Search results for "Colonoscopy"
Advance care planning should be a standard
Good advance care planning should happen early in the treatment process to ensure that any treatment reflects the patient's values, goals, hopes, and fears.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/end-of-life.htm
1 Nov 2016
Doctor, your weight bias is showing
For heavier patients, interacting with the health care system (judgmental clinicians and the ever-present scale) can be downright daunting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/weight.htm
1 Feb 2017
Colorectal cancer screening may be cost-effective beyond age 75 in previously unscreened patients, modeling study suggests
Colorectal cancer screening (colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or fecal immunohistochemical testing) may be cost-effective for patients older than 75 who have never been previously screened, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/03/1.htm
3 Jun 2014
Home stool test will detect most colorectal cancers
Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) have high accuracy, high specificity and moderately high sensitivity and can detect about 4 out of 5 colorectal cancers, according to an evidence review.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/04/2.htm
4 Feb 2014
The July/August issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox
The July/August issue of ACP Internist is now online and coming to your mailbox.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/08/7.htm
8 Jul 2014
MKSAP Quiz: 2-year history of bloating and abdominal cramping
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 25-year-old woman for a 2-year history of almost daily bloating and lower abdominal cramping.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/03/3.htm
3 Jul 2012
Integrating routine HIV screening into practice
Routine screening has 2 main benefits: diagnosing HIV infection before patients become symptomatic and have lost the bulk of their immune system and preventing HIV transmission.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/09/hiv.htm
1 Sep 2016
Lupus presentation may be an ‘imitator’
Lupus can involve multiple organ systems and shares the same, sometimes nonspecific presentation as other conditions. But a diligent internist##mdash;an “excellent generalist” in the words of one expert##mdash;can pick up on the correct diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/lupus.htm
1 Nov 2014
MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up for a wrist fracture
This week's quiz asks readers to reevaluate a 55-year-old man during a follow-up examination for a wrist fracture and anemia.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/19/3.htm
19 Aug 2014
MKSAP Quiz: treating rectal cancer
Updated guidelines issued on management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/03/3.htm
3 Aug 2010