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MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up evaluation of dementia
A 53-year-old woman is brought to the office by her husband for follow-up evaluation of behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia, which was diagnosed 9 months ago. Her clinical symptoms of occasional aphasia, minor memory impairment, behavioral disinhibition, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors have worsened since diagnosis and have become disruptive. Her husband asks about possible medications to control her symptoms. What is the most appropriate medication to recommend?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/08/3.htm
8 Jun 2021
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACP Internist Last November, the debate over ...
recommendations from theAmerican College of Chest Physicians, theAmerican College of Emergency Physicians/American Academy of Neurology, and theAmerican Heart Association/AmericanStroke Association.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/acpi-201704-dynamed_t1.pdf
23 Mar 2017
Guideline for Ménière's disease offers 16 key action statements for diagnosis, treatment
An updated guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery cautions that due to the variety of clinical presentations in patients with definite and probable Ménière's disease, a full and accurate diagnosis may take months to attain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/14/4.htm
14 Apr 2020
A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs
An increasing prevalence of the use of cognitive-enhancing substances, or so-called “smart drugs,” among healthy people has raised concerns among internists and medical ethicists.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/a-smart-approach-to-performance-drugs.htm
1 Nov 2017
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACP Internist Fulfilling Medicare patients’ requests for ...
Our Conference Coverage section in this issue is from Digestive Disease Week 2014and the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, held this spring in Chicagoand Philadelphia, respectively. ... to help improve timelystroke care. And on page 13, a neurology expert offers advice on accurately diagnosingand treating meningitis, including tips on how to tell viral and bacterial cases apart.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/acpi-201407-puzzle_t1.pdf
23 Jun 2014
ACP releases Spanish-language edition of MKSAP 18
The Spanish-language version will help Latin American and Spanish internists, subspecialists, and primary care physicians upgrade their knowledge and prepare for board certification.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/17/6.htm
17 Dec 2019
DynaMed Plus image quiz: Thrombosis
The left panel of this angiography shows thrombosis of the right carotid artery such as might occur in a patient who presents to the emergency department with an acute symptomatic ischemic stroke. The right panel demonstrates the return of vascular flow following successful thrombolysis, as might occur after the patient is treated with intravenous alteplase within 180 minutes of stroke onset. Post-thrombolytic therapy, what is this patient is most likely to have?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/dynamed.htm
1 Apr 2017
Outcomes after TIA appear similar with outpatient vs. inpatient care
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor ischemic stroke who were cared for at a TIA clinic had a similar risk for subsequent stroke as patients admitted to a hospital.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/01/11/5.htm
11 Jan 2022
CONFERENCE COVERAGE July/August 2014 ACP Internist 13 When you ...
We feel the same way about the timeto antimicrobial agents,” said Karen Roos,MD, who is the John and Nancy NelsonProfessor of Neurology at IndianaUniversity in Indianapolis. ... Time toantimicrobial agents should be 30 minutesor less.”. Dr. Roos offered advice on speedingand improving diagnosis and treatment ofmeningitis during the American Academyof Neurology’s annual meeting, held inPhiladelphia in April.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/acpi-201407-puzzle_t2.pdf
23 Jun 2014
What's in an eponym? Discussing namesake diseases
Where do medical eponyms come from? Consider their origins, the reasons why they've fallen out of favor, and why some still, against the odds, endure.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/whats-in-an-eponym-discussing-namesake-diseases.htm
1 Mar 2021