Search results for "Antibiotics"
MKSAP Quiz: 5-day history of abdominal pain
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 32-year-old man who visits the emergency department for a 5-day history of worsening crampy abdominal pain and frequent loose bowel movements.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/01/3.htm
1 Nov 2011
MKSAP Quiz: type 2 diabetes with a draining chronic foot ulcer
A 75-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus is evaluated in the emergency department for a draining chronic ulcer on the left foot, erythema, and fever. This week's MKSAP Quiz asks readers to determine appropriate management.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/21/3.htm
21 Jun 2011
C. difficile difficult for outpatient physicians and patients, too
The majority of Clostridium difficile patients come from outside the hospital setting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/c-diff.htm
1 Oct 2013
Diabetic foot care begins with bare feet
Internists can head up a care team that intervenes early and often in preventing the ulcerations, pressure points and neuropathies that can progress to infection and possibly amputation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/diabetes.htm
1 Oct 2013
Going beyond ‘less is more’ to improve diagnosis
Clinicians need general principles to follow in addition to lists of tests to avoid.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/01/going-beyond-less-is-more-to-improve-diagnosis.htm
1 Jan 2019
Clarithromycin may be associated with increased risk for cardiac death
Clarithromycin may be associated with increased risk for cardiac death, although the absolute risk appears small, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/26/5.htm
26 Aug 2014
IDSA diabetic foot infection guideline covers diagnosis and treatment
A new clinical practice guideline from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) provides detailed instruction on diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/05/2.htm
5 Jun 2012
MKSAP Quiz: Screening urine culture grows E. coli
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 65-year-old woman whose insurance policy screening reveals Escherichia coli.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/01/3.htm
1 May 2012
Continuous PPI use associated with C. difficile recurrences
Recurrences of Clostridium difficile were significantly more common among patients who continuously took proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) than among those who didn't, a recent study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/10/5.htm
10 Mar 2015
MKSAP Quiz: management of COPD
A 72-year-old woman is evaluated during a routine examination. She has very severe COPD with multiple exacerbations. She has dyspnea at all times with decreased exercise capacity. She does not have cough or any change in baseline sputum production. She is adherent to her medication regimen, and she completed pulmonary rehabilitation 1 year ago. She quit smoking 1 year ago. Her medications are a budesonide/formoterol inhaler, tiotropium, and an albuterol inhaler as needed. Following a physical and pulmonary exam, what is the most appropriate next step in management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/3.htm
21 Oct 2014