Table of contents for Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2017 of the American journal of hospital medicine....

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This article answers the question: How to order and interpret iron studies for a hospitalized patient with anemia?...

QUESTION: My patient has thrombocytopenia, but after the last platelet transfusion his platelet count only increased from 21,000/μL to 26,000/μL. Does he need crossmatched platelets?

The most likely diagnosis is: 1. Toxic megacolon -- 2. Colonic obstruction secondary to adhesions -- 3. Colonic pseudo-obstruction -- 4. Shigellosis....

A 45-year-old male was seen as a response to an EMS call. Patient's neighbor saw the patient collapsed in the backyard. Patient had a history of substance abuse and depression. Patient was intubated on field for airway ...

This article answers the question: My patient developed a fever during a packed red blood cell transfusion. What is the likelihood that the fever is due to bacterial contamination of the blood product?

Clinical vignette: A 40 year-old female with no significant past medical history had a 3-day history of runny nose, headache, cough and post-nasal drip. Her physical exam showed erythematous pharyngeal wall but it was ...

The most likely diagnosis is: 1. Bacetrial pnuemonia -- 2. Large bowel obstruction -- 3. Cholecystitis -- 4. Pancreatitis -- 5 Peptic ulcer disease....

Question and answer regarding a patient who became acutely thrombocytopenic.