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Progress and limitations on vaccines, strokes and readmissions in COVID-19
A report warned that a few health care workers developed COVID-19 shortly after vaccination, and studies showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients but readmissions could not be predicted easily.
Screening based on breast density at age 40 may reduce breast cancer mortality
A study supported screening all women at age 40 years to measure breast density, then assigning women with denser breasts to continued annual screening and other women to biennial screening starting at age 50 years, but an accompanying editorial raised concerns about this strategy.
MKSAP Quiz: Assessment at hospital discharge
A 58-year-old man is assessed for discharge from the hospital. He was admitted 3 days ago with fever and chills. He has non-Hodgkin lymphoma and a tunneled subclavian venous catheter used for chemotherapy infusion. The patient is ready to be discharged to complete intravenous daptomycin therapy as an outpatient. What is the most appropriate weekly monitoring of his daptomycin therapy?
Deaths from stimulant use rose sharply in the past decade
Mortality from stimulants, including cocaine and methamphetamine, rose faster than deaths from opioids from 2010 to 2017, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
More than a third of residents unsure who's responsible for patient education at discharge
In a multi-institutional survey of internal medicine residents, 35% were not sure who was primarily responsible for patient education at discharge, with the next most common responses being the intern, the resident, the nurse, and the attending.
And the winner is …
ACP Internist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.