Obesity Center of Excellence: Cases & Quizzes

• Skill Checkup: A Man With History of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Premature Coronary Heart Disease A man with a history of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and premature coronary heart disease has an LDL-C level of 244 mg/dL, despite statin treatment. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 17, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Male With Mild Cognitive Impairment A 62-year-old Black male with a history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation presents with mild cognitive impairment and breathlessness only on minor exertion. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 13, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Interstitial Lung Disease Progressive Fibrosing Management Are you up-to-date with treatment paradigms in PF-ILD? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 06, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With T2D Struggling to Lose Weight A 36-year-old man presents for a 3-month follow-up for his type 2 diabetes and is struggling to lose weight. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 23, 2023
• 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, February 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes in the Intensive Care Setting How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes in the intensive care setting? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 21, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Caffeine Health Effects Do you know what established clinical evidence has to say about caffeine and health? Make sure you know key considerations by taking this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 20, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 46-Year-Old Woman With Dyspnea and Dry Cough A 46-year-old woman presents with dyspnea on exertion and a nonproductive cough. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 15, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Pediatric Narcolepsy Are you familiar with pediatric narcolepsy? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Narcolepsy Are you familiar with the basic concepts behind narcolepsy? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Practice Essentials Do you know which symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease are most concerning as well as best diagnostic and management practices? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, February 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management How familiar are you with the management of CKD? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 03, 2023
• Managing Respiratory Symptoms in the 'Tripledemic' Era Readers weighed in on Dr Charles Vega's approach to a patient whose symptoms could be from COVID-19, flu, or RSV.
  Medscape Family Medicine, January 30, 2023
• A Sexually Active Construction Worker Has Erection Concerns A 58-year-old man cannot maintain an erection. He has no difficulty with orgasm/ejaculation. He is in a stable, monogamous relationship. He does not believe underlying psychogenic factors are at work.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• An Accountant on a Weight-Loss Program Has a Rash, Poor Sleep A 43-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with hyperlipidemia presents with a rash that affects both axillae. He also has diffuse itching on his trunk and extremities. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 24, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Key Aspects Do you know key risk factors for vitamin B12 deficiency as well as clinical manifestations and best practices for management? Test yourself on this common nutritional deficiency with this short quiz.
  Medscape, January 17, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms and Treatments Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 50 million adults worldwide. Do you know the risk factors, symptoms, and potential treatments? Test your knowledge with our quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 09, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With Dyspnea, Chest Tightness, and Edema A 59-year-old Black man presents with dyspnea and chest tightness with exertion. He has also experienced new-onset leg pain and edema in the legs, ankles, and feet. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 03, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Male With Hypertension and Increased Urine Output A 59-year-old male with overweight and hypertension complains of polyuria, with increased urine output and an increased number of trips to the restroom to urinate. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 23, 2022
• Skill Checkup: A Man With T2D and Retrosternal Pressure A 71-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes and related hypertension complains of experiencing a retrosternal pressure while cleaning. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 21, 2022