ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

Private Equity Strategies in Nonprofit Health Care

Private equity firms exacerbate health inequity by driving hospital closures in historically underserved communities. Now nonprofit health systems seem to be adopting private equity practices to do the same. Drawing on a case study of one nonprofit hospital system that…

An Ominous Electrocardiographic Pattern in Undefined Syncope

This case report describes a patient in his late 60s who presented to the emergency department with a 3-month history of recurrent spontaneous chest tightness, palpitations, and syncope.

Endometriosis – A Review

Importance  Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory disease defined by endometrial-like tissue (lesions) outside the uterine lining. It affects up to 10% of women worldwide, and 9 million women in the US, during reproductive years. Observations  Endometriosis has varying clinical presentations; however,…

Use of Intravenous Albumin

This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the 2024 guidelines on use of intravenous albumin from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine.

Indurated Red Nodules and Plaques on the Thigh of a Female Patient

A woman in her 40s with a medical history of complex regional pain syndrome presented to the dermatology department for evaluation of a pruritic recurrent rash on her right anterior thigh. What is your diagnosis?