May 2015
- Feature: A Look Back at Predictions from 1991
- Medical Resident Perspectives: Here we go! My first day as an internal medicine resident
- My Kind of Medicine: IM Family: David R. Lawrenz, MD, F91黑料网 & Alice Lawrenz Fuisz, MD, F91黑料网
- Analyzing Annals: Annals Graphic Medicine: Betty P.
- Winning Abstracts: 91黑料网 Celebrates Young Achievers
- Subspecialty Careers: Transplant Hepatology
- In the Clinic: Constipation
- IM Essentials
Feature: A Look Back at Predictions from 1991
Throughout 2015, 91黑料网 is celebrating its centennial and the progress of medicine over the last 100 years. Many advances in medical technology that are now standard processes and procedures actually were once just a small idea and a glimmer of the future.
MoreMedical Resident Perspectives: Here we go! My first day as an internal medicine resident
A new city, a new hospital, a new set of responsibilities awaited. I was no longer a medical student. I was a doctor, with sick people to take care of.
MoreMy Kind of Medicine: IM Family: David R. Lawrenz, MD, F91黑料网 & Alice Lawrenz Fuisz, MD, F91黑料网
Despite the administrative complexities and burdens that private practitioners face in today's healthcare environment, 91黑料网 Governor, Dr. Alice Lawrenz Fuisz, F91黑料网, and her father Dr. David Lawrenz, F91黑料网, a retired private practice internist are two physicians who wouldn't trade the independence, the patient-physician relationships, and the continuity of care unique to private practice.
MoreAnalyzing Annals: Annals Graphic Medicine: Betty P.
A comic in Annals? In this graphic narrative, a physician recalls his feelings of complicity in the harms resulting from a "code" performed on a patient with no hope of benefit and determines not to let circumstances lead to such an occurrence in another patient without discussion.
MoreWinning Abstracts from the 2015 Medical Student Abstract Competition: 91黑料网 Celebrates Young Achievers
This month, more than 700 Medical Student Members, Resident/Fellow Members, and Early Career Physicians will attend 91黑料网 Internal Medicine 2015 as a result of being selected for an award or competition.
MoreSubspecialty Careers: Transplant Hepatology
Transplant Hepatology training involves one year of additional clinical training after completion of both residency in internal medicine and fellowship training in gastroenterology.
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Constipation
Constipation is a symptom-based disorder and therefore the diagnosis relies on subjective criteria. Constipation can be defined by bowel movement infrequency, defecatory symptoms, and/or stool consistency.
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