General Internal Medicine
Questions discussed in this category
Does the presence of ILD change your approach?
In particular, in individuals who are know to have their urinary tract colonized with an organism, and they will periodically develop a urinary tract ...
CDC Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021
McCreary et al., PMID 37310038
A patient on meloxicam for LBP developed high, persistent fevers and no other symptoms. An IGRA, among many tests, was sent. The IGRA’s mitogen ...
For example, baseline QT prolongation, elderly age group, or underlying heart disease?
A patient on meloxicam for LBP developed high, persistent fevers and no other symptoms. An IGRA, among many tests, was sent. The IGRA’s mitogen ...
Would you send a CMV DNA PCR in blood, and if you elect to treat with anti-CMV medication, how long would you treat and what parameters would you use,...
Chemotherapy is associated with acquiring C diff colitis. Does immunotherapy share that same risk and necessitate ruling out infection prior to anti-d...
Nussbaum et al., PMID 38195100
Extrapolating from standard practice for management of cryptococcal antigenemia?
Do you continue smears until documented resolution, or by clinical progress?
Or would you still offer penicillin G benzathine once weekly concurrently?
Is there a role for booster vaccination and if so, how do you approach the timing when a patient is already on a biologic for immunosuppression?
What is your approach to guiding ophthalmologists regarding our clinical suspicion for ocular syphilis and does the quantification of the titer help i...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly we see management of acute cholecystitis with cholecystostomy tubes as opposed to surgery, even amongst pati...
Assuming no symptoms of TB, should patients be treated for latent TB prior to starting TNF inhibitors or other immunosuppressive agents?
Additionally, is it correct to assume that IV therapies might be preferred vs oral treatment given alterations in GI absorption in PLE?
Do you just use antibiotic prophylaxis if therapy is started prior to meningococcal vaccination?
Hepatitis screening labs revealing Hep B ag and core positivity with positive PCR
Does treatment with B-cell depletion and/or negative anti-spike antibody status despite COVID mRNA vaccination influence your decision?
How do you decide how long to continue?
Is there a role for empiric antibiotics if there is history of opportunistic infection?
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