An older woman tripped on a rug in her house and toppled down her stairs. The patient was diagnosed with a kidney laceration, broken ribs, and fractured vertebrae. She was admitted to the hospital and her...
Edward Shahady, MD, Medical Director, Diabetes Master Clinician Program and Emeritus Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Edward Shahady, MD, Medical Director, Diabetes Master Clinician Program and Emeritus Pr...
In this “Test Your Knowledge” series, Edward Shahady, MD, asks you about treating an older man with long-term diabetes who presents with foot pain.
Do you know which therapeutic agents the American Gastroenterological Association recommends for biologic-naïve patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis? Take our short quiz to find out!
In this Test Your Knowledge quiz, Diana Finkel, DO, poses a clinical scenario and asks you how you would manage this patient who is at high risk for HIV and is attending college for the first time.
A recent study investigated whether an increase in access to PrEP would increase the likelihood of adherence to the medication. Do you think this would work in your practice?
The current guidelines from the Pediatric Endocrine Society include 12 conditional and 16 strong recommendations. Do you know the recommendation for dosing growth hormone for children with GHD?
Antibiotic resistance is one of the largest public health challenges in the United States and is a global health threat. What treatment options do we need in order to combat this public health challenge? ...
A patient scheduled for a positron emission tomography (PET) scan who wanted medication to relieve her anxiety was prescribed Versed, but the nurse mistakenly injected the patient with a fatal dose of...
