By: Risha Bellomo, PA-C, MPAS When a patient presents to your office with the signs of a discolored, dystrophic nail many practitioners jump to the conclusion of onychomycosis too quickly. The lecture that will be presented at Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts, “Differential Diagnosis of Onychomycosis …
MY NAILS ARE UGLY AND DISCOLORED, IT MUST BE FUNGUS! Read More »
Written by: Susan Symington DFAAPA, MPAS, PA-C Chronic cough can be a challenging condition to treat in both children and adults. There are differences in the definition, differential diagnosis, and treatment for both children and adults. In children there is not a clear definition for chronic cough. …
CHRONIC COUGH: ITS CHALLENGES IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS Read More »
A 5 year old female presents to my clinic with a chief complaint of elbow pain and swelling. The young patient’s parents report her mechanism of injury; witnessed her falling on a bent elbow. She presents with moderate swelling, eechymosis, and refusing to move her elbow thru …
Article By Christy Wilson, MPAS, PA-C Lung Cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the US and according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control) in 2010 over 200,000 people were diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States alone and accounted for over 150,000 deaths. …
Politics and Medicine: Lung Cancer Screening and Medicare Coverage Read More »
2014 has been a banner year for us – our surveys report a very high level of satisfaction with our educational offering by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. Nurse Practitioners are calling this the most relevant Nurse Practitioner CE conference because of the practical medical education and the hands-on skill building …
What’s New at Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts Read More »
By: Kevin Rebeck, PA-C Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in our life time. We as practitioners will remain on the forefront of decision making as to how well our patient population will live and survive in the future. It is …
Cardiovascular Disease – Leading Cause of Morbidity Read More »
By: Joyce L. Ross, MSN, CRNP, CS, FNLA, FPCNA Diplomate Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology The newest clinical guidelines for the treatment of cholesterol were introduced in a firestorm of controversy in November 2013. The length of time since the NCEP – ATP 3, guidelines of greater …
By: John Bielinski, MS, PA-C Anyone who presents with chest symptoms, whether it is chest pain, pressure, shortness of breath, indigestion, or cough, you have to ask, “Who is your PAPPA.” This will assist in finding the proper chest pain diagnosis. You need to look at them, …
5 Can’t Miss Causes of Chest Pain “Who’s Your PAPPA” Read More »
By Mary Vacala, PA-C, ATC MSPAS, DFAAPA Every weekend the papers are flooded with reports of rookie and veteran athletes, amateur, professional, college, high school and even elementary kids whose careers have suddenly been disrupted by an ACL injury. The results are devastating and costly. The mechanism …
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury continues to rise in athletes Read More »
By Douglas E. Masini, EdD, RRT-NPS, RPFT, AE-C, FAARC A good friend just called me and wondered why B2 agonists were so commonly suggested and used in diseases that present only with a sound that at best mimics an inspiratory crackle, what we used to call a …
Asthma Education at the Cutting Edge – Wheeze, Crackle, and Flow: The Crackle Read More »
