Volume 50 - Issue 10 - October 2010

Consultant

Morganella morganii septicemia and dermopathy
Morganella morganii septicemia and dermopathy
Morganella morganii septicemia and dermopathy
04/27/2011

MELVER L. ANDERSON, MD, FACP
NASSRENE Y. ELMADHUN, MD

MELVER L. ANDERSON, MD, FACP NASSREN...
<div id="article-content-body"><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c709212fc.jpg" width="150" style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin-left: 8px;...
04/27/2011
Iron-laden kidneys
Iron-laden kidneys
Iron-laden kidneys
04/27/2011

PRASHANT VEERREDDY, MD, MPH
DIPAK SHETH, MD

PRASHANT VEERREDDY, MD, MPH DIPAK SHE...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c70828ff3.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding-bottom:5px; width:150px; float:left" />MRI...
04/27/2011
Bilateral Staghorn Calculi
Bilateral Staghorn Calculi
Middle-Aged Woman With Bilateral Staghorn Calculi
04/27/2011

CHI-FAI NG, MBChB, FRCS(Edin), FRCSEd(Urol) — Chinese University of Hong Kong
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP(UK&Irel), FRCPCH — University of Calgary
Wm. LANE M. ROBSON, MD, FRCPC, FRCP(Glasg) — Childrens’ Clinic, Calgary, Alberta

CHI-FAI NG, MBChB, FRCS(Edin), FRCSEd...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c7065d3d8.jpg" style="margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; padding-bottom:5px; width:150px; float:left" />A...
04/27/2011
Primary Care
Primary Care
Suturing and Wound Closure, Part 2: Staples, Tissue Adhesive, and Other Methods of Wound Closure
04/27/2011

D. BRADY PREGERSON, MD—Series Editor

D. BRADY PREGERSON, MD—Series Editor ...
Most wounds are still closed with some form of needle and thread. However, advances in technology have affected all areas of medicine, even the practice of basic wound closure.
04/27/2011
Facial Flushing
Facial Flushing
Teenager With One-Sided Facial Flushing and Progressive Vision Loss in Left Eye
04/27/2011

LALITHA SIVASWAMY, MD

LALITHA SIVASWAMY, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Sixteen-year-old African American boy with progressive loss of vision in the left eye over 2 weeks. He also had pain around the left orbit with some...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
What’s That Dose Again?
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Patients' descriptions of their medications can cause confusion—with potentially dangerous results.</p> </div>
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Know Demand to Meet Demand
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Measure your volume by season and day. If you know the crush is coming, you can add more staff specifically for busy Mondays or the flu...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
ICE Breaker for Office Visits
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>I use ICE at each visit to help ensure that patients are satisfied with the care they receive.</p></div>
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Rx for URIs: Validate vs Medicate
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Many patients with a viral upper respiratory tract infection still expect an antibiotic prescription when they come to the...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Your Reputation Is Online
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Remember that patients will Google you and nowadays rate you on one of the many rating sites.</p></div>
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
That Ought to Hold Them
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>To safely immobilize children for suturing of forehead lacerations, try the "Superman cape" technique.</p></div>
04/27/2011
Smoker With Cough
Smoker With Cough
A 69-Year-Old Former Smoker With Cough
04/27/2011

RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor

RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor ...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 69-year-old man presents with a cough of 3 months' duration. He has taken a variety of over-the-counter suppressants and received a course of...
04/27/2011
pruritic labial rash
pruritic labial rash
What caused this pruritic labial rash?
04/27/2011

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

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor—Uni...
<p>F<img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6f8f0ac6.jpg" style="padding: 5px 5px 5px 0px; float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" width="150">or a...
04/27/2011
Quiz
Quiz
Can you identify this asymptomatic reticular eruption?
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"><strong></strong><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6f7bf5a4.jpg" width="150" style="padding: 5px 5px 5px 0px;...
04/27/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Longer-lasting heat therapy “on the go”
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>I enjoyed Dr D. Brady Pregerson's Practical Pointer, "Heat Therapy 'On the Go'". In my experience, however, the improvised...
04/27/2011
pruritic facial erythema
pruritic facial erythema
What is causing episodes of pruritic facial erythema?
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>My patient is a woman in her late 30s who has several episodes a month of confluent facial erythema that is very warm to the touch and highly...
04/27/2011
Pain
Pain
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Rational Use of Opioid Analgesics, Part 2
04/27/2011

JENNIFER P. SCHNEIDER, MD, PhD — Tucson

JENNIFER P. SCHNEIDER, MD, PhD — Tucs...
In many cases, the use of opioid analgesics for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain is a legitimate treatment approach.
04/27/2011
Antihypertensives
Antihypertensives
Are Prescribing Practices for Antihypertensives Primitive? The Truth Hurts
04/27/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD — University of South Alabama

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD — University o...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A recent issue of the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> contained a stark statement about the contemporary management of hypertension....
04/27/2011
Influenza
Influenza
Are You Ready for This Year's Influenza Season?
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>This year's influenza season is approaching fast. Although the World Health Organization officially declared an end to the 2009 H1N1 influenza...
04/27/2011
Think Before You Ink: Tattoos and the Risk of Hepatitis C
04/27/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor ...
<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db8c6f3221f0.jpg" style="float:left" width="150" />I can identify with Ishmael's dismay at his...
04/27/2011