Vanderbilts: Not Just for ADHD
The Vanderbilt Assessment Scales are commonly used to evaluate ADHD symptoms in children, but did you also know that they also screen for oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety, and depression?
SOAP Note
Don’t Drop the MIC
Did you know that we can’t compare the MIC for one drug to another?
Parental Hesitancy with the HPV Vaccine
According to a recent study, it appears that many parents think the HPV vaccine is simply “not necessary” despite the more than 44,000 cases of HPV-associated cancer per year.
Give The Beta-Lactam Before the Vanc
Did you know that the sequence of how antibiotics are administered can have a dramatic affect on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infections?
Conjunctival Pearls
What do you know about conjunctival injection, pallor, and icterus?
Defining Valvular Afib
A patient with afib and valvular heart disease does not necessarily have valvular afib. Wait, what?!
Name That Rash!
Check out this week’s mystery rash. What is it? What causes it? And how do we treat it?
Name That Oral Lesion!
Check out this week’s mystery exam finding. What is it? What causes it? And how do we treat it?
Name That Eye Finding!
Check out this week’s eye finding. What is it? What complications can it cause?
EBV Testing: Making Sense of Serology
Lots of antibodies to create confusion: heterophile, IgM-VCA, IgG-VCA, IgG-EBNA, IgG-EA. Do you know their significance?