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How many are too many for CT scans?

As many as one-third of the 70 million imaging tests ordered during the year may not be needed. Experts attempt to determine whether repeated radiation scanning doses could prove potentially yet unintentionally harmful.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/CT.htm
1 Feb 2011

MKSAP Quiz: gradual onset and progression of memory loss

This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate gradual memory loss in an 81-year-old man.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/13/3.htm
13 Sep 2011

MKSAP Quiz: 4-month history of tremor

This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 53-year-old woman with a 4-month history of tremor.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/07/3.htm
7 Aug 2012

Warnings on fluoroquinolones, antipsychotics, becaplermin

Recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/fda.htm
1 Sep 2008

Resist the urge to overtreat bacteriuria

Antibiotics could be avoided more frequently even in patients who have significant bacteriuria if a physician takes the time to convey potential antibiotic risks.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/resist-the-urge-to-overtreat-bacteriuria.htm
1 Jul 2019

MKSAP Quiz: 3-week history of painful muscle spasms and twisting movements

A 24-year-old woman is evaluated for a 3-week history of painful muscle spasms and twisting movements in the neck and trunk. She says that her neck feels as if it is being pulled backward. She also reports general restlessness and an inability to keep still. Her medical history is notable for asthma, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and gastroparesis with reflux. The patient has no family history of neuropsychiatric disorders or liver disease. Medications are albuterol, insulin, omeprazole, and metoclopramide. Following findings from a physical exam, what is the most likely diagnosis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/18/3.htm
18 Mar 2014

Transitional care can be effective, underused

Clinicians are figuring out ways to flag those complex patients in advance and then better support them during transitions in care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/11/transitional-care-can-be-effective-underused.htm
1 Nov 2018

Take time to ease the pain of elderly patients

Assessing and managing pain can be complicated in elderly patients. Learn which tools work, which tools don't, and how to optimize treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/pain.htm
1 Jul 2013

Warnings on prostate drugs, HIV combination therapy

Recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/fda.htm
1 Jan 2011

Mortality with later hip fracture surgery linked to medical reasons for delay

Late hip fracture surgery carries a higher mortality risk than early surgery, but mostly because of underlying medical reasons for the delay, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/16/6.htm
16 Aug 2011

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