One of my colleagues just pointed out this interesting post from the New York Times Well Blog. It’s a commentary on a recent paper published in the journal Radiology which followed cortisol levels of women waiting for breast biopsy results. Predictably, they found that waiting and uncertainty was correlated with higher cortisol levels. From the [...]
If you just like the sound of that phrase, like I do, check out Dr. Bruce Friemdan’s blog LabSoftNews where he discussed a seminar dedicated to improving surgical pathology workflow. Dr. Friedman is well known in the field of informatics and is part of the inspiration for this blog. He has put together the Lab [...]
Clinical Presentation A 14-year-old boy with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department complaining of severe abdominal pain which had begun several hours prior in a periumbilical location, then had migrated to the right lower quadrant. Physical examination revealed marked right lower quadrant abdominal tenderness, and a complete blood count was remarkable [...]
Clinical History A 30-year-old Hispanic man with a history of diabetes mellitus had a staphylococcal abscess of the calf several weeks prior to presentation that was treated with antibiotics. He was in his usual state of health until two to three weeks before presentation, when he developed rapidly progressive leg pain, fever, and myalgias. He [...]
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