Hospital Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: HIV Pre- and Postexposure Prophylaxis Are you familiar with the best strategies for PrEP and PEP? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 07, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes How much do you know about glycemic control in type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 07, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Risk Factors for Heart Failure How familiar are you with risk factors of heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 07, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With Breathlessness, Fatigue, and Agitation A 72-year-old woman presents with breathlessness, extreme fatigue, and weakness, and can be heard wheezing. She is also highly agitated and is sweating profusely. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Severe Asthma How much do you know about new therapies and the GINA guideline recommendations for severe asthma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: HFrEF How much do you know about the presentation, workup, and treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 01, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Heart Failure Comorbidities How much do you know about comorbidities occurring with heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 01, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Prognostic Markers of Heart Failure How familiar are you with prognostic markers of heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 29, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Osteoarthritis of the Knee Are you up on recent developments in knee osteoarthritis, including prevalence, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments, and surgical approaches? Test yourself with a short quiz.
  Medscape, November 29, 2023
• Should This Pregnant Woman Get the RSV Vaccine? Another child of hers was hospitalized with RSV, and this mother wants to prevent that from happening again.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 28, 2023
• 25-Year-Old With Joint Pain and Lightheadedness A 25-year-old presents with lightheadedness, dyspnea, vague joint aches, and fatigue. Her husband recalls that she had an itchy rash after playing outside with their kids. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, November 22, 2023
• ECG Challenge: Heart Racing and Cellulitis A patient with diabetes is admitted for cellulitis, and his heart is racing. What's going on?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 20, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Are you aware of where the current data stand on artificial intelligence in healthcare, and how this might affect your patients? Test yourself with a brief quiz.
  Medscape, November 16, 2023
• Hematologic Complications After Femoral Fracture Surgery During the course of her postoperative hospital stay, a gradual decline in her platelet count is noted.
  Medscape, November 15, 2023
• New-Onset Lazy Eye His colleagues have observed that one of his eyes does not move in sync with the other, and that this is a new problem; they are concerned about the potential health implications.
  Medscape, November 03, 2023
• ECG Challenge: C diff Infection With Irregular Pulse While being treated for a C diff infection, a patient with COPD is found to have an irregular pulse. What does his ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 02, 2023
• A Man With Hypertension and Recent Personality Changes He has had personality changes for approximately 3 weeks, according to his adult son, and has been confused during recent phone calls and occasionally slurs his speech.
  Medscape, October 30, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Semaglutide Test your knowledge about semaglutide and other GLP-1 RAs, including indications, contraindications, and adverse effects, with a short quiz.
  Medscape, October 25, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Many patients might need posttraumatic stress disorder treatment; are you ready to take on these complex cases? Test yourself with a quick quiz.
  Medscape, October 25, 2023
• A 44-Year-Old Woman With a Chicken Coop Has Dyspnea and Cough A 44-year-old woman reports progressive dyspnea and cough that produces yellow sputum. Significant exposures include a chicken coop that is regularly cleaned and a hot tub. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, October 17, 2023