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Learn to see signs of an often fatal disease | ACP Internist
Pulmonary arterial hypertension can be recognized and treated. But it remains a diagnosis that is often missed, and the delay can lead to a rapidly progressing and fatal outcome. Learn the signs beyond a patient who reports “being out of
The hero case managers : ACP Internist
As someone who has practiced hospital medicine up and down the East Coast for the last several years, I've had the fortune of working with s...
Postinfectious cough : ACP Internist
I am not a huge baseball fan to begin with, and when I am, I route for the Nationals. Thus, I pay little attention to the New York Yankees, ...
Most common medication errors : ACP Internist
It is the nightmare of every hospitalized patient and family. You've entrusted your care to a group of highly trained professionals, and exp...
ACP Internist: Blog Log
Members of the American College of Physicians contribute posts from their own sites to ACP Internist . Contributors include: Auscultation...
It's all about the communication : ACP Internist
Despite all the challenges that we, and every other nation, faces with their health care systems, it's worth remembering that in the broader...
QD: News Every Day--Pocket ultrasound devices may increase dyspnea diagnoses : ACP Internist
Pocket ultrasound devices helped internal medicine residents improve diagnostic accuracy of dyspnea, and extended training increased residen...
3 questions hospital administrators keep asking : ACP Internist
A few years ago, I was in a position where I was fast going down the route of hospital administration. I thought it was interesting at first...
Ivacaftor, a breakthrough in cystic fibrosis treatment : ACP Internist
One of the implicit themes we were taught in medical school is that an understanding of the basic science of a disease informs and guides tr...
How to treat pneumonia, and science : ACP Internist
A recent Cochrane meta-analysis reaches the succinct, clear, and rather startling conclusion that the treatment of severe pneumonia should ...