Approach to a patient with a pulmonary nodule
A lecture by Prof. Yaron Shargall, from McMaster University, Canada, delivered at McMaster International Review Course in Internal Medicine in June 2015.
Chest x-ray on patients’ request
Family physicians are frequently approached by patients of all ages, usually asymptomatic, who request chest x-ray because “it’s been a long time since the last one.” Would you perform the study in such cases?
Treatment of CAP and resistant pathogens
There is a tendency to keep the duration of antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia as short as possible. Treatment of 5 days is safe and effective but is it associated with an increased risk of selection of resistant pathogens?