Search results for "Aneurysms"
Mindful Medicine: Critical thinking leads to right diagnosis
Jerome Groopman, FACP, author of the bestselling “How Doctors Think,” and his wife, endocrinologist Pamela Hartzband, ACP Member, discuss the art of medical diagnosis and decision making through a series of case studies suggested by readers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/groopman.htm
1 Jan 2008
Letters
Readers respond to Mindful Medicine, Ethics columns.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/letters.htm
1 Feb 2008
Montelukast examined for link to suicidal thoughts, actions
Warnings, recalls, label changes, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/eighteen.htm
1 May 2008
Target unique genetic diseases through common pathways
Marfan syndrome may benefit from angiotension receptor blockers, just one example of how genetic diseases can be cured by available drugs instead of genetic cures, by W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/genomics.htm
1 Sep 2008
Anchoring errors ensue when diagnoses get lost in translation
In two cases, a patient's use of key words led to anchoring errors in diagnosing an abdominal aortic aneurism and a classic case of intermittent claudication.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/mindful.htm
1 Nov 2008
What's new in other College publications
ACP introduces a new book, “How to Write, Publish and Present in the health Sciences,” as well as six Webcasts from Internal Medicine 2009.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/05/highlights.htm
1 May 2009
Medicine and management: hits from Hospital Medicine
An expert discusses managing aortic dissection as a disease for life. Also, highlights from Hospital Medicine 2009 discuss caring for the pregnant patient, documenting care for the best reimbursement and ways to improve handoffs from shift to shift.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/shm.htm
1 Jul 2009
Start at the top to get to the bottom of a diagnosis
ACP Member C. Christopher Smith reconsiders a patient's self-reported diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome to uncover the true cause of his symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/mindful.htm
1 Jul 2009
MKSAP quiz: Diagnose progressive leg pain upon exercising
A 27-year-old man is evaluated for leg pain. The patient is moderately obese (BMI=33) and had been sedentary until recently, when he joined a health club. However, after only a few minutes on the treadmill, he develops progressive pain in both his legs that resolves after a few minutes with rest. What is the most likely diagnosis?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/mksap.htm
1 Jan 2010
Guidelines aim to prevent unnecessary death from thoracic aortic disease
MKSAP Quiz: dyspnea, chest tightness in an adolescent athlete
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/23/2.htm
23 Mar 2010