Volume 46 - Issue 13 - November 2006

Consultant

Primary Care
Primary Care
04/30/2011
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
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04/30/2011
Scabies
Scabies
04/30/2011
David L. Kaplan, MD
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04/30/2011
Painful Oral Lesions
Painful Oral Lesions
04/30/2011
Malignant oral lesions--particularly in their early stages--can resemble benign conditions.
04/30/2011
Parotid Gland
Parotid Gland
04/30/2011
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04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
04/30/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Inflamed hemorrhoids are traditionally treated with hemorrhoidal pads impregnated with witch hazel.</p></div>
04/30/2011
Proximal Phalanx Fracture
Proximal Phalanx Fracture
04/30/2011
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04/30/2011
Fire Ant Stings
Fire Ant Stings
04/30/2011
Rocky Benoit, MD; Jeffrey Suchard, MD
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04/30/2011
Transitional Care
Transitional Care
04/30/2011
Dale P. Murphy, MD; Maryjo Cleveland, MD
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>An 84-year-old man with a history of stable angina, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with...
04/30/2011
fever
fever
04/30/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Over the past several years, I have encountered many patients in my practice with a basal temperature of less than the average 37°C (98.6°F). While I...
04/30/2011
smoking
smoking
04/30/2011
Jeffrey M. Kagan, MD; Henry Schneiderman, MD
A 78-year-old woman requests evaluation of worsening dyspnea. A long-time smoker, she quit when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) developed. At each of the last several visits, her hair had been...
04/30/2011
Neutropenia
Neutropenia
04/30/2011
Bijoy Telivala, MD, MBBS; Ronald N. Rubin, MD
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 26-year-old woman with dull left-sided chest pain, nausea, body aches, and low-grade fever is admitted to the hospital. She has been to other...
04/30/2011
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine
04/30/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>In his recent editorial "Why We Need to Know the Limitations of Evidence-Based Medicine" (CONSULTANT, August 2006, page 963), Dr Gregory...
04/30/2011
Patient Resources
Patient Resources
04/30/2011
Listed here are some organizations that provide education materials, diet plans and recipes, and information about community resources for those with celiac disease.
04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
04/30/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>When a patient with a history of severe anaphylactic reactions needs an epinephrine auto-injector, prescribe two rather than just...
04/30/2011
Quiz
Quiz
04/30/2011
Willis Paull, PhD; Edward Shahady, MD
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04/30/2011
celiac disease
celiac disease
04/30/2011
Brian R. Landzberg, MD, AGA(F)
Only a small number of patients with celiac disease exhibit the normal symptoms of diarrhea with steatorrhea, weight loss, and nutritional deficiencies.
04/30/2011
Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
04/30/2011
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04/30/2011
Scabies
Scabies
04/30/2011

November 7, 2006

November 7, 2006
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04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
04/30/2011
Bernard Seguin, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>To simplify knee aspiration (after a standard knee prep), use a regular vacuum tube with an adapter and a 21-gauge needle supplied by your...
04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
04/30/2011
Jean-Paul Romes, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>When I repair facial lacerations on toddlers, I find that they are likely to start pulling at the bandage as soon as I put it on. This endangers the...
04/30/2011
Body Surface Mapping
Body Surface Mapping
04/30/2011
William J. Brady, MD
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04/30/2011
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute Ischemic Stroke
04/30/2011
Nisha Chhabria, MD; Michel T. Torbey, MD, MPH
<p><strong>ABSTRACT: Establishing the time of symptom onset is essential to selecting the appropriate therapy. Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), administered within 3 hours...
04/30/2011
Moles and Melanoma
Moles and Melanoma
04/30/2011
John R. Holman, MD, MPH; Reagan B. Anderson, DO, MPH, MCS
Melanomas usually do not arise from nevi. The most important risk factors for melanoma are a personal history of atypical nevi, a family or personal history of melanoma, and large numbers of nevi. Melanomas...
04/30/2011
Quiz
Quiz
04/30/2011
Eric Parks, MD
Prurigo nodularis is characterized by numerous nodules and papules that develop after a period of intense itching and scratching.
04/30/2011