Volume 47 - Issue 10 - October 2007

Consultant

Quiz
Quiz
Do you recognize this lesion?
04/28/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD

Dermclinic
A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills 

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MDDermclinicA Photo ...
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Snake Bite
Snake Bite
Feedback on Snake Bite: A Small Puncture Can Create a Large Problem
04/28/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db964af709af.jpg" alt="Figure" style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float:...
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New Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies
New Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies
New Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies: What Role in Your Practice?
04/28/2011

DONALD G. VIDT, MD

DONALD G. VIDT, MD
<p>A growing number of clinical outcome studies have shown that home and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurements are better predictors of future cardiovascular events than blood pressures...
04/28/2011
Skin Disorders in Elderly Persons
Skin Disorders in Elderly Persons
Skin Disorders in Elderly Persons: Scabies
04/28/2011

NOAH S. SCHEINFELD, MD, JD

NOAH S. SCHEINFELD, MD, JD
Figure 3A number of factors heighten the risk of parasitic infections in elderly persons, who often live in communal settings (eg, nursing homes), where they are more likely to encounter parasites, such as...
04/28/2011
Chest X-rays
Chest X-rays
Interpreting Chest X-rays:
04/28/2011

WILLIAM YAAKOB, MD

WILLIAM YAAKOB, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db964ab9d51a.jpg" alt="Figure 1" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right:...
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GI
GI
"GI Shower"
04/28/2011

Sarla Maheshwari, MA

G. Lohiya, MD, MS

Sarla Maheshwari, MAG. Lohiya, MD, MS...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>We advise our patients with constipation to drink 500 to 750 mL of water with freshly squeezed lemon juice on arising in the...
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ECG
ECG
Test Your Interpretive Skills
04/28/2011

RICHARD A. HARRIGAN, MD

WILLIAM J. BRADY, MD

THEODORE CHAN, MD

RICHARD A. HARRIGAN, MDWILLIAM J. BRA...
<p>A 68-year-old woman with hypertension complains of intermittent dyspnea and light-headedness. She is asymptomatic during the evaluation.</p>
04/28/2011
Nasal Foreign Bodies
Nasal Foreign Bodies
"Mommy Mouth-to-Mouth" Removes Nasal Foreign Bodies
04/28/2011

Andrea Hillerud, MD

Andrea Hillerud, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Removing foreign objects from a toddler's nose is usually a challenge, since the child typically refuses to let the clinician get close enough to...
04/28/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Ask About the Animals
04/28/2011

Kathleen Savage, MSN, ARNP, BC, A/GNP

Kathleen Savage, MSN, ARNP, BC, A/GNP...
<p>I work with frail, elderly patients who generally have few—if any—living relatives. During their initial physical evaluation, I always ask them if they have any pets; then I spend time discussing...
04/28/2011
Pathogens and Hand Washing
Pathogens and Hand Washing
Hand Washing: A Key Weapon Against Petting Zoo Pathogens
04/28/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db964a518a04.jpg" alt="Figure" style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float:...
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
04/28/2011

TED ROSEN, MD

TED ROSEN, MD
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Abdominal Pain
Abdominal Pain
Older Woman With Abdominal Pain
04/28/2011

JO MARIE REILLY, MD

JO MARIE REILLY, MD
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toes and nose
toes and nose
Watch the Toes When You Spray the Nose
04/28/2011

Richard Honaker, MD

Richard Honaker, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Patients often fail to reap the full benefit of corticosteroid nasal sprays because they do not use these devices correctly. </p></div> ...
04/28/2011
Colon Cancer
Colon Cancer
New Lymphadenopathy in a Woman With a History of Colon Cancer
04/28/2011

NEVENA DAMJANOV, MD, ELIZABETH DUNPHY, OCN, CRNP, DARILYN MOYER, MD, and RONALD N. RUBIN, MD

NEVENA DAMJANOV, MD, ELIZABETH DUNPHY...
Primary HIV infection causes a flu-like syndrome whose symptoms include fever, sore throat, fatigue, adenopathy, headache, rash, and arthralgia or myalgia.
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Ocular
Ocular
Systemic Ramifications of Ocular Findings
04/28/2011

LEONID SKORIN, Jr, DO

LEONID SKORIN, Jr, DO
Common eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataract, and age-related macular degeneration can have significant systemic ramifications.
04/28/2011
Fordyce Angiokeratoma
Fordyce Angiokeratoma
Fordyce Angiokeratoma
04/28/2011

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD
WM. LANE M. ROBSON, MD

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD WM. LANE M...
<div id="article-content-body"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/old/img_4db964a141ad1.jpg" alt="Figure" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right:...
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Dorsal Dislocation
Dorsal Dislocation
Dorsal Dislocation of the Fourth and Fifth Metacarpals
04/28/2011

MATTHEW J. LETIZIA, DO

MARCIN K. KOCIUBA, DO

JAMES LUNDY, DO

MATTHEW J. LETIZIA, DO MARCIN K. KOC...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Several hours after striking his closed fist against the side pillar of a passenger car, a 28-year-old man presented with acute pain and swelling of...
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Ectopic Nail
Ectopic Nail
Ectopic Nail
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REYNOLD C. WONG, MD

REYNOLD C. WONG, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p><a href="http://imaging.cmpmedica.com/consultantlive/images/articles/2007/01092007/0709Con1PCNail.jpg"><img...
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Diabetes Care
Diabetes Care
The Dyslipidemia of Type 2 Diabetes: When and How to Treat
04/28/2011

DONALD A. SMITH, MD, MPH

DONALD A. SMITH, MD, MPH
<div id="article-content-body"><p>The greatly increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its sequelae in patients with diabetes demands that all modifiable risk factors be...
04/28/2011
Small-Bowel Metastatic Melanoma
Small-Bowel Metastatic Melanoma
Small-Bowel Metastatic Melanoma
04/28/2011

MICHAEL R. KACZANOWSKI, MD

FRANK S. SAMMARCO, MD

CLAUDIA B. GRUSS, MD

MICHAEL R. KACZANOWSKI, MDFRANK S. SA...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>An 83-year-old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diverticulosis was hospitalized because of painless hematochezia of 1...
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