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Management has changed in the last decade, with new drugs and with increased awareness of treatment side effects.
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Common imitators are stasis dermatitis, lipodermatosclerosis, contact dermatitis, lymphedema, eosinophilic cellulitis, and papular urticaria.
Autoinflammatory syndromes: Fever is not always a sign of infectionOur growing understanding of genetics and the immune system has unearthed a number of syndromes characterized by recurrent fevers that mimic malignancy or infection.
- Renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension: Guarded optimism
Can a percutaneous catheter-based procedure cure resistant hypertension? The limited data available so far look good.
- Aortic stenosis: Who should undergo surgery, transcatheter valve replacement?
For some patients with aortic stenosis, the choice of management is simple; for others it is less so.
- Dengue: A reemerging concern for travelers
Dengue, a neglected tropical disease that is reemerging around the world, became a nationally notifiable disease in the United States in 2009.
- POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a process that translates a patient’s goals for care at the end of life into medical orders.
- Psoriasis: Evolving treatment for a complex disease
Although topical steroids and phototherapy are mainstays of treatment, biologic agents give new hope to patients with severe disease.
- UV protection and sunscreens: What to tell patients
Some measures are straightforward, but sunscreens have been a source of confusion in their labeling and SPF ratings.
- A geriatric patient-centered medical home: How to obtain NCQA certification
Applying for certification is hard work but, if accompanied by real changes to your practice, should improve the care you deliver.
