Ace The Internal Medicine Exam

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was first described by Dr. Petersdorf and Dr. Beesom in 1961.  ...

Klippel Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a vascular malformation syndrome comprising of varying involvement of cutaneous capillaries, veins, and lymphat ...

A knee dislocation is a potentially devastating injury and is often a surgical emergency. This injury requires prompt identification, eva ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is supplementing women with hormones lost during the menopausal transition. To relieve the symptoms associated wi ...

Hemorrhage is an acute loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel. The bleeding can be minor, such as when the superficial vessels in the skin are d ...

Hereditary angioedema, otherwise known as C1 esterase deficiency, is defined by recurrent episodes of angioedema without urticaria or pru ...

Suicide is one of the most important events that health professionals must address. The clinical assessment and subsequent intervention become ...

A cough is one of the most common medical complaints accounting for as many as 30 million clinical visits per year. Up to 40% of these co ...

Cardioversion is the process of converting a heart that is in an abnormal and potentially dangerous rhythm into a normal sinus rhythm. The nor ...

Fludeoxyglucose F18 (FDG) is a positron-emitting radiotracer used in conjunction with positron emission tomography (PET) to diagnose and monitor va ...

Cholesteatoma is a confusing misnomer which means fatty bile tumor; however, cholesteatomas are benign collections of keratinized squamous epitheli ...

The term "ichthyosis" implies a generalized scaly dermatosis, without the component of erythema. The ichthyoses are disorders of cornification and ...

Acid-fast bacteria, also known as acid-fast bacilli or simply AFB, are a group of bacteria sharing the characteristic of acid fastness. Acid fastne ...

H2 receptor blockers, or H2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), are a class of gastric acid-suppressing agents frequently used in various gastric conditi ...

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by elevated liver biochemistry, coagulopathy, and hepatic encephalopathy wit ...

Renal artery stenosis is narrowing of the one or both of renal arteries. It is the major cause of hypertension and according to some repo ...

Pseudocholinesterase deficiency, also known as butyrylcholinesterase deficiency, refers to a rare acquired or inherited defect in the pseudocholine ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a classical hallucinogen originally synthesized by Albert Hoffman. He accidentally concocted the drug while mak ...