Expanding the All of Us Research Platform Into the Perioperative Domain
This article offers tools for implementing the All of Us Research Program in surgical medicine.
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Chest Pain in a Middle-Aged Man
A man in his mid-50s presented with chest pain lasting 30 minutes. The initial electrocardiogram showed type A preexcitation syndrome, with obvious ST-segment depression in leads V3 through V5 and positive delta wave. What would you do next?
Necrotic Plaque in a Patient With Malignant Hematologic Disease
A man in his 70s with myelodysplastic syndrome presented with a painful violaceous eruption on his left lower leg accompanied by low-grade fever and fatigue for 1 week. What is your diagnosis?
Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection
This JAMA Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the 2024 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for bacterial sexually transmitted infection prevention.
Bilateral Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickening in a Middle-Aged Woman
A middle-aged Hispanic woman presented for evaluation of an asymptomatic epiretinal membrane in the left eye. She had an ocular history of amblyopia in the left eye, a medical history significant for chronic neuropathy, ataxia, and myelopathy of unknown etiology,…
Cotton Swab Couching of Dislocated Crystalline Lens in Marfan Syndrome
This case report discusses use of bedside manual repositioning of an anteriorly dislocated crystalline lens in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
Retinal Annular Ring Lines of White Without Pressure
This case report discusses a diagnosis of white without pressure in the peripheral retina of a patient with high myopia.
Bullous Arthropod Reaction Secondary to Ctenocephalides felis
This case report describes a woman in her 40s who presented for evaluation of pruritic skin lesions on her chest and all 4 extremities that had developed over several days.
Drug-Coated Balloons for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease – A Review
Importance Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as an alternative to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) as well as de novo coronary artery disease. Observations DCBs are balloons coated with antiproliferative…
Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
This JAMA Insights discusses the evaluation and treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
