Acute Monoarticular Arthritis Brian F. Mandell RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: The distinction between crystal-induced and bacterial arthritis cannot be made reliably with studies from peripheral blood or from…
Hematology and Medical Oncology Question 1 A 19-year-old African American man presents to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain and jaundice. His past medical history is unremarkable, although his…
Palliative Medicine: What Every Internist Ought to Know Susan B. LeGrand POINTS TO REMEMBER: Palliative medicine may be given concurrently with disease-specific therapy. General internists should be able to provide…
Review of Cellular Morphology Karl S. Theil POINTS TO REMEMBER: Peripheral blood smear morphology should be interpreted in the context of clinical features. Review of the peripheral blood smear can…
Plasma Cell Disorders Frederic J. Reu POINTS TO REMEMBER: The terms “plasma cell disorders” or “plasma cell dyscrasias” are used interchangeably for a group of diseases characterized by transformation and…
Breast Cancer Halle C. F. Moore POINTS TO REMEMBER: The estimated annual incidence of invasive breast cancer in the United States is in the range of 200,000 per year, and…
Disorders of Platelets and Coagulation Christy J. Samaras Steven R. Deitcher Roy L. Silverstein Bernard J. Silver POINTS TO REMEMBER: The activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) is a clotbased test…
