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Legal Pearls
Legal Pearls
06/04/2023
A 63-year-old woman presented to the emergency department on March 21, 2020, with a sore throat and headache. She also reported that she had a heart condition.
06/04/2023
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Pediatric Pearls
Pediatric Pearls
05/21/2023
A 2-year-old boy presents with his parents to a pediatric clinic. He had previously been diagnosed with hypospadias. His parents explain that he has been showing symptoms of troubled breathing, excessive...
05/21/2023
Legal pearl
Legal pearl
05/18/2023

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
A court determines whether a patient-physician relationship is created when the treating doctor consults with an on-call doctor.
05/18/2023
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
05/01/2023

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
Although a gynecologist obtained their patient’s signed consent form, the court focused on the document’s generic language.
05/01/2023
Nutritional Pearl
Nutritional Pearl
04/16/2023
Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a family history of dementia. She asks you if her coffee intake would increase her risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the future.
04/16/2023
Nutritional Pearls
Nutritional Pearls
03/15/2023
Your patient is a 27-year-old woman with celiac disease who gave birth to her first child several months earlier. She asks if she should be worried about her child also developing the disease, and if she...
03/15/2023
Legal Pearls
Legal Pearls
02/23/2023
A 58-year-old woman with severe colon inertia developed an anastomotic leak after surgery to remove a dead spot on her colon. After several unsuccessful surgeries, the patient underwent a 17-hour...
02/23/2023
Mediterranean Diet
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Mediterranean Diet
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
02/16/2023
A 63-year-old man with hepatitis C, cirrhosis of the liver, end-stage liver disease, renal failure, and congestive heart failure, was brought to the hospital by ambulance for complaints of weakness in his...
02/16/2023