-year-old female individual presented with chronic facial pain and abnormal computed tomography findings and a history of developmental delay, atrial septal defect, cerebral palsy, and pulmonary artery sling. What is your diagnosis?
Kidney Health Monitoring in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates – A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement
Importance Kidney disease is common in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in infants discharged from the NICU, neither evidence- nor expert-based recommendations exist to guide clinical care after discharge….
Differential Diagnosis of Suspected Multiple Sclerosis in Pediatric and Late-Onset Populations – A Review
Importance While the typical onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs in early adulthood, 2% to 10% of cases initially present prior to age 18 years, and approximately 5% after age 50 years. Guidance on approaches to differential diagnosis in suspected MS…
Diagnostic Inertia in Identifying Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young
This case report describes a woman in her mid 30s with diabetes who had been treated with insulin therapy, no history of diabetic ketoacidosis, and normal levels of C-peptide.
ST-Segment Elevation in a Woman With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
This case report describes a patient in their mid 70s who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and was found to have irregular, narrow atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rhythm on electrocardiography imaging.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia – A Review
Importance Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) results in approximately 1.4 million emergency department visits, 740 000 hospitalizations, and 41 000 deaths in the US annually. Observations Community-acquired pneumonia can be diagnosed in a patient with 2 or more signs (eg, temperature >38 °C or ≤36 °C;…
Implementing Culturally Tailored Outpatient Surgical Care – Creating a Sustainable Latinx Colorectal Surgery Clinic
This article discusses the Latinx Colorectal Surgery Clinic, which was created to provide linguistically and culturally tailored surgical care.
