Urgent Caring Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 8

Urgent Caring, a peer-reviewed publication from the College of Urgent Care Medicine, is published quarterly and includes editorials from UCA Board members, case studies, expert insights, Urgent Updates and more.

This issue will feature;

Letter from the President by Jasmeet Bhogal, MD

Editor’s Corner – Tracey Davidoff, MD, FCUCM, Cesar Mora Jaramillo, MD, FAAFO, FCUCM

Are We Overcasting For COVID-19 – Chris Chao, MD, Board of Directors, CUCM

Urgent Care Case Studies:

Case Study #1 – Dermadilemma – Rash After Eyebrow Tinting – Tracey Davidoff, MD, FCUCM

Case Study #2 – Myopericarditis After Streptococcal Pharyngitis – Cesar Mora Jaramillo, MD, FAAFP, FCUCM

Expert Insights Brought To You By: EB Medicine – Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient

Best Practice Summary From The College of Urgent Care Medicine:

Cerumen Impaction

Occupational Medicine Section:

The Occupational Medical History – Are There Differences from the Urgent Care History? – Max Lebow, MD, MPH, FACEP, FACOEM

Wound Care Section:

Epinephrine in Local Anesthesia: Mythbusting 101 – Patrick O’Malley, MD

Cause For Applause #1 Recognizing Urgent Care Medicine Physicians

Urgent Updates – March 2022

Orally Dissolving Buprenorphine Tied to Severe Tooth Decay, FDA Warns

Intranasal Oxytocin Shows Early Promise For Cocaine Dependence

FDA Considers Second COVID-19 Booster

Remote Six-Minute Walk Testing in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension : A Pilot Story

Results From a Test-to-Release From Isolation Strategy Among Fully Vaccinated National Football League Players and Staff Members with COVID-19 – United States, December 14-19, 2021

FDA Permits Marketing of First Condom Specifically Indicated for Anal Intercourse

Diverticulitis in the Elderly Clinical Practice Guideline (2022, WSES/SICG/ACOI/SICUT/ACEMC/SIFIPAC)

Identifying Higher-Volume Antibiotic Outpatient Prescribers Using Publicly Available Medicare Part D Data – United States, 2019

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