Pharmacist Cases & Quizzes

• ECG Challenge: Cardiac Patient With Slow Heartbeat and Fatigue A man with controlled tachycardia visits the emergency department with fatigue and a slow heartbeat. What does the ECG reveal?
  Medscape Cardiology, May 24, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Alcohol Use and Abuse Avoiding carcinogens is a key step in cancer prevention. Review the latest research into physical, chemical, and biological carcinogens, including newly recognized substances, with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Thrombocytopenia Do you know key clinical information and best practices when encountering abnormally low platelet counts in patients? Test yourself on thrombocytopenia with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Kidney Transplant Rejection Risk and Monitoring How familiar are you with kidney transplant, rejection risk, and monitoring? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• Colorectal Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Colorectal Liver Metastases   The case focuses on a 32-year-old man whose colonoscopy showed a non-bleeding mass about 2-3 cm above the anal verge with some symptoms of mild partial obstruction. His staging imaging demonstrates multiple liver lesions, a mid-rectal thickening, and some small pulmonary nodules.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Muscle Relaxants Do you know key clinical information regarding muscle relaxants, including indications, adverse events, and contraindications? Take this this brief quiz.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes Incretin-Based Therapy How familiar are you with an incretin-based therapeutic approach to type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity and Weight Management How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Diabetes Drugs Given how critical medication is for patients with diabetes, do you know key clinical information about the most commonly used drugs? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Drowning and Water-Related Health Concerns With temperatures heating up and swimming on the rise, do you know key clinical information about water-related health concerns like drowning and infection? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Did I Miss a Better Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment? After Medscape readers offered their opinions on his management of a patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Dr Charles Vega took a closer look at two unique alternatives.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 12, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment Early diagnosis of IPF and the initiation of treatment are essential to improve patient outcomes. Test your knowledge of the methods for treatment with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• Skill Checkup: A Man With an Acute Flare of Psoriasis A 32-year-old man presents with an acute flare of psoriasis, covering 15% of his body surface area (BSA) and involving the trunk, scalp, extremities, and penis. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 11, 2022
• A 45-Year-Old Father Seeking Vasectomy Has Alarming Findings A 45-year-old man is referred to a urologist for a vasectomy. A preprocedure workup reveals abnormal physical and laboratory findings. What condition is present in this patient?
  Medscape, May 10, 2022
• Recurrent Atypical Chest Pain in a 62-Year-Old Woman A 62-year-old woman presents with atypical chest pain and mild shortness of breath manifesting with recurring, fleeting, dull, nonradiating pain, seemingly caused by high-stress environments. What's going on?
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , May 09, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Dyspnea and Droopy Right Eye A 57-year-old woman presents with dyspnea, droopy right eye, and mild crackles at both lower lung fields. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 06, 2022
• A Retired Man With Left Upper Quadrant Pain, Leukocytosis A retired man presents after routine bloodwork that revealed a leukocytosis with an absolute lymphocytosis and without monocytopenia. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, May 04, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 57-Year-Old Man With Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity A middle-aged man with type 2 diabetes and obesity is concerned about his weight and rising A1C. What treatment options would you choose for tighter glycemic control and weight loss for this patient?
  Medscape, May 04, 2022
• Early Breast Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: HER2-negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma   The e-Tumor Boards, a video series collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, gives physicians an inside look into a virtual, multidisciplinary renal cell carcinoma tumor board case discussion.
  Medscape, May 02, 2022