Clinical Resource Library Database

Final recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

A week dedicated to empowering and educating people to end the traumatic and destructive anti-fatness rooted in racism, shame, and discrimination around body shape and size.

Wellens syndrome is a rare form of ACS that indicates critical left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion and can be identified by its characteristic T-wave patterns on ECG. This article describes the Wellens ECG pattern and its significance in patients with chest pain.

Wellens syndrome is a rare form of acute coronary syndrome that indicates critical left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion and can be identified by its characteristic T-wave patterns on ECG. This article describes the Wellens ECG pattern and its significance in patients with chest pain.

Even though patients in diabetic ketoacidosis commonly present with hyperglycemia, normal blood glucose levels don’t allow you to rule out this diabetic emergency.

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a combination treatment involving three or more antiretroviral agents for patients with HIV. ART has reduced HIV-related morbidity and mortality via single-tablet or multiple-tablet regimens.

Many medications are associated with phototoxicity or photoallergy, the two types of photosensitivity. This article reviews some photosensitizing medications and describes patient education on preventing and recognizing photosensitivity reactions and skin cancer.

The FDA approved the first cannabidiol oral medication to treat refractory epilepsy in patients with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. This article describes the safety and efficacy of cannabidiol treatment in patients with refractory epilepsy.

Triple inhaled therapy for maintenance of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) consists of an inhaled corticosteroid, long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and long-acting beta2-agonist. This article discusses the role of triple therapy in treating patients with COPD.

In this session, faculty will address mental health and substance use disorder, two critical healthcare challenges. Through a panel discussion, attendees will hear from PAs and a psychiatrist about how to enter a practice in psychiatry, the relationship between medicine and psychiatry, and more.

Primary care clinicians must be well-versed in the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. This presentation aims to give primary care clinicians an update on current and emerging pathogens, diagnostic modalities, and antibiotics recommendation.

“I just put them in a room,” the nurse says, “a father and his teenage daughter. They want to discuss something with you—he didn’t offer any details. Anyway, I wasn’t sure if you wanted something else, like vital signs, or a weight?”

Heart failure is twice as common in men with type 2 diabetes than those without it and is almost five times greater in women with diabetes. This article reviews the effects of diabetes medications on heart failure outcomes.

Inhaled bronchodilators are recommended to treat patients with any category of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This article outlines which patients with COPD may benefit from an ICS.

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria challenges a clinician’s ability to fight life-threatening infections. This article discusses the underlying principles of this therapeutic approach and when it may be appropriate.