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To PCI or not to PCI; please, review your guidelines

59y/o male who arrived to the ED by EMS as a cardiac alert (STEMI). Pt started having substernal chest pain, sudden in onset while watching TV at home.
Emergency Medicine 9 12

Ermatologic-Laser induced iritis

50 y.o. female with hx of LASIK & p/c IOL OS, complains of sudden onset of foggy vision OS.
Ophthalmology 6 7

Sublingual frenulum - what is the Ddx?

33 year old male with no past medical history. Presents with a lesion on his sublingual frenulum for one week.
Otolaryngology 8 7

Recurrent breast lesion

42 year old african lady presenting with a recurrent mass lesion on left breast.
Oncology 8 15

Severe bilateral optic disc edema

A 37yo obese, white, Hispanic female presented to the hospital with a several month hx of headache- most recently accompanied by "blurry vision", intermittent horizontal diplopia, dizziness and nausea/vomiting.
Ophthalmology 9 22

Isolated Q in III, what are your thoughts

59 yo male w/ HTN who had a EKG today that was normal excpet for a Q wave in III
Family Medicine 8 35

Hyperthyroidism in the elderly

I commonly have senior citizens with a TSH that are in the .05-.15 range.
Endocrinology 6 17

What is the best test for aneurysm screening?

55 year old lady with history of aneurysm as a child.
Radiology 7 17

Generalized intensely pruritic vesicular rash

Afebrile, negative throat culture, negative Mono Spot x 2, WBC 15,000 with normal differential, rash is primarily trunk, back, hands and feet, all in similar phase of development.
Infectious Diseases 4 7

New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

After the new mammogram screening guidelines that were released yesterday, I just read about the new cervical cancer screening guidelines that ACOG released today.
OBGYN 16 62

Penile Carcinoma

48 yo african american male, uncircumcised ,otherwise healthy. Presented with glans penis lesion and abdominal wall condyloma.
Urology 15 18

Vaginal estrogen in breast cancer - to give or not to give?

I was asked by a 76 yo patient with G1-2 DCIS, ER strongly positive, if she can use Vagifem.
Oncology 13 25

Are Atypicals better ???

Do you prefer atypical antipsychotics?
Psychiatry 25 54

New breast cancer screening recommendations

Now that the recommendations have been changed, will you adopt the changes?
Surgery 33 118

Visual loss after MI/stroke

54 year old woman had a large MI four years ago, causing her to blow-out her mitral valve. She had to have a CABG and a mitral-valve repair.
Ophthalmology 7 17

Need endocrine help!

60 y/o WF with long history of profound fatigue, myalgias, depression, obesity, elevated sed rate and CRP (with negative workup by rheumatology).
Endocrinology 8 22

Need Help! Urgent! Epistaxis on anticoagulation

82 year old male admitted because of epistaxis. He is on coumadin because of AORTIC and MITRAL mechanical valve, was well as atrial fibrillation.
Internal Medicine 10 13

Antibiotics post-tonsillectomy? Do you or don't you....

Do you routinely prescribe antibiotics to post-tonsillectomy patients? What do you use, and for how long?
Otolaryngology 11 38

Alternative for depakote

I have a patient who is true blue bipolar I and has been on depakote for many years. Unfortunately, she also has fatty liver, and recently her LFTs have begun to climb.
Psychiatry 14 33

Macrodantin in pregnancy

Antibacterial Medication Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Birth Defects: National Birth Defects Prevention Study Export
OBGYN 13 37

Spongiotic Psoriasiform Dermatitis

Pt is >50yo with >10year history of anal pruritis. Pt states it worsens with sweating and increased activity.
Dermatology 6 15

Hypogonadism

78 yo who has IDDM and had a radical prostatectomy for prostate Ca. He complains of fatigue and lack of libido.
Urology 9 11

Resting and kinetic tremors on a 14 y/o male

14 y/o white male, with no family history for movement disorders, noted to have tremors of bilateral hands when he was 2 y/o.
Neurology 8 8

Diaphragm spasms following Nissen?

Recently repaired a moderately large HH with a lap Nissen and used Gore Bio-A to reinforce the diaphragm after suturing the crura closed.
Surgery 5 9

Total Knee Replacement, multiple medical issues

Fifty-seven y/o male, 5' 8", 252 lb for left total knee. History of MI followed by 5 vessel CABG and internal defibrillator.
Anesthesiology 11 41

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