Previous randomized controlled trials suggest that using clinical algorithms based on
procalcitonin levels, a marker of bacterial infections, results in reduced antibiotic use without a …

Background: Peer observation of teaching (PoT) is most commonly done as a way of evaluating
educators in lecture or small group teaching. Teaching in the clinical environment is a …

Conserved features of the sequences of dopamine receptors and of homologous G-protein-coupled
receptors point to regions, and amino acid residues within these regions, that …

The binding-site of the dopamine D2 receptor, like that of other homologous G protein-coupled
receptors, is contained within a water-accessible crevice formed among its seven …

The binding site of the dopamine D2 receptor, like that of homologous G-protein-coupled
receptors (GPCRs), is contained within a water-accessible crevice formed among its seven …

Background Procalcitonin (PCT) is a prohormone that rises in bacterial pneumonia and has
promise in reducing antibiotic use. Despite these attributes, there are inconclusive data on …

… Victor Chiappa, MD, Connie Y. Chang, MD, Monique I. Sellas, MD, Virginia M. … Victor
Chiappa: This patient is a 45-year-old man presenting with a rapidly progressive process …

A man in his late 40s with sickle cell anaemia (HbSS) presented to the emergency department
with 2 weeks of diffuse oedema, increased abdominal girth and dyspnoea. His anasarca …

Background Fusobacterium bacteria are fastidious commensals in the human oropharyngeal
microbiome. As pathogens, Fusobacterium are associated with diverse infectious and …

A 46-year-old man had worsening somnolence 1 day after replacement surgery with a femoral
endoprosthetic implant. Fever, tachycardia, hypertension, and tachypnea developed, and …