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MKSAP Quiz: A patient hospitalized with fever and rigors
A 48-year-old man with primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis presents to the hospital with fever, rigors, right-upper-quadrant pain, and leukocytosis. Blood cultures are pending. After giving IV saline and IV piperacillin-tazobactam, which next test is most appropriate?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/26/4.htm
26 Jun 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Follow-up after colon cancer
A 37-year-old man is evaluated during a follow-up appointment after resection of a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the ascending colon. His family history is significant for endometrial cancer in his mother and colon cancer in his maternal grandfather. What is the most appropriate next step in management?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/22/4.htm
22 May 2020
MKSAP Quiz: A 1-month history of bloody diarrhea
A 25-year-old woman is evaluated for a 1-month history of intermittent, loose, bloody bowel movements associated with pain in the left lower quadrant before defecation. She reports no fever, chills, night sweats, arthralgia, eye pain, or rash. What is the most likely diagnosis?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/24/4.htm
24 Apr 2020
MKSAP Quiz: 3-month history of dysphagia, regurgitation
A 52-year-old man is evaluated for dysphagia of 3 months' duration. He reports regurgitating undigested food soon after eating solid food, occasional coughing and choking after swallowing, and chronic halitosis. What is the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform next?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/28/4.htm
28 Feb 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Dyspnea in a patient with liver disease
A 48-year-old woman with cirrhosis due to primary biliary cholangitis reports shortness of breath of six weeks' duration. Her oxygen saturation is 98% while supine, but it drops to 92% with standing. What is the most appropriate diagnostic test?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/28/5.htm
28 May 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Constant low-grade epigastric pain
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate initial treatment for a 60-year-old man with constant low-grade epigastric pain radiating to his back and a history of chronic pancreatitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/26/4.htm
26 Oct 2018
MKSAP Quiz: Hospitalization for sudden-onset, cramping abdominal pain
This month's quiz asks readers to determine appropriate testing for a 60-year-old woman admitted to the hospital with sudden-onset, cramping abdominal pain of moderate severity in the right lower quadrant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/28/4.htm
28 Aug 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Worsening abdominal pain
A 26-year-old woman with Crohn disease is evaluated for a 2-week history of worsening abdominal pain. The patient has required three courses of prednisone for disease flares over the past year. Her only medication is azathioprine. What is the most appropriate treatment?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/24/4.htm
24 Jul 2020
MKSAP quiz: Follow-up after ED visit for gallstones
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate follow-up for a 41-year-old woman who was diagnosed with gallstones after an ED visit 1 week ago.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/22/4.htm
22 Dec 2017
MKSAP quiz: Long-term follow-up of bariatric surgery
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 55-year-old woman who had bariatric surgery eight years ago.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/27/5.htm
27 Oct 2017