Volume 53 - Issue 1 - January 2013

Consultant

Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
01/16/2013
Gentiana Bakaj, MD; Rupali Prabhukhot, MD; Suzanne Kraemer, MD
<p><img alt="hepatotoxicity" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/images/1301Con_PCHepatotox.jpg" style="float:left" title="hepatotoxicity"...
01/16/2013
appendicitis
appendicitis
01/16/2013
Magda Mendez, MD, FAAP; Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MD
<p><img alt="appendicitis" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/images/1301Con_PCAppendi.jpg" style="float:left" title="appendicitis"...
01/16/2013
Heart
Heart
01/16/2013
Orlando Santana, MD; Francisco O. Nascimento, MD; Alexandre Benjo, MD
<p><img alt="mitral valve" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/images/1301Con_PCMitral.jpg" style="float:left" title="mitral valve"...
01/16/2013
Granuloma Annulare
Granuloma Annulare
01/16/2013
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p class="p1"><img src="/sites/default/files/images/1301Con_DC_C2.jpg" alt="granuloma annulare" title="granuloma annulare" style="margin: 0px 5px;...
01/16/2013
Nevus
Nevus
01/16/2013
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/images/1301Con_DC_C1.jpg" alt="voigt's lines" title="voigt's lines" width="90" height="90"...
01/16/2013
Exercise
Exercise
01/16/2013
John Whyte, MD, MPH; Christopher R. Mohr, PhD, RD
Physical activity may increase already high levels of glucose and ketone bodies and thereby precipitate ketoacidosis.
01/16/2013
eating disorders
eating disorders
01/16/2013
David Effron, MD; Krista Mousted, MSN, NP-C
<p><strong><img alt="bulimia, eating disorder" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/1301Con_WDEffron_IndxFg.jpg" style="float:left"...
01/16/2013
zoon balanitis
zoon balanitis
01/16/2013
Brian N. Parks, DO; Ryan Stevenson, MS-IV; Guozhen Liu, MD
<p><strong><img alt="zoon balanitis" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/1301Con_CPParks_Fg2.jpg" style="float:left" title="zoon balanitis"...
01/16/2013
Hematuria and Dysuria
Hematuria and Dysuria
01/16/2013
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
<p>A 21-year-old woman presents with a 3-day history of dysuria and increased urinary frequency and urgency. These symptoms began suddenly but have been worsening over the past few days. On...
01/16/2013
Feature
Feature
01/16/2013
Barry J. Wu, MD, FACP
Despite the countless advances in technology and diagnostic imaging and testing, the medical interview is still essential for gathering information, building relationships, and educating patients.
01/16/2013
Feature
Feature
01/16/2013
Barry J. Wu, MD, FACP
Despite the countless advances in technology and diagnostic imaging and testing, the medical interview is still essential for gathering information, building relationships, and educating patients.
01/16/2013
Feature
Feature
01/16/2013
Barry J. Wu, MD, FACP
Despite the countless advances in technology and diagnostic imaging and testing, the medical interview is still essential for gathering information, building relationships, and educating patients.
01/16/2013
von Recklinghausen Disease
von Recklinghausen Disease
01/16/2013
Bhakti Patel, PA-C; Rafael Ilyayev, MD
<p>A 46-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with pain in the left hand after an injury. Radiographs obtained in the ED are normal. On physical examination, however, multiple...
01/16/2013
drug reaction
drug reaction
01/16/2013

 

 

 

Primary Care Update
Brief Summaries for Clinical Practice 

      Primary Care ...
In the United States, adverse drug reactions are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both the outpatient and inpatient settings.1 Many of these adverse events could have been avoided by timely...
01/16/2013
drug reaction
drug reaction
01/15/2013
<p>Painful, erythematous plaques had erupted 4 to 6 weeks earlier on the left upper arm and lower abdominal wall of a 54-year-old woman. The lesions had since increased in size and become more...
01/15/2013
trauma
trauma
01/15/2013
<p><strong><img alt="winter injuries" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%203.40.43%20PM.png" style="float:left"...
01/15/2013
Top Papers Of The Month
Top Papers Of The Month
01/15/2013
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Complaints of knee pain are very common in primary care practice. Osteoarthritis is the cause in many instances, especially in an aging, obese population. A recent “Top Paper” offers practical advice for...
01/15/2013
Cardiometabolic risk
Cardiometabolic risk
01/15/2013
Bradley M. Wright, PharmD, BCPS; Jessica Bellone, PharmD, BCACP; Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Resistant hypertension is the failure to reach target blood pressure in persons who adhere to an appropriate 3-drug regimen including a diuretic.
01/15/2013
Primary Care
Primary Care
01/15/2013
Deborah Ann Colgan, RN, BSN; Richard Colgan, MD
<p><img alt="florence nightingale" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/1301Con_GCColgan_FNPic.jpg" style="float:left" title="florence...
01/15/2013
CONSULTANT
CONSULTANT
01/15/2013
<p>You may have noticed something different about this latest issue of CONSULTANT. We have redesigned the publication to improve your overall readership experience from page to screen. CONSULTANT is...
01/15/2013