Tag: floating doctors

Organ Donation: Opt-In vs Opt-Out?

April is Nation Donate Life Month, which consists of regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ donors and potentially save lives. 116,000+ people are on the national transplant waiting list,…

Insights

In Good Condition: Drs Share Their Positive Moments!

Every Friday, in an effort to showcase the positive things that are happening in doctors’ lives, Sermo publishes a post called In Good Condition. In Good Condition is a weekly forum for doctors to share…

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Treat Me Right: An Overview of STDs in the United States

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the next month, the CDC will present a series of posts around this year’s theme – Treat Me Right – which focuses on the important relationship between healthcare providers…

Patient Cases

Floating Doctors Case: Popliteal Rash

Shared by a US physician with the Floating Doctors A 49-year old male with no past medical history presents with a one week history of macerated skin with fissures and minimal serosanguineous exudate in bilateral popliteal…

Patient Cases

Lower Leg Mass with Uncharacterizable Malignancy

Shared by a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon in the US A doctor shares a patient case about a 40-year-old male patient, who presents with asymptomatic but slowly growing subcutaneous mass in left lower leg for…

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Synthesizing Viruses vs. Risk of Biological Weapons

A controversial study recently came out, detailing the facts surrounding researchers who constructed an infectious horse pox virus vaccine from chemically synthesized DNA fragments. The study raised flags of alarm, as fellow researchers grew concerned that terrorists could hypothetically…

Patient Cases

Varicose vein insufficiency—erythematous vesicular lesion

Shared by a General Practice physician from the Dominican Republic Male patient of 36 years of age. He presents an Erythematous vesicular lesion of 2 weeks evolution of pruritic character… No fever or general malaise.…

Patient Cases

Incomplete Boerhaave-Syndrome…

Shared by a Gastroenterologist in Germany A physician shares a patient case about a young man (44 y. old, chronic alcohol abuser) presenting with haematemesis and haematochezie. The EGD revealed an incomplete Boerhaave syndrome by…

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Do Doctors Approve of Animal Testing?

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and test the safety of medical products. Many of these experiments cause pain, a decreased quality of life, and often death in the animal subjects. While experimenters…

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How Expensive is Your Medication?

A recent report on Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) highlights the issue of prescription drug “sticker shock” experienced by patients picking up prescriptions. Without knowing in advance what the prescription would cost, or whether or not it would…

Patient Cases

Wounds of a car crash victim who was not wearing a seatbelt

Shared by a physician in Venezuela specializing in General Practice The patient was a 45-year-old man who, after a road accident, collided head-on with another vehicle. He presented an incipient cutting wound in the left…

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Have You Heard of a “Black Box” Warning?

As a world leader in physician market research, Sermo perpetually surveys its online community of doctors on a range of topics. The valuable insights provided by doctors’ contributions to these surveys help inform articles, resources,…

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