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?
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria – A Review
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…
The Key Features of a Genetic Nondiscrimination Policy – A Delphi Consensus Statement
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…
Peripheral-Type Facial Paralysis and Unilateral Hemisphere Hemorrhage
This case report describes a patient in his 60s with peripheral-type paralysis and hemorrhage in the left thalamus-radiation crown region.
Proposed Nutrition Competencies for Medical Students and Physician Trainees – A Consensus Statement
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…
Anesthetic Management During MRI and CT Imaging Procedures 2024
Unlike a conventional operating room, MRI and CT environments frequently require the anesthesiologist to assume broader responsibility for immediate patient care decisions. Medical emergencies in this environment may be difficult to manage so the anesthesiologist should have a plan in…
Diagnostic POCUS Gastric Certificate Program
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…
Anesthesia SimSTAT – MRI
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…
Patient Safety Highlights 2024 Package
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…
Nodular Vulvar Lesions
A woman in her 30s presented with mildly itchy skin nodules in the vulvar region for 1 year, which occurred during pregnancy and increased gradually in size and number without any treatments. What is your diagnosis?
