Volume 50 - Issue 6 - June 2010

Consultant

Take the "Ouch" Out of Tape Removal
08/09/2011

ARTHUR F. GREENWALD, MD
Palm Spring, Calif 

ARTHUR F. GREENWALD, MDPalm Spring, C...
<p>For pain-free removal of adhesive tape, lift one edge of the tape a little, then push away the underlying skin. Repeat this 2-step process until all the tape has come away.</p>
08/09/2011
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex Infection
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex Infection
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex Infection
04/27/2011

KYAMALYA ISMAILOVA, MD, NRIPESH PRADHAN, MD, NANDHEESHA HANUMANTHAPPA, MD, and SHOBHANA CHAUDHARI, MD
New York Medical College/Metropolitan Hospital Center

KYAMALYA ISMAILOVA, MD, NRIPESH PRADH...
<div id="article-content-body"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db84e3dd4cce.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding:5px;...
04/27/2011
Bronchogenic Cyst
Bronchogenic Cyst
Hematemesis Secondary to a Bronchogenic Cyst
04/27/2011

JONATHAN B. COHEN, MD, ADWAIT SILWAL, MD, ROBERT BEATON, MD
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, NC

JONATHAN B. COHEN, MD, ADWAIT SILWAL,...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db84e3c34e5c.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding:5px; width:150px; float:left" />A 24-year-old...
04/27/2011
Cutaneous Dental Sinus Tract
Cutaneous Dental Sinus Tract
Cutaneous Dental Sinus Tract
04/27/2011

KRISTINA M. DELA ROSA, MD
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Branch Medical Clinic, North Island, Coronado, Calif
KRISTEN O. MARTIN, MD
Atlantic Dermatology Associates PC, Virginia Beach, Va

KRISTINA M. DELA ROSA, MD Naval Medic...
<div id="article-content-body"><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db84e3abe1bc.jpg" width="149" height="186" style="padding: 5px; float: left;...
04/27/2011
Basal cell carcinoma and herpes labialis
Basal cell carcinoma and herpes labialis
Derm Match Game: Lip Disorders
04/27/2011

TED ROSEN, MD––Series Editor
Baylor College of Medicine

TED ROSEN, MD––Series Editor Baylor C...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db84e39296e4.jpg" width="150" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;">Both of the disorders presented...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Kindle Staff Morale With Kindness
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>I try to practice random acts of kindness with our office staff. </p></div>
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Reliable Route to Functional Status Assessment
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>A simple way to quickly assess a patient's functional status and social network is to ask at some point during the examination, "How did you...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Take the “Ouch” Out of Tape Removal
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>For pain-free removal of adhesive tape, lift one edge of the tape a little, then push away the underlying skin....
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Anesthesia for Large Lacerations
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Avoiding toxicity from too much local anesthesia can be a challenge when suturing large lacerations or multiple...
04/27/2011
Purple Toe
Purple Toe
An Old Woman With a Very Different Purple Toe
04/27/2011

HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD—Series Editor—and ALEXANDER MBEWE, MD

HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD—Series Editor—...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db84e356ae2b.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding-bottom:5px; width:150px; float:left" />A...
04/27/2011
Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes
Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes
Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes: How Best to Treat?
04/27/2011

JOHN R. HOLMAN, MD, MPH—Series Editor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

JOHN R. HOLMAN, MD, MPH—Series Editor...
<p>In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance may cause hypertension by increasing sympathetic activity, renal reabsorption of sodium, or vascular tone. Uncontrolled hypertension is...
04/27/2011
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: What a Difference a Generation Makes
04/27/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor ...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Growing older may not furnish answers to all the questions posed by medicine, but a longer perspective on the therapeutic progress made with rheumatic...
04/27/2011
Nitrofurantoin Pulmonary Toxicity
Nitrofurantoin Pulmonary Toxicity
Nitrofurantoin Pulmonary Toxicity: A Rare but Serious Complication
04/27/2011

JENNIFER TWILLA, PharmD, BCPS, JOHN WINTON, MD, and TIMOTHY H. SELF, PharmD—Series Editor
Methodist University Hospital and University of Tennessee, Memphis

JENNIFER TWILLA, PharmD, BCPS, JOHN W...
<p>Nitrofurantoin has been widely used for the treatment and prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections since its introduction into clinical practice in 1953.<sup>1,2</sup> Although...
04/27/2011
xerosis
xerosis
Skin Disorders in Older Adults: Eczematous and Xerotic Inflammatory Conditions, Part 1
04/26/2011

NOAH S. SCHEINFELD, MD, JD
Columbia University

NOAH S. SCHEINFELD, MD, JD Columbia U...
Because epidermal integrity decreases with age, eczematous inflammatory dermatoses are more common among older adults than among younger persons.
04/26/2011