Gout: What to Know about that Big Red Toe
A red hot (but not exquisitely painful) update on the treatment of gout!
Month: February 2021
Getting It Right: Delabeling Penicillin Allergy
How often is a documented PCN allergy legitimate? What can we do to “delabel” patients who don’t have a true allergy?
Self-Care: Houseplant Love
Life can be unpredictable and chaotic, especially these days. It is important to take time for yourself. Like most things in life, self-care is on a spectrum. It looks different for each of us. Whatever you need is what it is.
Microscopic Hematuria: Those Pesky RBCs
How does the appearance of blood differ between urine dipstick testing and urine microscopy? What guidelines are there for microscopic hematuria?
Self-Care: Sorry, I’m Booked
Life can be unpredictable and chaotic, especially these days. It is important to take time for yourself. Like most things in life, self-care is on a spectrum. It looks different for each of us. Whatever you need is what it is.
Chronic Hepatitis B: Confused No More
What’s the diagnostic criteria for chronic hepatitis B (CHB)? What serology findings do these patients have in common? What studies should we monitor in these patients? And how do we differentiate the phases of CHB?