Elusive pulmonary symptoms prove difficult to pin down
After several hospital admissions for fatigue, dyspnea, and cough, bronchoscopy finally pointed to an accurate diagnosis.
After several hospital admissions for fatigue, dyspnea, and cough, bronchoscopy finally pointed to an accurate diagnosis.
A patient’s claim that her husband lost her pain pills makes clinicians suspect symptoms are a ruse.
A patient who has just had total hip replacement complains of significant leg swelling on the affected side. There is no calf or posterior knee pain. What is the appropriate response?—Michael Flosi, PA-C, Jensen Beach, Fla. Some degree of leg swelling is normal following surgery. Your patient simply may be relatively immobile or may not…
Guidelines advise against the routine use of antibiotics, but patients demand them. Find out what alternatives are available and when to use them.