ImpetigoA 16-year-old girl is bothered by a spreading, itchy rash of 1 week’s duration on the left preauricular cheek. The otherwise healthy teenager denies taking any new medications or using new...
There are many therapies for treating chronic pain ranging from medications to invasive techniques, including injections and surgery. Often overlooked and underused are the various nonpharmacologic...
<p>The residents and I recently evaluated a patient with midsubstance Achilles tendinopathy. I have a sensitive spot for sufferers of Achilles discomfort since I ruptured mine 20 years ago (ouch!). A...
<p>Despite being the “most preventable cause of death among hospitalized patients,” pulmonary embolic disease (PED) still manages to claim 100,000 to 180,000 lives a year in the United States.<span...
<p>Febrile seizures—primary generalized seizures that last less than 15 minutes and do not recur within 24 hours—are the most common convulsive event in children under age 5. Between 2% and 5% of all...
The patient had an anterior mediastinal mass caused by the lymphoma compressing the trachea, which presented initially as features of bronchial asthma.
