Importance Axial spondyloarthritis is an immune-mediated inflammatory condition involving the sacroiliac joints, spine, and peripheral joints. It affects approximately 1% of adults in the US and is associated with impaired physical function and reduced quality of life. Observations Inflammatory chronic back pain…
Importance In poor-prognosis children’s cancers, new therapies may carry fresh hope for patients and parents. However, there is an absolute requirement for any new therapy to be properly evaluated to fulfill scientific, regulatory, and reimbursement requirements. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are…
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.
Maintaining competency in blood pressure (BP) measurement is an essential part of a health care professional’s ongoing education and training. This self-guided training is designed to help health care professionals refresh their skills and knowledge, focusing on the areas that…
Learn about potential for cannabis addiction, withdrawal symptoms, and overdose. Board-certified physician at Stanford Medicine, Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, reviews screening, models of care, and treatment for cannabis use disorder.
This JAMA Insights discusses allogenic stem cell donation, including the donation process and the effects of stem cell donation on donors.
A 75-year-old woman with a history of essential thrombocythemia presented with 3 months of progressively enlarging right upper eyelid lesions. Examination revealed a thickened eyelid margin, madarosis, and erythema with some tenderness to palpation but an otherwise normal ocular examination….
Importance The commercialization of chimeric antigen receptor–T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has changed the landscape of treatment of hematological cancers. Numerous studies from the early 2000s paved the way for cell-based targeted therapeutics, which have been established as practice-changing therapies in lymphoma, leukemia,…
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.
This case report describes a patient ís experience after seeking a second opinion regarding a brain tumor.
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