Clinical Resource Library Database

This article reviews available and emerging colorectal cancer screening tests and discusses how to educate patients, advise them in selecting an appropriate test, and promote increased participation in colorectal cancer screening.

The genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) describes the condition previously referred to as vulvovaginal atrophy, atrophic vaginitis, or urogenital atrophy. This article addresses the need to improve screening, identification, and patient-centered management in primary care of females with GSM.

Paget disease of the breast is a rare form of breast cancer that affects the nipple and areolar complex. This article describes a patient with whose presumed nipple infection was initially thought to be related to her nipple piercing.

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and aggressive type of metastatic, nonmelanoma skin cancer derived from Merkel cells in the epidermis. This article reviews the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, histopathology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of MCC.

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare and complex genetic disorder with multiple physical and behavioral characteristics, affecting endocrine, metabolic, and neurologic systems and producing a plethora of medical complications. Effective treatment requires a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach.

Headaches are common presenting complaints in EDs throughout the United States. This article describes a patient whose headache and unilateral vision loss prompted neuroimaging that uncovered a pilocytic astrocytoma.

The annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology focuses on cultivating endocrine clinical care team collaboration to improve patient outcomes and global health.

AACE’s Journey for Patients With Obesity is a roadmap for patients providing up-to-date information, resources, and tools to navigate their diagnosis, treatment plan, and wellness goals no matter where they are in their personal journey.

This guideline focuses on the use of blood-based biomarker tests by specialists to assess levels of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in people with cognitive impairment.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals and is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.

This practice advisory provides an overview of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines and guidance for their use in pregnant, recently pregnant, and lactating individuals.

This article reviews the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s acute ischemic stroke guideline and highlights key components of care, such as patient evaluation, criteria for fibrinolysis and mechanical thrombectomy, postacute care, and hospital discharge with secondary prevention measures.

Acute liver failure, commonly caused by acetaminophen overdose, is associated with numerous systemic complications including cerebral edema, hypotension, acute kidney injury, and infection. Management is primarily supportive, with an emphasis on excellent neurocritical care.

This article describes acute mitral valve regurgitation as a complication of myocardial infarction in a 66-year-old man presenting to the ED.

An acute, diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) affects up to 10% of patients in the ICU and leads to multiorgan failure and death in nearly half the patients affected. This article reviews the causes, signs and symptoms, and treatment of ARDS.