General Internal Medicine   

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

(i.e., isolated elevation in MCHC, RDW.) Especially when all other lab results are normal and reassuring.

Do you prescribe it universally or based on specific risk factors?

Do you still find urinalysis helpful in this situation, or do you rely on more specific culture data, imaging studies, etc.?

If so, you have a recommended tapering strategy? 

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

As studied in Tang H, Donahoo WT, DeKosky ST, et al. GLP-1RA and SGLT2i Medications for Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer Disease and Related De...

How do you approach shared decision-making when patients express hesitancy about medication exposure in utero? What is your approach when a patient is...

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...

Referring to podiatry vs MRI vs referring PT with therapies like shock wave.

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, how do you address tendency to "over-order" these tests in patients with common aches/pains but no structural abnormalities on advanced i...

Are there situations in which you would continue the possible offending agent with close monitoring?

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

Do you extend the course of fidaxomicin past initial 10 days to at least 3-7 days after completion of antibiotics?

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?

The controlled trial below demonstrated improvement in dysphagia among Parkinson's patients. Might this have greater potential for benefit than modifi...

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

In low-risk patients (age < 40) or patients with very obvious causes of blood loss or iron deficiency (menorrhagia, pregnancy), do you routinely pe...