Draw the attention of clinical therapists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, general practitioners to problem antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by irrational use antibacterial drugs. To highlight difficulties in diagnosing and managing patients with pseudomembranous colitis.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are seen by primary care physicians who may not be aware of indications or benefits of timely nephrologist referral. Late referral to a nephrologist may lead to suboptimal pre-end stage renal disease care and greater mortality. It is not known whether current postgraduate training adequately prepares a future internist in...

IT IS an obvious fact that acquired valvular deformities may impose a serious mechanical burden upon the heart. Over the years it has been logical to hope that definitive surgical technics would be developed to alter these defects so as to restore normal cardiac function. However plausible the need, the evolution of surgery for acquired valvular disease was delayed by the fear that the heart co...

Doctor “Try Harder” (“Dr. TH”) is an experienced dermatologist who has familiarized herself with the requirements for proper Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding of office visits and procedures. When she retired, Dr. TH became a patient of a large multispecialty health care group to manage her moderate hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, which requires her to visit her internist two t...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the impact of generalist versus specialist direction on the pattern of care and outcome in patients admitted to the hospital for unstable angina. BACKGROUND Physicians trained as internists or as cardiologists may have different approaches to treating patients with unstable angina. METHODS We reviewed a prospectively collected cohort of patients discha...