Volume 50 - Issue 9 - September 2010

Consultant

Henoch-Schönlein purpura
04/27/2011

NILESH N. PATEL, MD and DEVESH N. PATEL, MD — Citrus Valley Medical Centers, West Covina, Calif

NILESH N. PATEL, MD and DEVESH N. PAT...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6c92a94a.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding:5px; width:150px; float:left" />This...
04/27/2011
Septic Pulmonary Emboli
Septic Pulmonary Emboli
Septic Pulmonary Emboli
04/27/2011

ALEXEY AMCHENTSEV, MD and LIZIAMMA GEORGE, MD — New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn

ALEXEY AMCHENTSEV, MD and LIZIAMMA GE...
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04/27/2011
Dilated Esophagus
Dilated Esophagus
Massively Dilated Esophagus
04/27/2011

ALEKSANDER SHALSHIN, MD — Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY

ALEKSANDER SHALSHIN, MD — Winthrop Un...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6c71556e.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding:5px; width:150px; float:left" />For the past...
04/27/2011
Two Leg Lesions
Two Leg Lesions
Derm Match Game: Two Leg Lesions
04/27/2011

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

TED ROSEN, MD—Series Editor—Baylor Co...
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6c5a9497.jpg" width="150" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right:...
04/27/2011
Inferior Myocardial Infarction
Inferior Myocardial Infarction
Inferior Myocardial Infarction With Right Ventricular Involvement
04/27/2011

YANG WANG, MD — MetroHealth Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic Foundation
JANET POPONICK, MD — Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth Medical Center

YANG WANG, MD — MetroHealth Medical C...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 32-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) with severe substernal chest pain of 20 minutes' duration and associated dyspnea,...
04/27/2011
Hairy Hyperpigmented Lesion
Hairy Hyperpigmented Lesion
Hairy Hyperpigmented Lesion on a Teenager’s Back
04/27/2011

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD and ALBERT Y. F. KONG, MD

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD and ALBERT ...
<div id="article-content-body"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6c37ecc3.jpg" style="height:225px; margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px;...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Pay Attention to Expiration Dates
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Instruct patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma to discard their rescue albuterol inhalers 2 to 3 months after opening; after...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Read Between the Lines
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>When a patient complains of a "sore that won't heal" or mentions that a lesion "constantly bleeds and scabs," heed the advice...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
How to “Go Green” With Patient Gowns
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>I have started asking my female patients to bring their own bathrobes for well-woman examinations. </p></div>
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
LET and TAC Trick
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Lidocaine-epinephrine-tetracaine (LET) and <span class="DrugLink">tetracaine<span></span></span>-epinephrine...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Update Your Vital Signs Stamp
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Quality health measures monitored by insurers include body mass index (BMI), smoking status, and pain.</p> </div>
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Tent to Prevent a Dent From Steroid Injections
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Superficial corticosteroid injections are highly effective for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis and de Quervain tenosynovitis. However, skin...
04/27/2011
Severe Pharyngitis
Severe Pharyngitis
Unusually Severe Pharyngitis in a 19-Year-Old Woman
04/27/2011

DANESH MODI, DO and RONALD N. RUBIN, MD — Series Editor

DANESH MODI, DO and RONALD N. RUBIN, ...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A previously healthy 19-year-old woman presents with a sore throat that has become progressively more painful over the course of 1 week. She also has...
04/27/2011
Quiz
Quiz
What’s responsible for pubic itching in this patient?
04/27/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD — Series Editor — University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD — Series Editor —...
<div id="article-content-body"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6beb602b.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding:5px;...
04/27/2011
Quiz
Quiz
How do you explain this persistent pruritic rash?
04/27/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD — Series Editor — University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD — Series Editor —...
<div id="article-content-body"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6bd61bba.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding:5px;...
04/27/2011
End of Life
End of Life
End of Life: A Primary Care “Road Less Traveled”
04/27/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD — University of South Alabama

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD — University o...
<p>In many instances, our patients receive invasive and aggressive subspecialty care at or near the end of life. Such care can become burdensome and painful without a favorable outcome.</p> ...
04/27/2011
Feature
Feature
Skin Disorders in Older Adults: Eczematous and Xerotic Inflammatory Conditions, Part 2
04/27/2011

NOAH S. SCHEINFELD, MD, JD — Columbia University

NOAH S. SCHEINFELD, MD, JD — Columbia...
Eczematous and xerotic inflammatory dermatoses are more common in older adults because of the impairment in epidermal integrity that occurs with aging.
04/27/2011
Musculoskeletal Pain
Musculoskeletal Pain
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Rational Use of Opioid Analgesics, Part 1
04/27/2011

JENNIFER P. SCHNEIDER, MD, PhD — Tucson

JENNIFER P. SCHNEIDER, MD, PhD — Tucs...
Opioid analgesics are used routinely in managing acute musculoskeletal pain.
04/27/2011