Volume 53 - Issue 3 - April 2013

Consultant

Dermclinic
Dermclinic
Why Is This Man’s Leg Painful, Swollen, and Red?
04/29/2013
David L. Kaplan, MD
For the past few days, a 63-year-old man’s lower leg has become painful, itchy, swollen, and red.
04/29/2013
imprego
imprego
Can you identify this spreading, itchy rash?
04/29/2013
David L. Kaplan, MD
ImpetigoA 16-year-old girl is bothered by a spreading, itchy rash of 1 week’s duration on the left preauricular cheek. The otherwise healthy teenager denies taking any new medications or using new...
04/29/2013
cyanosis
cyanosis
Acrocyanosis
04/29/2013
Yelva L. Lynfield, MD
<p class="p3"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-29%20at%203.38.45%20PM_0.png" alt="Acrocyanosis" title="Acrocyanosis"...
04/29/2013
Diverticulosis
Diverticulosis
Jejunal Diverticulosis
04/29/2013

VIRENDRA PARIKH, MD
Fort Wayne, Indiana

VIRENDRA PARIKH, MD Fort Wayne, India...
<p class="p3"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-29%20at%203.07.39%20PM.png" alt="Jejunal Diverticulosis" title="Jejunal Diverticulosis"...
04/29/2013
Abscess
Abscess
Subperiosteal Abscess
04/29/2013
James Steffen, MD; Diane Harper, MD
<p class="p3"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-29%20at%201.57.12%20PM.png" alt="Subperiosteal Abscess" title="Subperiosteal Abscess"...
04/29/2013
candidiasis
candidiasis
Candidal Intertrigo
04/29/2013
Joe R. Monroe, PA-C, MPAS, PA
<p class="p1"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-29%20at%201.49.40%20PM_0.png" alt="Candidal Intertrigo" title="Candidal Intertrigo"...
04/29/2013
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Management: Nonpharmacologic Therapies
04/26/2013
Steven A. King, MD, MS
There are many therapies for treating chronic pain ranging from medications to invasive techniques, including injections and surgery. Often overlooked and underused are the various nonpharmacologic...
04/26/2013
Respiration
Respiration
Respiratory Woes: Smoking-Related or Not?
04/26/2013
<p><img alt="pneumonia" height="110" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-26%20at%201.56.29%20PM.png" style="float:left"...
04/26/2013
Wounds
Wounds
Wound Infection: Primary Considerations
04/26/2013
Wound infection delays wound closure. It prolongs the inflammatory phase of healing and often causes distress and discomfort for patients.
04/26/2013
torticollis
torticollis
Nine-Year-Old Boy With Torticollis
04/26/2013
Sara Laskey, MD; David Effron, MD; Susan Brown, MD
<p><strong><img alt="torticollis" height="110" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-26%20at%2010.39.55%20AM.png" style="float:left"...
04/26/2013
tendinopahty
tendinopahty
Would Achilles Have Been Stronger After Eccentric Training, Glyceryl Trinitrate, or Low Energy Shock Wave Treatment?
04/25/2013
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p>The residents and I recently evaluated a patient with midsubstance Achilles tendinopathy. I have a sensitive spot for sufferers of Achilles discomfort since I ruptured mine 20 years ago (ouch!). A...
04/25/2013
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
Responding to Life-Threatening Pulmonary Embolic Disease
04/25/2013
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p>Despite being the “most preventable cause of death among hospitalized patients,” pulmonary embolic disease (PED) still manages to claim 100,000 to 180,000 lives a year in the United States.<span...
04/25/2013
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Skin Signs of Vascular Disorders
04/24/2013
A collage of images representing skin signs of vascular disorders.
04/24/2013
dizziness
dizziness
Dizziness: Step-by-Step Through the Workup
04/23/2013
Douglas J. Lanska, MD, MS
<p><img alt="dizzy" height="110" src="/sites/default/files/headache%20adult_0.jpg" style="float:left" title="dizzy" width="110"...
04/23/2013
Seizure
Seizure
AAP Guidelines for Evaluating a First Simple Febrile Seizure in a Child
04/23/2013
<p>Febrile seizures—primary generalized seizures that last less than 15 minutes and do not recur within 24 hours—are the most common convulsive event in children under age 5. Between 2% and 5% of all...
04/23/2013
Dyspnea
Dyspnea
Young Man With Anterior Mediastinal Mass and Dyspnea
04/23/2013
Mahesh K. Duggal, MD; Neeta M. Shah, MD
The patient had an anterior mediastinal mass caused by the lymphoma compressing the trachea, which presented initially as features of bronchial asthma.
04/23/2013
Diabetes: New Drug Options and Old Choices
04/23/2013
Marc Rendell, MD
The management of diabetes is continuing to advance.
04/23/2013
Primary Care
Primary Care
Check Out What’s New on Consultant360.com
04/23/2013
<p><img alt="con360" height="115" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-23%20at%201.15.50%20PM.png" style="float:left" title="con360"...
04/23/2013