Plus, see what you know about parotid masses, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, new antivirals for hepatitis C, and postpartum neurologic deficits-all topics in this week’s quiz.
Spring is here and brings with it the peak allergy season. Patients will present with a variety of allergic diseases, both seasonal and otherwise. This week’s photo quiz tests your knowledge of these disorders.
Which meningococcal vaccines can now be given to very young infants? Can a Mediterranean diet lower inflammation? What does regular narrow QRS complex tachycardia imply? Can you answer these questions and 2 others?
The mediastinal benign schwannomas is a nerve sheath tumor composed of Schwann cells. These tumors are often asymptomatic and found incidentally.
Two weeks after injury to the right chest wall and shoulder, the patient continues to have pain. He also reports numbness and tingling in his hands bilaterally. What do the ED images reveal?
The patient denies dizziness, weakness, chest pain, and dyspnea. Review case details including ECG results. What's your diagnosis?
Management options for PSVT in a stable patient include vagal maneuvers, medications, and electrical synchronized cardioversion.
Test yourself on restless legs syndrome; germ cell tumors; statin use; autoimmune syndromes; and sleep apnea with this quiz.
Progressive numbness in 3 fingers on both hands led this computer programmer to diagnose himself as having carpal tunnel syndrome. But, there's more to this story.