Clinical Features

Endoscopic surgery for fistula creation

Endoscopic surgery for fistula creation

A new, minimally invasive approach will decrease morbidity among
hemodialysis patients and help improve their quality of life.
Exercise guidelines for patients with diabetes

Exercise guidelines for patients with diabetes

Prescribe at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 90 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic exercises per week, plus some weight training.
Imaging options for patients with acute abdominal pain

Imaging options for patients with acute abdominal pain

Each of the three primary modalities—plain films, diagnostic ultrasound, and CT scan—must be weighed against their strengths and weaknesses.

The Waiting Room - the official blog of The Clinical Advisor

This is how it's done

Joe Kopcha September 02, 2010

Prospective authors take note.
 

Whatever gets you through the day

Lisa Stern September 02, 2010

How do you cope with job stress?
 

Dermatology Clinic

Tender, edematous, red plaques on a woman's hands and feet

Jennifer Stead, DO, and Stuart Gildenberg, MD August 01, 2010

One month after starting a new chemotherapeutic drug, the patient sought treatment for painful peeling and redness on her hands and feet.
 

Exposure to moisture leads to palmar rash

Caroline Y. Winslow and Julia R. Nunley, MD August 01, 2010

A woman presents with a painful rash that developed immediately after exposure to water or sweating and disappeared an hour after drying.
 

Kitchen work worsens pruritic hand lesions

Peter M.H. Cham, MD, and Erin M. Warshaw, MD, MS July 01, 2010

A restaurant employee's intensely itching and burning hand lesions worsened after he was assigned to work in the kitchen.
 

Recurrent erosions on the neck and axillae

William Sargent Kaufman and Julia R. Nunley, MD July 01, 2010

For two years, a woman had lived with an itchy rash on her axillae and neck that became more symptomatic during the summer.
 

Rash preceded by 
fever and cough

Craig G. Burkhart, MD, MPH June 01, 2010

After four days with a high fever, cough, and conjunctivitis, a child is brought to the hospital with an extensive, maculopapular rash.
 

Daily Medical News

Advisor Forum

Carbidopa with levodopa does more than minimize nausea

July 22, 2010

The combination allows increased amounts of levodopa to be available for entry into the central nervous system.
 

The costs of treating Alzheimer's disease

July 22, 2010

Any delay in nursing-home placement is well worth the investment in medication.
 

An alternative to canes

July 22, 2010

Use hiking poles for patients with balance issues.
 

Be tough but fair

July 22, 2010

Bluntness is not the same as disrespect.
 

When to start plasmapheresis in a patient with myasthenia gravis

July 22, 2010

When should plasmapheresis be considered?
 
August CME Articles from The Clinical Advisor

Clinical Feature
Imaging options for patients with acute abdominal pain
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Dermatology Clinic
Tender, edematous, red plaques on a woman's hands and feet
Exposure to moisture leads to palmar rash
0.25 / AAPA Category I CME Credit
0.25 / CE for Nurses
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Dermatologic Look Alikes
Cutaneous lesions
0.25 / CE for Nurses
0.25 / AAPA Category I CME Credit
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