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David is a 42-year-old with community acquired pneumonia (CAP). He has no co-morbidities and no recent antibiotic use. Which is the most appropriate antibiotic therapy to use according to the 2019 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) Recommendations for Outpatients Pneumonia?

Ryan is a 29-year-old who presents to clinic with complaints of right flank pain for the last 12 hours “it’s horrible”.  He denies dysuria, fever or pelvic pain.  When you enter the exam room he has a hard time sitting still and states “I just can’t get comfortable”.   Urinalysis reveals 3 plus blood, trace leukocytes, negative nitrites.  You suspect that Ryan has:

Which patients have risk enhancing factors as defined in the ACC 2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol; these are factors that favor initiating statin therapy.  Select all that apply.    

Vicky is a 45-year-old who presents for her annual exam. She is healthy without any chronic medical problems although she does report that her Dad had a fatal MI at the age of 43 and her older brother had an MI at the age of 46. Results of her labs and pooled cohorts equation reveal a 10 year ASCVD risk of 7.2%. What would you advise her about this result?

Positive assessment of a grade III ankle sprain is best described as:

Initial treatment of choice for a patient with plantar fasciitis:

Mike is a 49-year-old male who presents to clinic and is started on atorvastatin 20 mg.  According to the ACC 2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol, when should you order repeat lipid measurement labs to assess adherence and response to the statin initiation?   

Which medication classes are considered to be the four pillars or the foundational four for treatment of HFrEF?  Select all that apply. 

You have seen a patient with bilateral knee pain that you suspect is osteoarthritis.  You perform a thorough physical exam as well as obtain bilateral knee x-rays and draw a CBC and CMP.  Which exam and diagnostic test findings are most indicative of osteoarthritis?

Prompt diagnosis of temporal arteritis is important because: