General Primary Care   

Questions discussed in this category


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

What strategies do you use to counsel patients on continuing an antidepressant until therapeutic doses versus switching agents if they perceive a lack...

Is there a role, or do you find it largely drives the fixation of health being based on the number on the scale? 

Are there certain modifications to the home or aid devices that you commonly recommend? Some that are more cost-effective? 

Prompted by nonspecific symptoms that could be related to low testosterone or many other conditions (i.e., fatigue, poor sleep) especially with all th...

For your recommended medication, are you doing a scheduled set dose, or is it primarily symptom-driven? 

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

How do you risk-stratify this otherwise low-risk young patient given the lack of specific guidelines for this rare cancer? Additionally, at what point...

For example, if someone has an upcoming vacation or family gathering, is it okay to temporarily stop their medication to increase their appetite?

There is a longstanding debate about the association of atopy with cancer risk. Significant literature evidence (mostly epidemiological) supports the ...

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

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

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

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

Journal of clinical lipidology, 2022 Sep 11

Lancet (London, England), 2015 Mar 12

Journal of palliative medicine, 2012-02

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2022 Mar 23

Palliative medicine, 2022 Jul

JAMA, 2021 Apr 13

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2025 Jan 29

Drug and alcohol dependence, 2024 Sep 07

JAMA psychiatry, 2025 Apr 01

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

Heart failure reviews, 2021 Apr 09

International journal of cardiology, 2017 Aug 01

Cardiovascular ultrasound, 2006 Aug 31

Journal of addiction medicine, 2020 May/Jun

Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2014-06

American journal of preventive medicine, 2015-10

The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Mar 29

The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Mar 06

The New England journal of medicine, 2013-01-17

Expert opinion on drug safety, 2016 Jan 25

Blood, 2015 Dec 22

Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 2024 Feb 01

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023 Apr 24

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