Esophageal Button Battery Retrieval: Time-In May Not Be Everything.

The management of ingested foreign bodies is a challenging task because each case is unique with multiple varying factors including a patient's age, anatomical considerations, clinical presentation, and the type and location of the foreign body ingested. Additionally, concern over complications associated with button battery ingestion typically drives management decisions. The common practice is the urgent retrieval of the foreign body within two to six hours of presentation.

Seronegative Autoimmune Hepatitis.

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a relatively rare liver disease with varying worldwide incidence of from 0.7 to 2 per 100,000 people. It is characterized by the presence of auto-antibodies.

Management of Opioid-induced Constipation in Older Adults.

Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a common condition in older adults who may not be responsive to traditional laxative therapy. OIC is defined as new or worsening constipation symptoms that occur with initiation of or altering the dose of opioid analgesia. For adult patients with OIC and noncancer pain, we recommend considering nonpharmacologic interventions (eg, dietary measures, increased physical activity, and biofeedback training) and over-the-counter laxatives, followed by prescription opioid receptor antagonists (methylnaltrexone, naloxegol, and naldemedine) if traditional over-the-counter laxatives fail.

Rehumanizing Clinical Language Through Classical Indian Dance.

Members of communities of color have long experienced structural marginalization and biases that have measurable health consequences. When a group of medical students choreograph and perform Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam forms of Indian classical dance, they illuminate a collaborative, narrative approach to interrogating ethnic and racial biases in clinical jargon. In these video recordings of "Bagalamukhi's Words," performers interpret a patient's embodied, visceral responses to language-induced dehumanization during a clinical encounter.