General Internal Medicine

General Primary Care

Questions discussed in this category

What do you think about chronic suppressive therapy for HSV-2 in a patient with positive antibodies but no prior clinical outbreak?

Would you expect the presence of antibodies to indicate either immunity from contracting the infection, or otherwise risk of transmitting a latent inf...

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How do you counsel someone about metformin use for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who is also on a GLP1, and achieved goal A1c but prefers not to be on Metformin anymore?

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Is there a role for use of GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists in the management of substance use disorders, whether or not they meet other inclusion criteria for their use?

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What are some practical ways to incorporate cardiac POCUS in the primary care setting?

For example, do you find it most useful for outpatient disease assessment/management, consideration of further imaging or specialist referral, or tria...

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How do you decide the maximum amount of volume to remove during a therapeutic thoracentesis?

Do you use the traditional strict limit of 1.5 L, or do you consider removing more volume if a patient appears to tolerate it?

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What do you think about using conventional thoracic imaging methods (e.g., X-ray, CT, etc.) to determine if a pleural effusion is of adequate size to consider thoracentesis?

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What is your preferred laboratory test to assess treatment response or infection resolution in patients with bacterial pneumonia?

For example, do you find trending WBC, procalcitonin, CRP, etc., more or less helpful?

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