Pearls

Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis
04/15/2021
A New York Supreme Court recently ruled that a plaintiff could assert a statutory fraud claim in the context of deceptive business practices under NY General Business Law in conjunction with a medical...
04/15/2021
Legal Medicine
Legal Medicine
03/31/2021
A nursing home resident was given 120 mg of morphine that was meant for another patient. As soon as the mistake was recognized, the patient was given naloxone to counteract the effects of the morphine. ...
03/31/2021
Primary Care
Primary Care
03/25/2021
A physician made two unsuccessful attempts to sue a patient’s daughter after she posted negative reviews of the physician on Yelp and Google.
03/25/2021
Pain
Pain
04/05/2020
A 52 year-old man has tried numerous remedies for tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) with scant relief. Although NSAIDs have provided the best symptom control, since pain bothers him every day he would...
04/05/2020
Pain
Pain
04/02/2020
Arnold is a 36-year-old man with refractory lateral epicondylitis of the right elbow. Which treatment might improve his symptoms?
04/02/2020
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
09/05/2019
Drugs that are newly marketed are routinely tested for potential interaction with warfarin, and that list of agents continues to grow.
09/05/2019
Lung Disease
Lung Disease
07/10/2019
A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for an acute exacerbation of COPD. What is the mortality rate within the next 2 years in patients presenting with this scenario?
07/10/2019
mental health
mental health
05/26/2019
Apathy in Alzheimer disease is the loss of interest and motivation in daily activities not attributable to another cause or comorbidity, such as depression.
05/26/2019
asthma
asthma
02/13/2019
Jenny is a 12-year-old girl with asthma who has recently started using daily inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) with little effect. Her mother asks whether any alternative treatments might offer better control...
02/13/2019
anemia
anemia
02/06/2019
The consequences of B12 deficiency are far reaching and have hematologic, neurologic, and orthopedic implications.
02/06/2019