Teledermatology for COVID‐19 cutaneous lesions: substitute or supplement?

Arginine vasopressin in septic shock: supplement or substitute for norepinephrine?

In the current issue of Critical Care, Simon and coworkers investigated the effects of first-line arginine vasopressin (AVP) on organ function and systemic metabolism compared with norepinephrine in a pig model of fecal peritonitis. AVP was titrated according to the mean arterial pressure suggesting a vasopressor rather than a hormone replacement therapy. The study provides some evidence for th...

Computerized interpretation of ECGs: supplement not a substitute.

Outcomes of referral to dermatology for suspicious lesions: implications for teledermatology.

OBJECTIVES To determine the proportion of suspicious lesions referred by nondermatologists that are found to be malignant and the number of incidental skin cancers identified at the time of dermatology referral. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. PATIENTS Four hundred patients referred by nondermatologists for skin lesions suspected ...

[Cutaneous lesions on scars].

A 71-year-old woman, receiving treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, had suffered an ethanol burn affecting the facial, anterior cervical, and neckline region 7 years earlier. She consulted the outpatient department for inflammation and pruritus in the scars that began 4 months earlier. She also presented new lesions on healthy skin, but no associated s...

Cutaneous vascular lesions.

Vascular anomalies are lesions seen in all surgical disciplines, particularly in pediatric patients. Specialization in vascular anomalies involves a team effort, with the team consisting of plastic surgeons, general surgeons, neurosurgeons, pediatricians, interventional radiologists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, hematologists, and pathologists. Inconsistent nomenclature ...