Pulse

Briefs

NIH program takes on undiagnosed patients.

In Defense of a Dying Art

Autopsies yield important information for medicine and public health. With fewer hospital autopsies being done, what clues about disease and death are physicians missing?

Captive Markets

The sudden skyrocketing prices of some small-market drugs has doctors and legislators crying foul.

Fleeting Phobics

Why is it that medical students taught to look for horses leap on zebras when it comes to their own health?

Quality Rounds

Cyber Safety Net

By Scott D. Smith

Can web-based systems help prevent misdiagnoses?

Perspective

Evolution of the Zebra

By William Stauffer, M.D.

When you hear hoof beats, you need to consider all ungulates.

Commentary

Fatigue, Exercise Intolerance, and Weakness: Lessons on Herding Zebras

By Philip R. Fischer, M.D., Jonathan N. Johnson, M.D., and Chad K. Brands, M.D.

Physicians often need to look beyond the obvious diagnosis.


November 2008 | Table of Contents

Cover Story

Inspector Lachance

By Howard Bell

A Mayo Clinic investigator helps solve a neurological mystery.

Clinical and Health Affairs

Lepromatous Leprosy Masquerading as Acute Sarcoidosis:

A Case Report and Literature Review

By Mrinal M. Patnaik, M.D., Dale Hammerschmidt, M.D., Jo-Anne H. van Burik, M.D., Jose Jessurun, M.D., and Peter Smyth, M.D.

 

Explaining the Unexplained: Identifying Infectious Causes of Critical Illness and Death in Minnesota

By Aaron DeVries, M.D., M.P.H., Christine Lees, M.P.H., R.N., Jean Rainbow, M.P.H., R.N., and Ruth Lynfield, M.D.

 

Case Studies

Confounding Cases

A broken heart, nonstop music, an odd-looking rash. These are just a few of the unusual problems Minnesota physicians have encountered along the way.

The Case of the Broken-Hearted Woman: A Middle-Aged Female with Acute Coronary Symptoms

By Leenhapong Navaravong, M.D., and Robert F. Wilson, M.D.

 

The Trials of the Returning Traveler: Ciprofloxacin Failure in Enteric Fever

By Alison M. Bormann, M.D., and David R. Boulware, M.D., M.P.H, DTM&H

 

The Woman Who Heard Music: High Salicylate Levels and Tinnitus

By James R. Allen, M.D.

 

A Boy, a Bug, and a Bite: A Toddler with an Inflamed Lesion

By Julie K. Anderson, M.D.

 

The Telltale Rash: A Man with Pretibial Erythema

By Timothy Sielaff, M.D., Ph.D.

 

The Case of the Parent in Pain: A Young Man with Abrupt-Onset Arthritis

By Paul Waytz, M.D.

 

MMA Viewpoint

Make Professionalism a Priority

 

Editor's Note

Sorting Out Hoof Beats

 

MMA News

Mental Health Parity Becomes Law
Minnesota Ranks High for Palliative Care
MMA Warns Against Trans Fatty Acids
Minnesota Physicians to Shape AMA Policy


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