Articles Tagged With: treatment
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Limb Ischemia and Gangrene
Although many cases of extremity pain are the result of mild, self-limited issues, ischemia and gangrene are catastrophic causes of pain that initially can present with nondescript findings. To limit tissue loss and optimize patient outcomes, emergency physicians must be able to distinguish benign limb pain from the earliest stages of high-risk, life- and limb-threatening disease.
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Eliminate Barriers to Expedited Partner Therapy
Since 2006, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has recommended the use of expedited partner therapy (EPT) for treatment of sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, but the infection rate continues to climb.
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Research Focuses on Untreated Genital Warts and HIV Risk
New research indicates that genital warts may lead to a higher risk of acquiring HIV from a partner who is infected because anogenital warts may be especially susceptible to the infection.
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Consider Options for Women With Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause
Sexual function often decreases for women because of the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). This condition includes the physical changes of the vulva, vagina, and lower urinary tract that result from estrogen deficiency.
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Expedited Partner Therapy: We Can Do More
This article reviews the current status of expedited partner therapy (EPT), which involves treating the heterosexual partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing the medication or a prescription for the patient to give to the partner without a healthcare provider first examining the partner.
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Ocular Trauma
This review will help the practitioner to be more comfortable evaluating and treating a patient with a traumatic eye complaint and understanding when to involve ophthalmology and with what urgency.
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Safety Warning Issued for Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics
The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now is asking clinicians to consider other treatment options besides fluoroquinolone antibiotics because of risks associated with their use.
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Oral Vancomycin Is the Most Cost-effective Treatment for the First Recurrence of Clostridium Difficile Infection
The authors of a pharmacoeconomic study comparing bezlotoxumab plus oral vancomycin, oral vancomycin alone, and fidaxomicin found that oral vancomycin alone was the most cost-effective regimen to treat the first recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection.
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New Recommendations Focus on HIV Antiretrovirals
Clinicians involved in preventing and treating HIV will want to update their knowledge base with recommendations from the International Antiviral Society–USA for the use of antiretroviral drugs.
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Tickborne Illnesses
Blood-feeding ticks can transmit a wide variety of pathogens to people, which can result in significant infection and morbidity. During the past 10 years, the incidence of these diseases has increased rapidly, and the geographical regions where they occur has expanded. Recognizing symptoms that often are nonspecific and initiating appropriate treatment are critical to patient outcomes.