Search results for "Infectious Disease"
MKSAP Quiz: 1-day history of fever, headache, myalgia
A 35-year-old woman is evaluated for a 1-day history of fever, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, and neck stiffness. The patient is sexually active. She had a similar episode 2 years ago, at which time results of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed lymphocytic meningitis. All culture results were negative, and her symptoms resolved over the next 3 days. Examination of the CSF shows a leukocyte count of 90/µL (90 × 106/L) with 95% lymphocytes, a glucose level of 68 mg/dL (3.8 mmol/L), and a protein level of 70 mg/dL (700 mg/L). A Gram-stained CSF specimen is negative. Which diagnostic study will most likely establish the cause of this patient's meningitis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/20/3.htm
20 Aug 2013
What's new in ACP Hospitalist
What's new in ACP Hospitalist and other College publications, including a review of the impact of ICU glucose control for critically ill patients and the highly anticipated launch of MKSAP 15.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/highlights.htm
1 Jul 2009
Managing food poisoning's aftermath in ambulatory care
Internal medicine staff can be the starting point for acute cases of food poisoning, starting the screening process on the telephone and helping determine which patients should be sent right to the ED. But they can also help patients afterward, as they manage potentially long-term complications.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/10/food-poisoning.htm
1 Oct 2016
Options vary for acute pain management
This issue covers guidelines on chronic pain, the utility of the bedside exam, and a new shingles vaccination.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/options-vary-for-acute-pain-management.htm
1 Feb 2018
Cuba is just across the water, but medically, a different world
ACP Member Paul Drain explored Cuba's medical system and finds primary care broken down much differently than in the U.S., with more access resulting in less of a need for inpatient care. But the politics of re-establishing relations with the country are no less tenuous today than they've previously been.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/cuba.htm
1 Sep 2010
New guidelines set out MRSA treatments
New guidelines set out MRSA treatmentsCDC issues guidance on rapid influenza tests
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/11/1.htm
11 Jan 2011
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
ACP announces its elections slate for governance positions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2018
MKSAP Quiz: 2-day history of increasing pain
A 30-year-old woman is evaluated for a 2-day history of increasing pain in the right antecubital fossa and biceps. She reports daily injection drug use. Medical history is otherwise unremarkable, and she takes no prescription medications. The right biceps area is extremely tender and warm, with multiple track marks, woody induration, edema, and overlying ecchymotic bullous lesions. In addition to emergent surgical evaluation, which of the following is the most appropriate empiric treatment?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/01/4.htm
1 Mar 2016
Obituaries
A list of former ACP leaders who have passed.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/obits.htm
1 Jan 2012
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2019