Volume 55 - Issue 9 - September 2015

Consultant

Controversies in Clinical Care
Controversies in Clinical Care
Which COPD Treatment Options Are Considered Equivalent?
04/26/2019

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and Kyle Davis, PharmD, BCPS

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and K...
A 63-year-old white woman presented for continued workup for shortness of breath and an ongoing cough.
04/26/2019
How Would You Diagnose This Patient’s Lower Extremity Edema?
09/29/2015

John E. Jackson, MD, Adam Perry, MD, and Joanna Bolton, MD

John E. Jackson, MD, Adam Perry, MD, ...
A 67-year-old morbidly obese male with diabetes and chronic renal insufficiency presented for evaluation of long-standing lower extremity edema.
09/29/2015
What is responsible for this rash?
09/08/2015

David L. Kaplan, MD, is a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri, Kansas, City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, KS.

David L. Kaplan, MD, is a clinical as...
An 11-year-old female presented for evaluation of a slightly itchy sparse eruption that was slowly spreading on her arms, trunk, and legs over the last 6 months.
09/08/2015
How would you treat this lesion?
09/08/2015

David L. Kaplan, MD, is a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri, Kansas, City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, KS.

David L. Kaplan, MD, is a clinical as...
A 66-year-old female presented with a several month history of a painful lesion on her sole that had been treated by multiple specialties.
09/08/2015
Rasmussen’s Aneurysm
09/08/2015

Omar Hasan, DO, Craig Backous, DO, Jay Mohan, DO, and Merin Mathew, MSIV 

Omar Hasan, DO, Craig Backous, DO, Ja...
A 49-year-old male presented to the emergency room with hemoptysis, coughing up 400 cc of bright red blood.
09/08/2015
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Pulmonary Hamartoma
09/08/2015
A 71-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the hospital with sudden onset of massive hemoptysis.
09/08/2015
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Bilateral Lymphadenopathy, Splenomegaly, and Hypercalcemia
09/08/2015

Amrinder Rana, MD, Palika Anand, MD, and Sonia Arunabh Talwar, MD

Amrinder Rana, MD, Palika Anand, MD, ...
A 46-year-old male presented with a history of intermittently increasing dyspnea on exertion over the past 3 years.
09/08/2015
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Should You Consider Using Honey for Wound Care?
09/08/2015

Barbara Zeiger
Editor, Ostomy Wound Management

Barbara Zeiger Editor, Ostomy Wound M...
Honey may be the oldest known wound dressing, but scientists only recently have been able to explain how the substance’s bioactivities and physical characteristics play a role in wound healing.
09/08/2015
Digoxin-Clarithromycin Interaction: Well-Reported Yet Oft-Forgotten
09/08/2015

Ryan E. Owens, PharmD, and Timothy H. Self, PharmD

Ryan E. Owens, PharmD, and Timothy H....
While digoxin is often added as adjunctive therapy for atrial fibrillation and heart failure, the narrow therapeutic index of the drug may cause some practitioners to shy away from its use.
09/08/2015
poison ivy
poison ivy
How Would You Diagnose This Man’s Erythematous Plaques?
09/08/2015

Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, and Benjami...
A 44-year-old otherwise healthy man presented with pruritic linear erythematous plaques on his left wrist.
09/08/2015
A Young Woman with Sharp, Constant Pain in Her Abdomen
09/08/2015

Nasheed M. Hossain, MD, John Kaczmar, MD, and Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor

Nasheed M. Hossain, MD, John Kaczmar,...
A 36-year-old female was admitted to the hospital with a 3-day history of nausea, emesis, and abdominal pain.
09/08/2015
pharyngitis
pharyngitis
Pharyngotonsilitis Complicated by Lemierre’s Syndrome
09/08/2015

Aldo Alleva, MD, Tetyana Divinskiy, MD, Jana Galan, MD, and Anthony Caporaso, MD

Aldo Alleva, MD, Tetyana Divinskiy, M...
A 19-year-old white male college student presented to the hospital with high fever, night sweats, neck and left jaw pain and generalized malaise.
09/08/2015
Gout
Gout
Colchicine: A Fresh Look at an Old (But Not Stale) Drug
09/08/2015

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD 

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD 
This article looks at several tried-and-true uses for colchicine—a mainstay in the treatment and prevention of gout—and adds some new uses as well.
09/08/2015
Diabetes Q&A
Diabetes Q&A
An Optimal Treatment Plan to Prevent Lower Extremity Amputations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
09/08/2015

Devin M. Burr, DO, is an intern at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, MO. 

Kraig K. Jenson, MD, is with the Dermatology Center in Orem, UT. 

Byron C. Edwards, PA-C, PhD, is with the Dermatology Center in Orem, UT.

Devin M. Burr, DO, is an intern at Ca...
To prevent lower extremity amputation, primary care physicians must understand the risk factors and pathophysiology contributing to ulcer formation.
09/08/2015
Vision Loss
Vision Loss
Preventing Permanent Vision Loss: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Temporal Arteritis
09/08/2015

Leonid Skorin Jr, DO, OD, MS, is an ophthalmologist at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, MN. 

Paige Nash is a fourth year optometry student at Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove, OR. 

Leonid Skorin Jr, DO, OD, MS, is an o...
Temporal arteritis is a true ocular emergency that may initially present with systemic manifestations to primary care practitioners.
09/08/2015
Education and Tools to Address the Rising Prevalence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Abuse
09/08/2015

Kathleen Bernock, FNP, is a board certified family nurse practitioner providing primary care and HIV/hepatitis C specialty care. She is currently working under a Partnerships for Care grant at Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center in Brooklyn, NY, and previously worked with homeless LGBTQ adolescents in a satellite clinic at Ali Forney Center in New York, NY.

Kathleen Bernock, FNP, is a board cer...
This article provides a thorough review of available literature to provide healthcare professionals with a better understanding of synthetic cannabinoid use and offer 3 strategies to enhance primary care...
09/08/2015
A Doctors Journal: One Man’s Search for Meaning
09/08/2015

Richard Colgan, MD

Richard Colgan, MD
The door was open to the exam room and inside I saw a 6 ft 2 in tall white man pacing back and forth.
09/08/2015
Dementia
Dementia
Editor’s Note - September 2015
09/08/2015
This September marks the 4th annual World Alzheimer’s Month, and Consultant360 has recently highlighted several articles focused on dementia.
09/08/2015