Articles Tagged With: skin
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Berdazimer Topical Gel (Zelsuvmi)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first and only prescription drug for the home treatment of molluscum contagiosum. Berdazimer, administered with a hydrogel, is a nitric oxide-releasing agent with antiviral properties.
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Creating Healing Environments: Band-Aids and Beyond
Because normative messages affecting diversity and inclusion are conveyed by the application of a bandage and its color, healers are called to offer and employ newly available adhesive bandages in a multitude of skin tones.
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Uncommon Diagnoses That Cannot Be Missed
Children present to the ED with a variety of issues ranging from benign to life-threatening. The ability to recognize potentially devastating diseases early facilitates care and ensures an optimal outcome for the child.
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A Review of Thermal Burns for Emergency Clinicians
Emergency medicine clinicians need to be adept at the acute treatment of both minor and major burns and be confident in their ability to decide which patients need referral to a burn center. The authors outline current recommendations for the treatment of minor burns, the initial treatment of more serious thermal injury, and the decision-making algorithm for burn center referral.
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Research Reveals Subepidermal Moisture Useful in Predicting Ulcers
Elevated subepidermal moisture values occurred with concurrent skin damage at the sacrum, and higher subepidermal moisture values were associated with visual damage one week later.
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Think You Don’t Smell?
Although showering with hot water and harsh soap daily may not be optimal, studies have shown that regular bathing with good soap and water reduces the risk of infection in individuals colonized with Staphylococcus aureus.
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Not All Round Rashes Are Ringworm: A Differential Diagnosis of Annular and Nummular Lesions
Although rashes are not usually an emergency, it is common for emergency physicians to see patients come in with a rash. Sometimes the rash is new onset, and sometimes it has been present for a while and refractory to treatment.
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All That Is Round Is Not Fungus: A Differential Diagnosis of Annular Lesions
Annular skin lesions commonly plague many primary care patients, but not all that is round is fungus. This article highlights the differential diagnosis of conditions that can mimic tinea.
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Skin Infestations: Fungal and Scabies
Although cutaneous fungal infections rarely are life-threatening, they are common, and they are irritating. This article provides an in-depth look at common rashes caused by fungi and scabies.
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Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Skin and soft tissue infections are encountered commonly in primary care practices, presenting as a range of disorders, from uncomplicated cellulitis, impetigo, folliculitis, erysipelas, and focal abscesses to necrotizing fasciitis. Each year between 1998-2006 in the United States, there were 650,000 hospital admissions for cellulitis, with estimates of 14.5 million cases annually treated as outpatients, accounting for $3.7 billion in ambulatory care costs.