This article features a selection of ten topics chosen, reviewed, and commented for you by chief residents at the Department of Internal Medicine at Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV). This selection synthesizes the novelties and essential reminders of 2023 in internal medicine. By analyzing the standout publications of the year, it offers an overview of progress in diagnosis and patient management within the hospital and their transition to outpatient care. From oral anticoagulation to community-acquired pneumonias, encompassing the management of heart and kidney failure, each key aspect is explored. This compilation provides practitioners with an essential resource to remain at the forefront of current developments, thereby stimulating more informed and effective care for patients.
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Impact of adipocytes on ultrasound evaluation of parathyroid adenomas.
J Med Ultrason (2001)
December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0011, Japan.
Purpose: Parathyroid lipoadenomas are difficult to recognize preoperatively; hence, they may remain undetected. Difficulty in recognition is thought to be due to the adipocytes present in the tumor. This study aimed to clarify the impact of adipocytes as a component of parathyroid adenomas on ultrasound evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrends in the surgical management of proximal humerus fractures over the last 20 years from Australian registry databases.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia.
Background: Proximal humerus fractures (PHF) are common with approximately 30% requiring surgical intervention. This ranges from open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) to shoulder arthroplasty (including hemiarthroplasty, total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA), reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA)). The aim of this study was to assess trends in operative interventions for PHF in an Australian population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessing the impact of clerkships on the growth of clinical knowledge.
Ann Med
December 2025
Department of Medicine, Office of Medical Education Research and Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Purpose: This study quantified the impact of clinical clerkships on medical students' disciplinary knowledge using the Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination (CCSE) as a formative assessment tool.
Methods: This study involved 155 third-year medical students in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University who matriculated in 2016. Disciplinary scores on their individual Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination reports were extracted by digitizing the bar charts using image processing techniques.
The Utility of Interferon-γ Release Assays in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Patients With Cancer.
Transpl Infect Dis
December 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Background: Patients with cancer are at elevated risk for tuberculosis (TB) reactivation. Diagnosis of latent TB infection and TB disease remains challenging in this patient population despite the advent of interferon-γ release assays (IGRA).
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of all patients with cancer who had IGRA testing (QuantiFERON-TB [QFT-TB] or T-SPOT.
Fatal dengue virus infection in an unvaccinated traveler.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
December 2024
Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Dengue is an increasing threat to individuals living in or visiting endemic countries. Effective vaccines have become available, but their use in travelers is typically only recommended to individuals with documented prior infection. We present a fatal case of severe dengue in an unvaccinated traveler without known prior dengue virus infection but longitudinal serologic and molecular evidence for secondary infection.
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