Volume 46 - Issue 3 - March 2006

Consultant

Sudden Illness
Sudden Illness
A 56-year-old man with diffuse erythema
04/30/2011

DAVID EFFRON, MD--Series Editor--and SEAN M. ROTH, DO, DPM

DAVID EFFRON, MD--Series Editor--and ...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 56-year-old man presents with diffuse erythema. He has not changed his routine or eaten anything unusual. The rash initially appeared the previous...
04/30/2011
Acute and Subacute Cough
Acute and Subacute Cough
Treatment of Acute and Subacute Cough: What Works, What Doesn't
04/30/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Recently, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) updated its guidelines on the management of cough. Among the major changes to the original...
04/30/2011
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus
Breast Infection in a Woman With Diabetes
04/30/2011

Ronald N. Rubin, MD--Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD--Series Editor ...
A woman with tenderness and pain in the upper outer quadrant of her right breast was diagnosed with a Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
04/30/2011
and an Epigastric Mass
and an Epigastric Mass
Man With Hypertension, Diabetes, and an Epigastric Mass
04/30/2011

TIMUR M. ROYTMAN, MD, MARINA M. ROYTMAN, MD, and JINICHI TOKESHI, MD

TIMUR M. ROYTMAN, MD, MARINA M. ROYTM...
Pheochromocytoma is typically associated with a symptom triad of headache, palpitations, diaphoresis, and hypertension.
04/30/2011
How to Prevent Diabetes?
04/30/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>In their article, "Diabetes: How Early--and Aggressively--to Intervene?" (CONSULTANT, November 2005, page 1416), Drs Thomas Clark and John...
04/30/2011
Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
04/30/2011

LAWRENCE R. SCHILLER, MD

LAWRENCE R. SCHILLER, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/images/ConWWCol1_0.jpg" style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; border: 1px solid black;" width="150"...
04/30/2011
Obesity: Is There Effective Treatment?
04/30/2011

THOMAS CLARK, MD, DEREK WALL, MD, and JOHN R. HOLMAN, MD, MPH

THOMAS CLARK, MD, DEREK WALL, MD, and...
<div id="article-content-body"><div id="article-deck" class="article-blurb">ABSTRACT: Screen patients regularly to evaluate their risk of obesity. The body mass...
04/30/2011
Phenytoin Drug Interactions
Phenytoin Drug Interactions
Effects of Other Drugs on Phenytoin
04/30/2011

DARIUS L. MASON, PharmD, CHRISTOPHER K. FINCH, PharmD, BCPS and TIMOTHY H. SELF, PharmD

DARIUS L. MASON, PharmD, CHRISTOPHER ...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Phenytoin is one of the most commonly prescribed antiepileptic drugs in both acute and chronic settings; its use has been extensively described....
04/30/2011
Weight Loss
Weight Loss
Consultant Health Guide: Keys to Successful Weight Loss
04/30/2011

D. KEITH COBB, MD and AMY R. COBB

D. KEITH COBB, MD and AMY R. COBB ...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Excess weight increases the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, depression, fatigue, and certain types...
04/30/2011
Ophthalmoscopes
Ophthalmoscopes
Where Have All the Ophthalmoscopes Gone?
04/30/2011

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD
<div id="article-content-body"> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Gregory%20W%20Rutecki%2C%20MD.jpg" style="height:176px; margin-left:8px;...
04/30/2011
Lentigo Maligna
Lentigo Maligna
Monitoring Lentigo Maligna After Excision
04/30/2011

Leslie J. Christenson

Leslie J. Christenson
<div id="article-content-body"><p><em>Are follow-up radiographs or laboratory studies needed when lentigo maligna has been completely excised and a biopsy has been...
04/30/2011
Complications of Obesity
04/30/2011
Chronic headache that worsened when she bent forward and episodes of usually unilateral vision loss sent a 34-year-old woman for medical consultation. The vision loss occasionally occurred in both eyes...
04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Practical Pointers: Discover Shortcuts Devised by Colleagues (March 2006)
04/27/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p><strong>Cutting-Edge Rehabilitation</strong></p> <p><strong>Thanks for the...
04/27/2011