Ace The Internal Medicine Exam

Organ transplantation has emerged as an established treatment option for patients with end-stage disease processes such as end-stage renal disease ...

Color flow imaging is a vascular technology used to assess the vascular anatomy and flow within blood vessels. It relies on ultrasonographic techno ...

Paraneoplastic syndromes are rare disorders with complex systemic clinical manifestations from underlying malignancy due to the altered immune syst ...

Ventricular tachycardia is characterized as a wide complex (QRS duration greater than 120 milliseconds) tachyarrhythmia at a heart rate greate ...

Indinavir is an alpha-amino acid amide protease inhibitor used as a treatment therapy for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, which can ...

Syringomyelia, at its core, is a disorder of an abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation. A syrinx is a fluid-filled cavity that anatomi ...

Neostigmine is water-soluble, an ionized compound that reversibly inhibits the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. Its FDA indication is for the reve ...

Hyperemesis gravidarum refers to intractable vomiting during pregnancy that leads to weight loss and volume depletion, resulting in ketonuria and/o ...

Nortriptyline is indicated for use in the treatment of depression (FDA-approved). It can also be used off-label for conditions such as chronic pain ...

Influenza is a communicable viral disease that affects the upper and lower respiratory tract. A wide spectrum of influenza viruses causes it. Some ...

Kyrle disease is a rare skin condition classified as a subtype of acquired perforating dermatosis, along with reactive perforating collagenosi ...

A deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot that forms within the deep veins, usually of the leg, but can occur in the veins of the arms and the m ...

Parenteral and enteral feedings are considered in patients with insufficient oral intake or contraindications to anything by mouth. Nutri ...

Ionizing radiation has been proven to be a risk factor for malignancy in the future. Evidence from studies conducted following the Chernobyl a ...

Pembrolizumab is an FDA approved monoclonal antibody directed against programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and sold in the US. It initially recei ...

Ectopic pregnancy is a known complication of pregnancy that can carry a high rate of morbidity and mortality when not recognized and treated prompt ...

Inhalation injury is a broad term that includes pulmonary exposure to a wide range of chemicals in various forms including smoke, gases, vapors, or ...

Retroperitoneal hematoma is defined as bleeding into the retroperitoneal space. This clinical entity is often occult and under-recognized by clinic ...