Search results for "Rheumatology"
Officer, Treasurer and Regent election results announced
Meet the incoming Chair-elect of the Board of Regents, the new Treasurer and new Regents who will be confirmed at Internal Medicine 2013.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/regents.htm
1 Mar 2013
Methotrexate monotherapy, combination therapy yield similar 1-year remission rates in early inflammatory arthritis
Patients taking methotrexate monotherapy and those taking methotrexate plus etanercept had similar rates of remission at 1 year, although those on combination therapy responded more quickly, a new study has found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/25/7.htm
25 Mar 2014
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for confusion
A 63-year-old man is evaluated in the ED for confusion. He recently visited an urgent care center for symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection and was prescribed codeine-guaifenesin. Following a physical exam and administration of naloxone, what is the most likely cause of this patient's adverse drug reaction?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/06/4.htm
6 Dec 2022
Osler, expertise, and phronesis personified
From residency onward throughout a physician's career, becoming a diagnostician requires the ability to distinguish important clues or details from those that are not as pertinent to the situation at hand, a slowly developed skill that ultimately is recognized as an “expertise.”
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/osler-expertise-and-phronesis-personified.htm
1 Oct 2019
Increased suicide risk, but not overall mortality, with fibromyalgia
Plasma renin activity helps predict response to antihypertensive medications
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/24/4.htm
24 Aug 2010
New RA criteria focus on early indicators to prevent later damage
MKSAP Quiz: kidney stone prevention
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/17/2.htm
17 Aug 2010
Hypertension may be underdiagnosed in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are nearly 30% less likely to be diagnosed with hypertension than those without the disease, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/06/5.htm
6 May 2014
MKSAP Quiz: progressive right knee pain
Increased suicide risk, but not overall mortality, with fibromyalgiaTai chi helps with fibromyalgia
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/24/3.htm
24 Aug 2010
No associated increase in short-term malignancy risk with biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Biologic therapy does not appear to increase risk for malignancy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/11/5.htm
11 Sep 2012
MKSAP Quiz: preoperative evaluation for knee replacement
A 66-year-old man comes for a preoperative evaluation before total joint arthroplasty of the left knee. He has a 25-year history of rheumatoid arthritis. He has had progressive pain in his left knee with activity, which limits his ability to hike. The patient has similar pain in the right knee, but it is less severe. He reports no recent morning stiffness. He is able to climb two or three flights of stairs without chest pain or shortness of breath. He has no other medical problems and reports no additional symptoms. Medications are methotrexate and folic acid. Following a physical exam and lab tests, what is the next best step in management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2014