Volume 49 - Issue 8 - August 2009

Consultant

Diabetes
Diabetes
Is Diabetes to Blame for This Woman's Symptoms?
02/04/2016
Shobhana Chaudhari, MD; Alexander M. Sy, MD
A 77-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes mellitus with neuropathy and nephropathy, coronary artery disease, and previous stroke with residual right hemiparesis was hospitalized because of abdominal...
02/04/2016
Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
Evolving Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Complications
04/24/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
The past 3 decades have seen a profound paradigmatic shift in the treatments available for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Because the disease is complicated by a variety of macrovascular and microvascular...
04/24/2011
Pheochromocytoma and Papillary Carcinoma in a Man With Hypertension and Acute Cholecystitis
04/24/2011
Jinichi Tokeshi, MD; Ronald Kuroda, MD; Hideko Yamauchi, MD; Ashlee C. Nekoba, MD
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.consultantlive.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1440795&t=1250696726905" style="display:block; margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px;...
04/24/2011
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
Be Alert for Neurological Complications in Children With H1N1 Influenza
04/24/2011
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.consultantlive.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1440764&t=1250692167025" style="height:102px; width:150px; float:left" />When...
04/24/2011
What Does It Take to Be Labeled a “Difficult” Patient?
04/24/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Gregory%20W%20Rutecki%2C%20MD.jpg" style="height:176px; margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; width:150px; float:left"...
04/24/2011
diabetic
diabetic
Barriers to Effective Diabetes Care: How to Recognize and Overcome
04/24/2011
Edward Shahady, MD
<p><strong>ABSTRACT: Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common and most frustrating diseases in primary care. The multiple barriers to effective care may lead to burnout and inertia for both...
04/24/2011
Pitfalls In Prescribing
Pitfalls In Prescribing
Quinolone Neurotoxicity: How to Avoid or Minimize the Risk
04/24/2011
Timothy H. Self, PharmD; Rebecca S. Sowell, PharmD; Nathan A. Pinner, PharmD, PGY-2
<p><span class="article-text"><span>Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have activity against a wide range of gram-positive, gram-negative, and atypical bacteria. This class of...
04/24/2011
Aeromonas hydrophila Cellulitis
04/24/2011
Brett R. Laurence, MD; Rafik Samuel, MD
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_46.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_46_small.jpg" width="150" height="150" style="float:...
04/24/2011
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome
04/24/2011
Hampton Groover, MD; Edwin Pimentel-Brugal, MD; Moise Carrington, MD; Laura Andrews, RPh
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_43.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_43_small.jpg" width="125" height="125" style="float:...
04/24/2011
Chemical Colitis From Hydrogen Peroxide Enema
04/24/2011
Angela L. Denietolis, MD; Michael D. Breglia, MD
<p><img src="http://www.consultantlive.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1435591&t=1249653738420" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;"...
04/24/2011
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Discover Shortcuts Devised
For Easier Pap Smears, Use a Condom
04/24/2011
Adam J. Breinig, DO
<p><span class="article-text"><span>Performing Papanicolaou tests in obese patients can be difficult: during the speculum examination, the sidewalls of the vagina tend to occlude...
04/24/2011
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Eyedrop Insertion? It’s in the Sac!
04/24/2011
Robert Cotsen, MD
<p><span class="article-text"><span>Many of my patients who use eyedrops have had great success with the following technique. <br></span></span></p>
04/24/2011
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Watch Their Backs
04/24/2011
Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC
<p><span class="article-text"><span>Patients are usually unaware of lesions that may have developed on their back. <br></span></span></p>
04/24/2011
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Discover Shortcuts Devised
Turn an Otic Exam Into a Butterfly Hunt
04/24/2011
Tracy Baum, FNP
<p><span class="article-text"><span>To increase the cooperation of preschool children during an otic examination, try playing the “magic flashlight” game. Take turns with the...
04/24/2011
Rash that resists antiviral therapy
Rash that resists antiviral therapy
What caused this rash that resists antiviral therapy?
04/23/2011
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><img alt="" height="150" src="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_42_small.jpg" style="float:left" width="150" />At 1 week postpartum, a...
04/23/2011
bacterial infection
bacterial infection
Is this mildly pruritic eruption a bacterial infection—or something else?
04/23/2011
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><img alt=""...
04/23/2011
Workup for STIs is negative—how do you explain this penile lesion?
04/23/2011
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><img alt="" height="150" src="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_40_small.jpg" style="float:left" width="150" />A 24-year-old man seeks...
04/23/2011
What underlies this persistent facial rash?
04/23/2011
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><img...
04/23/2011
Antibiotics to Treat RA: What Is the Evidence?
04/23/2011
<p>Over the past 2 years I have successfully treated a number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using a combination of <span class="DrugLink">gemifloxacin<span...
04/23/2011
Chest Lesion
Chest Lesion
An Aged Man With One Big Chest Lesion and a Scattering of Smaller Ones
04/23/2011
Henry Schneiderman, MD; Alexander Mbewe, MD
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_35.jpg"><img alt="" height="150" src="/sites/default/files/Screenshot_35_small.jpg"...
04/23/2011