Your NEJM Group Today: Parasite in the Appendix / New Constipation in Elders & Parkinson's / Critical Care & Hem-Onc Opportunities

By the Editors

Here's what we chose for you from NEJM Group today:

NEJM Primary Care/Hospitalist Page: Images in clinical medicine: A 33-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain. During a laparoscopic appendectomy, worms (shown in a video) were seen emerging from the appendiceal stump after removal of the appendix. Histological analysis identified Enterobius vermicularis. Take a look at the first link below.

NEJM Journal Watch Gastroenterology: Parkinson disease should be considered in older patients with a new diagnosis of constipation.

NEJM CareerCenter:

• Critical care: Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Florida, is seeking a critical care physician, dedicated to night shifts, to join the intensivist team.

• Hematology-oncology: Pacific Shores Medical Group is seeking full-time hematologist-oncologists for positions in Irvine and Torrance, California.