Tinea Corporis in Breastfeeding Mother
A breastfeeding woman is diagnosed with tinea corporis and requests both oral and topical medications. What treatment is safest during breastfeeding?
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Assessing Social Determinants of Health Is Key to Managing Childhood Obesity
Author presents a practical approach to managing childhood obesity in clinical practice that includes considering social determinants of health.
Pessaries: a Conservative Approach to Pelvic Floor Disorders
Vaginal pessaries are an often overlooked but effective nonsurgical treatment for pelvic organ prolapse and other pelvic floor disorders.
Consider Myocarditis in Viral Infections
If myocarditis is incorrectly diagnosed or missed, a stable patient with mild symptoms can quickly progress to cardiogenic shock.
Anchoring the Pain Scale — Can It Be Done?
A PA re-envisions the pain scale to include follow-up questions that would provide more tangible measurements.
Ask the Expert: Asthma Treatment and Insurance
An NP asks Dr Capriotti about how to get insurance to cover a budesonide-formoterol inhaler as a reliever medication for asthma attacks or exacerbations.
A Fish in the Urgent Care Clinic
An NP shares her most memorable patient story, a girl who presents with blockage in her ear following a day at the beach.
Rethinking Prescribing Diclegis
Diclegis is the only FDA-approved prescription medication for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy that is classified as Category A (safe for mom an baby). Before writing a prescription, consider the price tag.
Poison Ivy Prevention
Always wear gloves to protect the skin from exposure to poison ivy, and remove them before touching anything.
Cutis Rhomboidalis
A 78-year-old man presented with thickened, heavily lined skin on his posterior neck that had been present for an indeterminate period of time.
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