A Rare Cause and Alternative Algorithm for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleed: Complications of a Failed Pancreatic Transplant.

A 39-year-old woman with no known risk factors presented for a recurrent upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. She had a prior history of failed kidney and pancreatic transplants secondary to childhood diabetes mellitus type I. After an extensive workup, she was found to have active hemorrhage into an area of the small bowel from an artery supplying her failed pancreatic transplant.

Assessing Residents' Veteran-Centered Care Skills in the Clinical Setting.

Background: Despite their placement in Veterans Health Administration centers nationwide, residents' training and assessment in veteran-centered care is variable and often insufficient.

Objective: We assessed residents' ability to recognize and address mental health issues that affect US military veterans.

Methods: Two unannounced standardized patient (SP) cases were used to assess internal medicine residents' veteran-centered care skills from September 2014 to March 2016.

Ego-depletion and aggressive behavior.

Multiple theoretical frameworks postulate that ego-depletion can influence aggressive behavior. Our experimental study assessed whether ego-depletion is related to aggressive behavioral change and whether provocation moderated this effect. Aggression was measured by asking participants to take raffle tickets from an ostensible partner.