Hospital Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Rapid Review Quiz: Pertussis Recognition and Management How much do you know about pertussis signs, symptoms, and management? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 06, 2025
• Fast Five Quiz: Recognizing Spinal Abscess Can you properly identify and manage patients with spinal abscess? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 03, 2025
• A 71-Year-Old Man With Severe Epigastric Pain After Fatty Meals A 71-year-old man presents with severe pain in the epigastrium. The pain started a day ago, after he ate a large, fatty meal for lunch. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 02, 2025
• Fast Five Quiz: Multiple Sclerosis Pain Management Do you know how to manage pain in patients with multiple sclerosis? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 02, 2025
• ECG Challenge: Rapid Heart Rate and Chest Discomfort After CABG After coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a woman presents with chest discomfort that seems unrelated to the surgical incision. What’s going on?
  Medscape Cardiology, December 26, 2024
• Rapid Review Quiz: Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19 Are you familiar with cardiovascular diseases associated with COVID? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 23, 2024
• A 70-Year-Old Man With Abnormal Posture and Movements The patient has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and early-stage dementia.
  Medscape, December 21, 2024
• A 20-Year-Old-Male With Weight Loss The patient passed out when he got out of bed this morning.
  Medscape, December 18, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Difficult-to-Diagnose Strokes Check your knowledge on difficult-to-diagnose strokes with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 18, 2024
• ECG Challenge: Feeling Cold and Confused A homeless man is rushed to the ED with hypothermia. What does the ECG reveal?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 26, 2024
• A Truck Driver With Persistent Cough The patient has a history of smoking, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension.
  Medscape, November 26, 2024
• Fact or Fiction: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Can you separate fact from fiction when it comes to the latest information for EPI? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 20, 2024
• Rapid Rx: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Are you up to date on the latest treatments for EPI? Test yourself with this quick quiz!
  Medscape, November 20, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Are you current on systemic lupus erythematosus facts and developments? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 15, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: The Nuances of Acute Kidney Injury Find out whether you’re familiar with the nuances of acute kidney injury with this short quiz.
  Medscape, November 12, 2024
• Use of Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease in Primary Care Dr Charles Vega believes that primary care will be the chief clinical setting for application of new blood-based biomarkers.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 11, 2024
• An Elderly Man Blacks Out in His Bathroom A man was found in his apartment after he blacked out and became wedged between the toilet and the bathtub about 24 hours prior. He now has dyspnea and a headache. Can you make a diagnosis?
  Medscape, October 31, 2024
• A 43-Year-Old Woman With Excessive Sweating and Feeling Hot She does not have a fever and says she has not had any cough, upset stomach, rash, or pain.
  Medscape, October 21, 2024
• ECG Challenge: Feeling Lightheaded After Methadone Overdose A veteran presents to the emergency department after taking too much methadone. What does the telemetry show?
  Medscape Cardiology, October 18, 2024
• Rapid Review Quiz: Is It Human Parvovirus? Can you identify the signs and symptoms of parvovirus B19 infection and distinguish it from important differential diagnoses? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, October 16, 2024