Internal Medicine Residency Readings: Jan - June 2017

Kodner C. Diagnosis and Management of Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults. Am Fam Physician. 2016 Mar 15;93(6):479-85. Review. PubMed PMID: 26977832.

Wechalekar AD, Gillmore JD, Hawkins PN. Systemic amyloidosis. Lancet. 2016 Jun 25;387(10038):2641-54. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01274-X. Epub 2015 Dec 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 26719234.

Yun S, Johnson AC, Okolo ON, Arnold SJ, McBride A, Zhang L, Baz RC, Anwer F.
Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Review of Pathogenesis and Management. Clin
Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2017 May;17(5):252-262. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2017.02.028.
Epub 2017 Mar 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 28366781; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5413391.

Recommended by Dr. Ahari
Merlini G, Bellotti V. Molecular mechanisms of amyloidosis. N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 7;349(6):583-96. Review. PubMed PMID: 12904524.

From Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods (23rd ed, 2017)

Hamzaoui O, Monnet X, Teboul JL. Pulsus paradoxus. Eur Respir J. 2013 Dec;42(6):1696-705. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00138912. Epub 2012 Dec 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 23222878.

Imazio M, Gaido L, Battaglia A, Gaita F. Contemporary management of pericardial effusion: practical aspects for clinical practice. Postgrad Med. 2017 Mar;129(2):178-186. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2017.1285676. Epub 2017 Feb 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 28135875.

Stone MJ, Bogen SA. Evidence-based focused review of management of hyperviscosity syndrome. Blood. 2012 Mar 8;119(10):2205-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-04-347690. Epub 2011 Dec 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 22147890.

Nusbaum MR, Hamilton CD. The proactive sexual health history. Am Fam Physician. 2002 Nov 1;66(9):1705-12. Review. PubMed PMID: 12449269.

Weber R. Pharyngitis. Prim Care. 2014 Mar;41(1):91-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.010. Epub 2013 Nov 21. Review. Erratum in: Prim Care. 2015 Mar;42(1):xvii. PubMed PMID: 24439883.

Johannesen KM, Bodtger U. Lemierre's syndrome: current perspectives on diagnosis and management. Infect Drug Resist. 2016 Sep 14;9:221-227. eCollection 2016. Review. PubMed PMID: 27695351; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5028102.

Riordan T. Human infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum (Necrobacillosis), with a focus on Lemierre's syndrome. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2007 Oct;20(4):622-59. Review. PubMed PMID: 17934077; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2176048.

Cunha BA, Lortholary O, Cunha CB. Fever of unknown origin: a clinical approach. Am J Med. 2015 Oct;128(10):1138.e1-1138.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.06.001. Epub 2015 Jun 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 26093175.

Pics E, Brugnara C, Spolaore F, Plebani M. Clinical utility of reticulocyte parameters. Clin Lab Med. 2015 Mar;35(1):133-63. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2014.10.004. epub 2014 Nov 26. Review. PubMed PMID: 25676377.

Weinzierl EP, Arber DA. The differential diagnosis and bone marrow evaluation of new-onset pancytopenia. Am J Clin Pathol. 2013 Jan;139(1):9-29. doi: 10.1309/AJCP50AEEYGREWUZ. Review. PubMed PMID: 23270895.

Kikano GE, Fabien A, Schilz R. Evaluation of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. Am Fam Physician. 2015 Dec 15;92(12):1084-91. PubMed PMID: 26760594.

Santos TSD, Tavares RS, Farias DLC. Splenic marginal zone lymphoma: a literature review of diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2017 Apr - Jun;39(2):146-154. doi: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.09.014. Epub 2016 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 28577652.

Soto-Gomez N, Peters JI, Nambiar AM. Diagnosis and Management of Sarcoidosis. Am Fam Physician. 2016 May 15;93(10):840-8. PubMed PMID: 27175719.

Bellomo R, Kellum JA, Ronco C. Acute kidney injury. Lancet. 2012 Aug 25;380(9843):756-66. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61454-2. Epub 2012 May 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 22617274.

Darmon M, Ostermann M, Cerda J, Dimopoulos MA, Forni L, Hoste E, Legrand M, Lerolle N, Rondeau E, Schneider A, Souweine B, Schetz M. Diagnostic work-up and specific causes of acute kidney injury. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Apr 25. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4799-8. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 28444409.

Chadban SJ, Atkins RC. Glomerulonephritis. Lancet. 2005 May 21-27;365(9473):1797-806. Review. PubMed PMID: 15910953.

From Seldin and Giebisch's The Kidney
Fifth Edition

Yates M, Watts R. ANCA-associated vasculitis. Clin Med (Lond). 2017 Feb;17(1):60-64. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-1-60. Review. PubMed PMID: 28148583.

The Clinician and the Microbiology Laboratory From Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Eighth Edition

Principi N, Esposito S. Nasal Irrigation: An Imprecisely Defined Medical Procedure. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 May 11;14(5). pii: E516. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14050516. Review. PubMed PMID: 28492494.

Cope JR, Ali IK. Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis: What Have We Learned in the Last 5 Years? Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2016 Sep;18(10):31. doi: 10.1007/s11908-016-0539-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 27614893; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5100007.

Brouwer MC, Thwaites GE, Tunkel AR, van de Beek D. Dilemmas in the diagnosis of acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis. Lancet. 2012 Nov 10;380(9854):1684-92. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61185-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 23141617.

Doherty CM, Forbes RB. Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture. Ulster Med J. 2014 May;83(2):93-102. Review. PubMed PMID: 25075138; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4113153.

Ellenby MS, Tegtmeyer K, Lai S, Braner DA. Videos in clinical medicine. Lumbar puncture. N Engl J Med. 2006 Sep 28;355(13):e12. PubMed PMID: 17005943.

Malangone S, Campen CJ. Hypercalcemia of Malignancy. J Adv Pract Oncol. 2015 Nov-Dec;6(6):586-92. Epub 2015 Nov 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 27648348; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5017549.

Rajkumar SV, Kumar S. Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis and Treatment. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Jan;91(1):101-19. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.11.007. Review. PubMe PMID: 26763514; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5223450.

Katus LE, Frucht SJ. Management of Serotonin Syndrome and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2016 Sep;18(9):39. doi: 10.1007/s11940-016-0423-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 27469512.

Rosenberg H, Pollock N, Schiemann A, Bulger T, Stowell K. Malignant hyperthermia: a review. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2015 Aug 4;10:93. doi: 10.1186/s13023-015-0310-1. Review. PubMed PMID: 26238698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4524368.

Baizabal-Carvallo JF, Jankovic J. Stiff-person syndrome: insights into a complex autoimmune disorder. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2015 Aug;86(8):840-8. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309201. Epub 2014 Dec 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 25511790.

Porcel JM, Light RW. Diagnostic approach to pleural effusion in adults. Am Fam Physician. 2006 Apr 1;73(7):1211-20. Review. PubMed PMID: 16623208.

Brigden M. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Still a helpful test when used judiciously. Postgrad Med. 1998 May;103(5):257-62, 272-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 9590999.

Udwadia ZF, Sen T. Pleural tuberculosis: an update. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2010 Jul;16(4):399-406. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328339cf6e. Review. PubMed PMID: 20531085.

Johannesen KM, Bodtger U. Lemierre's syndrome: current perspectives on diagnosis and management. Infect Drug Resist. 2016 Sep 14;9:221-227. eCollection 2016. Review. PubMed PMID: 27695351; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5028102.

Juckett G, Trivedi R. Evaluation of chronic diarrhea. Am Fam Physician. 2011 Nov 15;84(10):1119-26. Review. PubMed PMID: 22085666.

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Brown NF, Marks DJ, Smith PJ, Bloom SL. Splenomegaly. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2011 Nov;72(11):M166-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 22082977.

Pozo AL, Godfrey EM, Bowles KM. Splenomegaly: investigation, diagnosis and management. Blood Rev. 2009 May;23(3):105-11. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2008.10.001. Epub 2008 Dec 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 19062140.

Armitage JO, Gascoyne RD, Lunning MA, Cavalli F. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lancet. 2017 Jan 30. pii: S0140-6736(16)32407-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32407-2. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 28153383.

Ansell SM. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Aug;90(8):1152-63. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.04.025. Review. PubMed PMID: 26250731.

Cunha BA, Lortholary O, Cunha CB. Fever of unknown origin: a clinical approach. Am J Med. 201g5 Oct;128(10):1138.e1-1138.e15. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.06.001. Epub 2015 Jun 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 26093175.

Sager R, Kutz A, Mueller B, Schuetz P. Procalcitonin-guided diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship revisited. BMC Med. 2017 Jan 24;15(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0795-7. Review. PubMed PMID: 28114931; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5259962.

Kravets I. Hyperthyroidism: Diagnosis and Treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2016 Mar 1;93(5):363-70. Review. PubMed PMID: 26926973.

Kelly AM. Can VBG analysis replace ABG analysis in emergency care? Emerg Med J. 2016 Feb;33(2):152-4. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204326. Epub 2014 Dec 31. Review. PubMed PMID: 25552544.

Smith TJ, Hegedüs L. Graves' Disease. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 20;375(16):1552-1565. Review. PubMed PMID: 27797318.

Burch HB, Cooper DS. Management of Graves Disease: A Review. JAMA. 2015 Dec 15;314(23):2544-54. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.16535. Review. Erratum in: JAMA. 2016 Feb 9;315(6):614. PubMed PMID: 26670972.

From: Medical Secrets (5th ed. 2012)

Williams E, Chillag S, Rizvi A. Thyroid bruit and the underlying 'inferno'. Am J Med. 2014 Jun;127(6):489-90. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.08.034. Epub 2014 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 24447837.

Murthy AR, Marulappa R, Hegde U, Kappadi D, Ambikathanaya UK, Nair P. Treatment guidelines and prognosis of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome patients: a review. J Int Oral Health. 2015 Apr;7(4):92-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 25954081; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4409807.

From: Goldman-Cecil Medicine

"Kikuchi's disease is a rare self-limiting lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by acute or subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis. It affects predominantly young adult females. It is of presumptive viral origin, based on its clinical features and course. "

Polizzotto MN, Uldrick TS, Wyvill KM, Aleman K, Marshall V, Wang V, Whitby D, Pittaluga S, Jaffe ES, Millo C, Tosato G, Little RF, Steinberg SM, Sereti I, Yarchoan R. Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients With Symptomatic Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV)-associated Inflammation: Prospective Characterization of KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS). Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62(6):730-8. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ996. Epub 2015 Dec 12. PubMed PMID: 26658701; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4772848.

His Doctors Were Stumped. Then He Took Over.

Chan KL, Lade S, Prince HM, Harrison SJ. Update and new approaches in the
treatment of Castleman disease. J Blood Med. 2016 Aug 3;7:145-58. doi:
10.2147/JBM.S60514. eCollection 2016. Review. PubMed PMID: 27536166; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC4976903.

From Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases

Petkar S, Cooper P, Fitzpatrick AP. How to avoid a misdiagnosis in patients presenting with transient loss of consciousness. Postgrad Med J. 2006 Oct;82(972):630-41. Review. PubMed PMID: 17068273; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2653900.

Bassetti CL. Transient loss of consciousness and syncope. Handb Clin Neurol. 2014;119:169-91. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-4086-3.00013-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 24365296.

Sheldon R, Rose S, Ritchie D, Connolly SJ, Koshman ML, Lee MA, Frenneaux M, Fisher M, Murphy W. Historical criteria that distinguish syncope from seizures. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Jul 3;40(1):142-8. PubMed PMID: 12103268.

Mandel J, Poch D. In the clinic. Pulmonary hypertension. Ann Intern Med. 2013 May 7;158(9):ITC5-1 -16. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-9-201305070-01005. Review. PubMed PMID: 23648959.

Avoid CT of the head in asymptomatic adult patients in the emergency department with syncope, insignificant trauma and a normal neurological evaluation.

Gardner K, Suddle A, Kane P, O'Grady J, Heaton N, Bomford A, Thein SL. How we treat sickle hepatopathy and liver transplantation in adults. Blood. 2014 Apr 10;123(15):2302-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-12-542076. Epub 2014 Feb 24. Review. PubMed PMID: 24565828.

Martí-Carvajal AJ, Simancas-Racines D. Interventions for treating intrahepatic cholestasis in people with sickle cell disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Mar 13;(3):CD010985. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010985.pub2. Review. PubMed PMID: 25769029.

Malik A, Merchant C, Rao M, Fiore RP. Rare but Lethal Hepatopathy-Sickle Cell Intrahepatic Cholestasis and Management Strategies. Am J Case Rep. 2015 Nov 28;16:840-3. PubMed PMID: 26613743; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4671447.

Chapter 94 Altered Mental Status and Coma in Emergency Medicine: Clinical Essentials (Adams, 2nd ed.)
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Appel GB. Thrombotic microangiopathies: Similar presentations, different therapies. Cleve Clin J Med. 2017 Feb;84(2):114-130. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17001. Review. PubMed PMID: 28198690.

Chadban SJ, Atkins RC. Glomerulonephritis. Lancet. 2005 May 21-27;365(9473):1797-806. Review. PubMed PMID: 15910953.

Toh CH, Alhamdi Y. Current consideration and management of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2013;2013:286-91. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2013.1.286. Review. PubMed PMID: 24319193.

Sperati CJ, Moliterno AR. Thrombotic microangiopathy: focus on atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2015 Jun;29(3):541-59. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Apr 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 26043391.

Fernandez D, Kirou KA. What Causes Lupus Flares? Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2016 Mar;18(3):14. doi: 10.1007/s11926-016-0562-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 26951252.

Ju JH, Min JK, Jung CK, Oh SN, Kwok SK, Kang KY, Park KS, Ko HJ, Yoon CH, Park SH, Cho CS, Kim HY. Lupus mesenteric vasculitis can cause acute abdominal pain in patients with SLE. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2009 May;5(5):273-81. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2009.53. Review. PubMed PMID: 19412194.

Barile-Fabris L, Hernández-Cabrera MF, Barragan-Garfias JA. Vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2014;16(9):440. doi: 10.1007/s11926-014-0440-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 25023725.

Ebert EC, Hagspiel KD. Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2011 May-Jun;45(5):436-41. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31820f81b8. Review. PubMed PMID: 21422947.

Dalbeth N, Merriman TR, Stamp LK. Gout. Lancet. 2016 Oct 22;388(10055):2039-2052. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00346-9. Epub 2016 Apr 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 27112094.

Mahajan VK. Sporotrichosis: an overview and therapeutic options. Dermatol Res Pract. 2014;2014:272376. doi: 10.1155/2014/272376. Epub 2014 Dec 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 25614735; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4295339.

Brannan SR, Jerrard DA. Synovial fluid analysis. J Emerg Med. 2006 Apr;30(3):331-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 16677989.

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary

Berger JR. The clinical features of PML. Cleve Clin J Med. 2011 Nov;78 Suppl 2:S8-12. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.78.s2.03. Review. PubMed PMID: 22123935.

Adang L, Berger J. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. F1000Res. 2015 Dec 10;4. pii: F1000 Faculty Rev-1424. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.7071.1. Review. PubMed PMID: 26918152; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4754031.

Fox R. Advances in the management of PML: focus on natalizumab. Cleve Clin J Med. 2011 Nov;78 Suppl 2:S33-7. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.78.s2.08. Review. Erratum in: Cleve Clin J Med. 2012 May;79(5):312. PubMed PMID: 22123933.

Sabah M, Mulcahy J, Zeman A. Herpes simplex encephalitis. BMJ. 2012 Jun 6;344:e3166. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3166. Review. PubMed PMID: 22674925.

Güngör S, Topal I. Images in clinical medicine. Tripe palms. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 6;370(6):558. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1307034. PubMed PMID: 24499214.

Hoetzenecker W, Nägeli M, Mehra ET, Jensen AN, Saulite I, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Guenova E, Cozzio A, French LE. Adverse cutaneous drug eruptions: current understanding. Semin Immunopathol. 2016 Jan;38(1):75-86. doi: 10.1007/s00281-015-0540-2. Review. PubMed PMID: 26553194.

Husain Z, Reddy BY, Schwartz RA. DRESS syndrome: Part I. Clinical perspectives. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013 May;68(5):693.e1-14; quiz 706-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.01.033. Review. PubMed PMID: 23602182.

Husain Z, Reddy BY, Schwartz RA. DRESS syndrome: Part II. Management and therapeutics. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013 May;68(5):709.e1-9; quiz 718-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.01.032. Review. PubMed PMID: 23602183.

Chadban SJ, Atkins RC. Glomerulonephritis. Lancet. 2005 May 21-27;365(9473):1797-806. Review. PubMed PMID: 15910953.

Lutalo PM, D'Cruz DP. Diagnosis and classification of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (aka Wegener's granulomatosis). J Autoimmun. 2014 Feb-Mar;48-49:94-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2014.01.028. Review. PubMed PMID: 24485158.

Almouhawis HA, Leao JC, Fedele S, Porter SR. Wegener's granulomatosis: a review of clinical features and an update in diagnosis and treatment. J Oral Pathologist Med. 2013 Aug;42(7):507-16. doi: 10.1111/jop.12030. Review. PubMed PMID: 23301777.

Chalmers JD, Aliberti S, Blasi F. Management of bronchiectasis in adults. Eur Respir J. 2015 May;45(5):1446-62. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00119114. Review. PubMed PMID: 25792635.

Scoma CB, Shah AH, Bregy A, Komotar RJ. Evaluation of a ring enhancing lesion. BMJ. 2015 Oct 5;351:h5033. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h5033. PubMed PMID: 26438566.

Hardesty DA, Nakaji P. The Current and Future Treatment of Brain Metastases. Front Surg. 2016 May 25;3:30. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2016.00030. Review. PubMed PMID: 27252942; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4879329.

Omuro A, DeAngelis LM. Glioblastoma and other malignant gliomas: a clinical review. JAMA. 2013 Nov 6;310(17):1842-50. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.280319. Review. PubMed PMID: 24193082.

Touitou V, LeHoang P, Bodaghi B. Primary CNS lymphoma. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov;26(6):526-33. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000213. Review. PubMed PMID:26367092.

Ly KI, Wen PY. Clinical Relevance of Steroid Use in Neuro-Oncology. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2017 Jan;17(1):5. doi: 10.1007/s11910-017-0713-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 28138871.

DuPont HL. Acute infectious diarrhea in immunocompetent adults. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 17;370(16):1532-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1301069. Review. PubMed PMID: 24738670.

McClarren RL, Lynch B, Nyayapati N. Acute infectious diarrhea. Prim Care. 2011 Sep;38(3):539-64; ix. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2011.05.008. Review. PubMed PMID: 21872096.

WHO Guidelines for the Management of Typhoid Fever

Waddington CS, Darton TC, Pollard AJ. The challenge of enteric fever. J Infect. 2014 Jan;68 Suppl 1:S38-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.09.013. Review. PubMed PMID: 24119827.

Hernandez-Milian A, Payeras-Cifre A. What is new in listeriosis? Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:358051. doi: 10.1155/2014/358051. Review. PubMed PMID: 24822197; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4005144.

Avegno J, Carlisle M. Evaluating the Patient with Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2016 May;34(2):211-28. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2015.12.011. Review. PubMed PMID: 27133241.

Winger J, Michelfelder A. Diagnostic approach to the patient with jaundice. Prim Care. 2011 Sep;38(3):469-82; viii. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2011.05.004. Review. PubMed PMID: 21872092.

Dugum M, Zein N, McCullough A, Hanouneh I. Alcoholic hepatitis: Challenges in diagnosis and management. Cleve Clin J Med. 2015 Apr;82(4):226-36. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14048. Review. PubMed PMID: 25955457.

Bernal W, Wendon J. Acute liver failure. N Engl J Med. 2013 Dec 26;369(26):2525-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1208937. Review. PubMed PMID: 24369077.

Shah N, Silva RG, Kowalski A, Desai C, Lerma E. Hepatorenal syndrome. Dis Mon. 2016 Oct;62(10):364-375. doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2016.05.009. Review. PubMed PMID: 27372112.

Henry DA. In The Clinic: Hyponatremia. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Aug 4;163(3):ITC1-19. doi: 10.7326/AITC201508040. Review. PubMed PMID: 26237763.

Filippatos TD, Liamis G, Elisaf MS. Ten pitfalls in the proper management of patients with hyponatremia. Postgrad Med. 2016 Jun;128(5):516-22. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2016.1186488. Review. PubMed PMID: 27153450.

Dorin RI, Qualls CR, Crapo LM. Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Aug 5;139(3):194-204. Review. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2004 Feb 17;140(4):315. PubMed PMID: 12899587.

Charmandari E, Nicolaides NC, Chrousos GP. Adrenal insufficiency. Lancet. 2014 Jun 21;383(9935):2152-67. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61684-0. Review. PubMed PMID: 24503135.

Sprung CL, Annane D, Keh D, Moreno R, Singer M, Freivogel K, Weiss YG,
Benbenishty J, Kalenka A, Forst H, Laterre PF, Reinhart K, Cuthbertson BH, Payen D, Briegel J; CORTICUS Study Group.. Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 10;358(2):111-24. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa071366. PubMed PMID: 18184957.

Bornstein SR. Predisposing factors for adrenal insufficiency. N Engl J Med. 2009 May 28;360(22):2328-39. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0804635. Review. PubMed PMID: 19474430.

Watad A, Mahroum N, Whitby A, Gertel S, Comaneshter D, Cohen AD, Amital H. Hypothyroidism among SLE patients: Case control study. Autoimmun Rev. 2016 May;15(5):484-6. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2016.01.019. Review. PubMed PMID: 26826435.

Hanly JG. Diagnosis and management of neuropsychiatric SLE. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2014 Jun;10(6):338-47. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.15. Review. PubMed PMID: 24514913.

Timlin H, Petri M. Transient ischemic attack and stroke in systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2013 Oct;22(12):1251-8. doi: 10.1177/0961203313497416. Review. PubMed PMID: 24097997.

Pereira J, Alfaro G, Goycoolea M, Quiroga T, Ocqueteau M, Massardo L, Pérez C, Saez C, Panes O, Matus V, Mezzano D. Circulating platelet-derived microparticles in systemic lupus erythematosus. Association with increased thrombin generation and procoagulant state. Thromb Haemost. 2006 Jan;95(1):94-9. PubMed PMID: 16543967.

Zampeli E, Klinman DM, Gershwin ME, Moutsopoulos HM. A comprehensive evaluation for the treatment of lupus nephritis. J Autoimmun. 2017 Jan 9. pii: S0896-8411(16)30330-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2016.12.011. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 28082046.

Ryan JJ, Tedford RJ. Diagnosing and treating the failing right heart. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2015 May;30(3):292-300. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000164. Review. PubMed PMID: 25807224; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4429511.

Penny DJ, Vick GW 3rd. Ventricular septal defect. Lancet. 2011 Mar 26;377(9771):1103-12. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61339-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 21349577.

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Educational video on the basics of how to measure pulsus paradoxus in patients suspected of having cardiac tamponade.

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