Warts
From October 2020, SurvivorViral warts are common in children and most resolve spontaneously without treatment. Salicylic acid with regular paring and occlusion is the preferred treatment for cutaneous viral warts. Cryotherapy in combination with salicylic acid is recommended as a second line treatment.
29min 16Brittney DeClerck, MD, Mizuho Morrison, DO, and Matthieu DeClerck, MD
Proceed With Confidence: LARCs: Part 2
From September 2020, LARCs and SPIKES and Cryo, Oh MyHow comfortable are you with placement of LARCs (implants and IUDs)? If you could use a refresher, Drs. Paul Simmons and Karlynn Sievers walk through the procedures as part of our “Proceed with Confidence” series.
15min 42Karlynn Sievers MD and Paul Simmons, MD
Proceed With Confidence: LARCs: Part 1
From September 2020, LARCs and SPIKES and Cryo, Oh MyHow comfortable are you with placement of LARCs (implants and IUDs)? If you could use a refresher, Drs. Paul Simmons and Karlynn Sievers walk through the procedures as part of our “Proceed with Confidence” series.
20min 10Karlynn Sievers MD and Paul Simmons, MD
TIDBSI: Cryotherapy
From September 2020, LARCs and SPIKES and Cryo, Oh MyTo freeze or not to freeze, that is the question that Drs. Paul Simmons and Justin McCarthy will attempt to answer in this Things I Do But Should I? conversation on cryotherapy.
19min 42Justin McCarthy, MD and Paul Simmons, MD
Proceed with Confidence: Vasectomies
From July 2020, The Certainty of UncertaintyDo you automatically refer to a urologist when a patient asks about a vasectomy? Have you ever considered that this procedure can actually be done in the primary care office? Our own Paul Simmons discusses this with Dr. Lyrad Riley in the first installment of a new series on procedural tips and …
19min 11Paul Simmons, MD and Lyrad Riley MD, MPH
The Breast Exam
From May 2020, Pain in the You-Know-WhereWe’ve been discussing breast health and breast cancer screening recently on PC RAP, but haven’t touched on the physical exam yet. In this segment, Dr. Rebecca Zendel Berliner walks us through how to perform a complete history and physical exam for a breast complaint. •
21min 49Rebecca Zendel Berliner, MD, and Neda Frayha, MD
Bursitis
From April 2019, A Maelstrom of Mail!In acute superficial bursitis, aspiration can be both therapeutic and diagnostic. In this segment, Brandon Grove takes us on a tour of olecranon and pre-patellar bursitis, and how to approach aspiration and treatment.
8min 18Brandon Grove, MD
Evidence-Based Physical Exam
From April 2019, A Maelstrom of Mail!How often do we just go through the motions of the physical exam, without really knowing which maneuvers can give us superpowers? Or which ones are worthless? In this segment, Paul Simmons teaches Neda how to become a master diagnostician with the evidence-based physical exam.
20min 14Paul Simmons, MD and Neda Frayha, MD