Board review
Clinical teaching and practical ideas for your next study session.
High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy: Choose Reperfusion by Hemodynamics
A focused board-revision guide to distinguishing anticoagulation from reperfusion in pregnancy-associated PE—and to knowing what thrombolysis, embolectomy, and an IVC filter actually do.
Paracentesis in OHSS: When to Drain Pressure-Driven Ascites
Learn when OHSS ascites warrants paracentesis, why persistent oliguria matters, how to interpret dyspnea, and how to practise this focused short-answer decision.
Misoprostol Exposure: Counseling a Continuing Pregnancy
A continuing pregnancy after medication-abortion exposure calls for careful counseling, not pressure. Separate the evidence for mifepristone from misoprostol, assess the pregnancy, and build a board answer that describes uncertainty without predicting an individual outcome.
Persistent Grade 1 Endometrial Cancer at 6 Months: When to Counsel Hysterectomy
A persistent six-month biopsy is not the same as progression—but it is not reassurance. Learn how to classify response, when to counsel hysterectomy, and when a closely monitored extension may be considered.
Microcytosis That Does Not Respond to Iron: What to Test Next in Pregnancy
A three-week iron trial that fails to raise hemoglobin is a cue to test the diagnosis—not simply intensify treatment. Learn how to sequence iron-status studies and hemoglobinopathy testing.