Rheumatology

General Hospital Medicine

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What additional workup would you perform to evaluate a new onset of spontaneous hemarthrosis?

Young adult male previously without bleeding diathesis and no family history. Platelet count, PT, and PTT are normal. Also normal factor 8, 9, 12, 7, ...

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What is the recommended fungal workup in an immunocompromised patient after 5 days of persistent fever?

Do you involve additional specialists, such as ENT, to further evaluate? Is there a particular algorithm followed by your institution, or is it just d...

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In what clinical scenario would you consider the use of budesonide over prednisone as part of the pharmacologic management of autoimmune hepatitis?

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Would you biopsy calcified lung nodules and or lymphadenopathy that have shown stability over a 2-year period, in a bid to rule out sarcoidosis?

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Do you have to extend treatment for acute Lyme disease if a patient is on high dose steroids for another indication?

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How soon after a fracture would it be safe to start anti-resorptive therapy?

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How would you approach the upfront management of a patient with acute unilateral vision loss with strong clinical risk factors for both cardioembolic stroke and GCA if an expedited MRI is not possible due to the presence of an AICD?

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What is your strategy to prevent and treat constipation in patients initiating or receiving opioids?

What non-pharmacological interventions do you recommend? Do you routinely prescribe prophylactic laxatives to patients initiating opioids? How do you ...

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