Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Case of the Month
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| DATE | TITLE/TOPIC |
| April 2013 | "PTSD from ICD shocks" |
| March 2013 | "Reconsidering Mirtazapine: Making the Most of a Side Effect Profile" |
| February 2013 | "Pearls and Pitfalls of Transdermal Fentanyl Administration" |
| January 2013 | "Choosing an Antipsychotic for the Treatment of Delirium" |
| December 2012 | "Is She Hospice or Isn’t She?" |
| November 2012 | "Chondroradionecrosis" |
| October 2012 | "Use of Transmucosal Immediate-Release Fentanyl (TIRF) Products" |
| September 2012 | "How to Legally Prescribe Controlled Substances" |
| August 2012 | "Treating Fibromyalgia" |
| July 2012 | "Post Inguinal Herniorrhaphy Groin Pain" |
| June 2012 | "Cutaneous Myiasis: Maggot Infestation of a Malignant Wound" |
| May 2012 | "The Decision to Discontinue a Left Ventricular Assist Device" |
| April 2012 | "Addiction in Palliative Care: Leaving the door open for the best possible outcome" |
| March 2012 | "Radiation Induced Xerostomia and Pain" |
| February 2012 | "Palliative Care Across the System" |
| January 2012 | "When Rotating to Methadone is a Good Idea" |
| December 2011 | "Role of Outpatient Palliative Care for Cancer Patients" |
| November 2011 | "He's got renal failure – better order Dilaudid instead of morphine!" |
| July 2011 | "Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST): Translating the goals of seriously ill patients into a medical order" |
| June 2011 | "The use of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain in palliative care" |
| May 2011 | "Lymphedema- A common problem without an easy solution" |
| April 2011 | "Are we really helping patients by recommending they go on disability?" |
| February 2011 | "What to do after the patient is made CMO" |
| January 2011 | "Transdermal Granisetron for Refractory Nausea and Vomiting" |
| October 2010 | "Is it okay for physicians to cry?" |
| September 2010 | "Resolving Family End of Life Conflicts in a Dying Pediatric Patient" |
| August 2010 | "He must be incompetent because he is crazy" |
| July 2010 | "Risk assessment in treating non-cancer pain" |
| June 2010 | "Working Through Moral Distress" |
| May 2010 | "You're Not Going to Let Her Starve to Death, Are You?" |
| April 2010 | "When are BPH symptoms not BPH? The importance of good history taking" |
| March 2010 | "Ethical Principles in Action: Autonomy, Veracity, and Justice…Oh My!" |
| February 2010 | "Predicting Prognosis in the Intensive Care Unit" |
| January 2010 | "Gabapentin for Refractory Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting" |
| November 2009 | "Hospice Eligibility and Re-certification for Dementia Patients" |
| October 2009 | "Patient preference for learning survival estimates: Balancing hope with realism" |
| September 2009 | "Dealing with intractable conflict about treatments at the end of life: A harm reduction strategy" |
| August 2009 | "Spirituality as a Factor in Coping with a Terminal Illness" |
| July 2009 | "Dying Like Jacob: End-of-Life Decisions with the Orthodox Jewish Patient" |
| June 2009 | "Weighing the risks and benefits of low-molecular weight heparin in palliative care" |
| May 2009 | "Treatment of acute pain in a patient taking buprenorphine for addiction" |
| April 2009 | "Establishing medical decision-making capacity" |
| March 2009 | "Pain vs. Suffering" |
| February 2009 | "Methylnaltrexone for Opioid Induced Constipation" |
| January 2009 | "Metoclopramide-Induced Gynecomastia" |
| December 2008 | "Huntington's disease: how can palliative care help?" |
| November 2008 | "Using Cultural-Specific Music to Alleviate Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression" |
| October 2008 | "Palliative Sedation Therapy" |
| September 2008 | "Trapped Inside a Failing Body" |
| August 2008 | "When Depression Isn't Depression: Understanding Hypoactive Delirium" |
| July 2008 | "The Differential Diagnosis of Opioid Poorly-Responsive Cancer Pain" |
| June 2008 | "Do you have something stronger than this dilaudid?" The case for opioid rotation. |
| May 2008 | "Music Therapy" |
| April 2008 | "Am I really going to have to live like this?": The Role of Octreotide in Patients with Persistent Nausea and Vomiting after Venting Gastrostomy Tube Placement
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| March 2008 | "Denying the Obvious: How to Approach Patients Who Delay Medical Care for Advanced Breast Cancer"
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| February 2008 | "What Is That Guy Thinking? When the Attending Is the Person Who Needs the Intervention." |
| December 2007 | "When Death is Expected, Where Should it Happen" |
| November 2007 | "A Patient/Family-Centered Palliative Care Approach to Decision-making in the Medical Intensive Care Unit"
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| September 2007 | "Hospice and Palliative Care at 40" |
| August 2007 | "Suicide Attempt in a Terminally Ill Patient" |
| July 2007 | "Opiate Dosing for Respiratory Distress" |
| June 2007 | "Where is God?" |
| May 2007 | "What to Do When There's Nothing More to Do" |
| April 2007 | "Music Therapy for a Terminally Ill ICU Patient" |
| March 2007 | "Giving Prognostic Information" |
| January 2007 | "I didn't know dementia was a fatal disease. Why didn't anybody tell me before?" |
| November 2006 | "The Blessings of Palliative Care" |
| October 2006 | "The Foundling" |
| September 2006 | "The Power of Listening" |
| August 2006 | "When a lot of small things make a big difference" |
| July 2006 | "Request for a Hastened Death" |
| June 2006 | "Dying at Home: Honoring the Patient or the Family?"  |
| May 2006 | "The Family Says Not to Tell" |
| April 2006 | "'If That Was My Mother': The Danger of Quick Labeling" |
| March 2006 | "Her Way or No Way" |
| November 2005 | "When is Medical Care Futile?" |
| October 2005 | "Music Therapy in Palliative Care" |
| September 2005 | "The family that doesn't 'get it'" |
| April 2005 | "When pain gets worse despite escalating narcotic doses" |
| March 2005 | Talking to children about life limiting illness |