Your 55 year old female patient is complaining of palpitatio…

Your 55 year old female patient is complaining of palpitations, occurring daily for several months now. She has no dizziness, chest pain or shortness of breath. She has no history of medical illness and no identifiable cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiac auscultation reveals a regular rate and rhythm, no murmurs. You next step in your in-office evaluation should be:

Larry Baxter, 59 y/o patient presents to the clinic with gen…

Larry Baxter, 59 y/o patient presents to the clinic with general complaints of fever, chills, low back pain, accompanied with urinary frequency, urgency and dysuria.  Last night he had to get up several times to urinate.  Overall he just doesn’t feel well.  When performing a prostate examination, you note a tender, warm prostate. What do you suspect?