Stat Consult

Stat Consult: Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

This review provides a concise overview of the epidemiology, etiology, history, diagnostic criteria, and management of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Stat Consult: Gastroparesis

This review provides a concise overview of the incidence, risk factors, pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and treatment of gastroparesis.

Stat Consult: Ewing Sarcoma in Children

This review provides a concise overview of the incidence, causes, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and treatment of Ewing sarcoma in children.

Stat Consult: Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-Mediated Food Allergy

This review provides a concise overview of the types, causes, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and treatment of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergies.

Stat Consult: Adjustment Disorder

This review provides a concise overview of the types, pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and treatment of adjustment disorder.

Stat Consult: Multiple Sclerosis

This review provides a concise overview of the types, pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Stat Consult: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Growing evidence supports starting individuals on antiretroviral therapy as soon as they are diagnosed with HIV to improve mortality rates.

Stat Consult: Cleft Lip and Palate

Cleft lip and palate is defined as congenital malformation of the upper lip and/or oral cavity disrupting normal facial structure and oromotor function.

Stat Consult: Chronic Low Back Pain

Chronic low back pain (LBP) defined as persistent or fluctuating musculoskeletal pain of lower back and lumbar spine lasting >3 months.

Parenteral nutrition issues

Some include mechanical complications, central vascular access complications, and compatibility issues.

Sudden cardiac death

Described as death within an hour of onset of any symptom

Violence between intimate partners

Intimate partner violence was reported in over 30% of female psychiatric patients.

Head lice infestation in children

Approximately 6 to 12 million head lice cases are diagnosed in the United States per year, primarily affecting elementary school children.

Minor burns

The most common causes of minor superficial burns are sunburns and minor thermal injuries.

Celiac disease

In celiac disease, the surface pattern of the jejunal mucosa becomes flattened.

Stat consult: Allergic rhinits

Allergic rhinitis is the twelfth most common diagnosis made at family physician visits.

Stat Consult: Lyme disease

The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is an obligate parasite and the most common tick-borne infection in North America and Europe.

Stat consult: Zika virus

Between 75% and 80% of Zika virus infections are asymptomatic.

Acute sinusitis in children and adolescents

Acute sinusitis is common, affecting 6% to 7% of children presenting with respiratory symptoms.

Stat Consult: Norovirus 
infection

Norovirus is the leading cause of both sporadic and epidemic gastroenteritis worldwide.