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Questions discussed in this category



Are there situations in which you still feel comfortable giving IV iron? If not, do you consider PO iron?

In other words, are there benefits to identifying URI pathogens that do not necessarily have targeted therapies (e.g., rhinovirus, non-COVID-19 Corona...

When do you have consider sending them as part of your initial workup?

Do you ever continue medications such as rate-control agents for tachyarrhythmias, anticoagulation for blood clots, immunosuppression to prevent trans...

For example, do you routinely supplement with calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, simethicone, sucralfate, etc.?

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?


Papers discussed in this category


Microbes and infection, 2024 May 06

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2012 Apr

Journal of palliative medicine, 2012-02

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2022 Mar 23

Palliative medicine, 2022 Jul

Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 2024 Jun

AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2010-02

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Aug 17

Thorax, 2009 Oct

The American journal of medicine, 1991 Aug 08

Gut, 1990 Jul

Journal of pain and symptom management, 2002-05

Annals of internal medicine, 2025 Sep 30

British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2023 Jun 13

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2013 Sep

Annals of internal medicine, 2021 Nov 23

American journal of hematology, 2024 Jan 29

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2024 Jun 12

American family physician, 2022 Sep

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Jun 25

Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2019 Sep 1

Chest, 2023 Oct 07

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024 Mar 05