Search results for "Procedures"
Learning to learn: Simulators are easy, inexpensive to make
There's no need to spend hundreds of dollars on learning simulators when they can be made with supplies that cost pocket change and a few hours of time. Examples from the Herbert S. Waxman Clinical Skills Center provide step-by-step instructions for learning to drain an abscess.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/waxman.htm
1 Oct 2010
Internal Medicine Meeting 2022 goes hybrid
It will be the first in-person Internal Medicine Meeting since 2019 in Philadelphia and the first Internal Medicine Meeting held in the Windy City since 1990.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/internal-medicine-meeting-2022-goes-hybrid.htm
1 Mar 2022
MKSAP Quiz: Cardiac murmur in early adulthood
A 65-year-old woman is evaluated during a routine examination. She was diagnosed with a cardiac murmur in early adulthood. She is active, healthy, and without symptoms. She takes no medications. Following a physical exam that reveals a grade 3/6 holosystolic murmur and echocardiogram that demonstrates a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50%, what is the next most appropriate step in management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/11/3.htm
11 Sep 2018
Prostate biopsy complications rising with a high rate of post-procedure hospitalizations
Prostate biopsy was associated with a 6.9% hospitalization rate within 30 days, compared to a 2.9% hospitalization rate among a control group of men who did not have a biopsy, researchers found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/27/5.htm
27 Sep 2011
Doctors in training seek ‘bright hope’
The first-ever virtual meeting for the College's Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Members featured a lesson in resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as sessions for overcoming early-career failures and working for racial justice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/07/doctors-in-training-seek-bright-hope.htm
1 Jul 2021
Percutaneous ablation may be preferred to nephrectomy for selected patients with early-stage renal cancer
Renal cancer-specific and overall survival and complications at 30 and 365 days postintervention were compared in patients with stage T1a disease treated with percutaneous ablation, partial nephrectomy, or radical nephrectomy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/26/2.htm
26 Jun 2018
Reassurance on ACE inhibitors, ARBs and COVID-19; new rules, advice from CMS and CDC
Also, ACP launched a new interactive CME program to help practices start and sustain telemedicine programs, and an ACP webinar on March 30 will offer advice from the front lines for maintaining physician well-being during the pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/24/1.htm
24 Mar 2020
SGLT2 inhibitors associated with rare, life-threatening necrotizing genital infections
In the past six years, nearly three times as many cases of Fournier gangrene were reported in patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors as in the past 35 years in patients taking other antiglycemic agents.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/07/1.htm
7 May 2019
Guidance issued on evaluation, treatment of hemorrhoids
Guidelines recommend primary first-line therapy for patients with symptomatic hemorrhoid disease of dietary modification to ensure adequate fluid and fiber intake and counseling on defecation habits.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/06/2.htm
6 Mar 2018
COVID-19 research covers taste and smell alterations, incidence in nursing homes and shelters, resource allocation policies
Other topics of note this week include guidance from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) on personal protective equipment, plus information from the FDA and IDSA on serum antibody tests.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/28/1.htm
28 Apr 2020