Residents Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: Thrombocytopenia Do you know key clinical information and best practices when encountering abnormally low platelet counts in patients? Test yourself on thrombocytopenia with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• A Patient Who Collapsed in Agony After Echocardiography A middle-aged man has intense, sudden-onset pain in his flank and lumbar region. He had just completed an echocardiogram and collapsed in the hallway. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Kidney Transplant Rejection Risk and Monitoring How familiar are you with kidney transplant, rejection risk, and monitoring? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• Colorectal Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Colorectal Liver Metastases   The case focuses on a 32-year-old man whose colonoscopy showed a non-bleeding mass about 2-3 cm above the anal verge with some symptoms of mild partial obstruction. His staging imaging demonstrates multiple liver lesions, a mid-rectal thickening, and some small pulmonary nodules.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Intra-articular Injections for Knee OA How familiar are you with intra-articular injections to manage knee osteoarthritis? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Knee Osteoarthritis Presentation and Diagnosis How familiar are you with knee osteoarthritis? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Muscle Relaxants Do you know key clinical information regarding muscle relaxants, including indications, adverse events, and contraindications? Take this this brief quiz.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: PAOD Signs and Symptoms Can you recognize the signs and symptoms of peripheral arterial occlusive disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 17, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes Incretin-Based Therapy How familiar are you with an incretin-based therapeutic approach to type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity and Weight Management How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Carcinogens Avoiding carcinogens is a key step in cancer prevention. Review the latest research into physical, chemical, and biological carcinogens, including newly recognized substances, with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Diabetes Drugs Given how critical medication is for patients with diabetes, do you know key clinical information about the most commonly used drugs? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Drowning and Water-Related Health Concerns With temperatures heating up and swimming on the rise, do you know key clinical information about water-related health concerns like drowning and infection? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment Early diagnosis of IPF and the initiation of treatment are essential to improve patient outcomes. Test your knowledge of the methods for treatment with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Pregnancy How familiar are you with gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes following pregnancy? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 11, 2022
• Skill Checkup: A Man With an Acute Flare of Psoriasis A 32-year-old man presents with an acute flare of psoriasis, covering 15% of his body surface area (BSA) and involving the trunk, scalp, extremities, and penis. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 11, 2022
• A 45-Year-Old Father Seeking Vasectomy Has Alarming Findings A 45-year-old man is referred to a urologist for a vasectomy. A preprocedure workup reveals abnormal physical and laboratory findings. What condition is present in this patient?
  Medscape, May 10, 2022
• A Divorced Man With Back Pain After Trip With New Girlfriend A 42-year-old man describes fatigue lasting 6 months after a divorce, which he attributes to depression. He also reports low back pain and feeling feverish when he wakes. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, May 09, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Dyspnea and Droopy Right Eye A 57-year-old woman presents with dyspnea, droopy right eye, and mild crackles at both lower lung fields. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 06, 2022