Katz, Jennifer Powers, Mackenzie Amusina, Olga
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Advanced practice providers (physician assistants and nurse practitioners) are part of the interdisciplinary teams integral to successful care and improved outcomes for acutely ill patients in intensive care units and emergency departments. Between physician shortage and increased complexity of patients with often rapidly deteriorating conditions, ...
Rao, Roopa S Chatura, Kasimsetty Ramakantha Sv, Sowmya Prasad, Kavitha Lakshminarayana, Surendra Ali, Fareedi Mukram Awan, Kamran Habib Patil, Shankargouda
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This review has addressed the issues faced by a diagnostic pathologist during routine assessment of haematoxylin and eosin stained incisional biopsies from oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. Herein, the pragmatic means undertaken, has highlighted routinely faced problems & encounters determined at various levels as clinical, laboratory and diag...
Madhura, Murittige Gopalakrishna Rao, Roopa S Patil, Shankargouda Alhazmi, Yaser Ali Jafer, Mohammed Habib, Syed Rashid Awan, Kamran Habib
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Oral cancer represents a blend of genetic and epigenetic instability. Many a times, oral cancer occurs in the background of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs), which could be easily detected and diagnosed. Various diagnostic aids have been explored for early detection of oral cancer. Some of the minimally invasive (chair-side diagnostic) ...
Hakim, Farida Phelps, Paul O
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Moran, Joshua M Phelps, Paul O
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The periocular region sees high rates of cancer compared to the rest of the body and can be affected by several unique tumors. Treatment typically involves surgical excision, although adjunctive therapies and prognosis vary depending on the diagnosis. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy affecting this region and should be excis...
Gordon, Abigail A Danek, Dagmara J Phelps, Paul O
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Patients with infection or inflammation of the eyelid will often first present to their primary care physicians with symptoms such as redness, swelling, tearing, itchiness, or a foreign body sensation. There are a variety of conditions that affect the eyelid which can cause such symptoms, and the exam and history can help a provider differentiate s...
Blitzer, Andrea L Phelps, Paul O
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Avdagic, Ema Phelps, Paul O
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Gordon, Abigail A Phelps, Paul O
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Preseptal cellulitis and postseptal (orbital) cellulitis represent a spectrum of orbital infections which a primary care provider and ophthalmologist may see during practice. Most often these conditions occur through spread from the sinuses, though there are a variety of other inciting factors. These conditions can both present with erythema and ed...
Gordon, Abigail A Tran, Lillian T Phelps, Paul O
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Patients who experience trauma to the eyelid or the orbit may present to their primary care providers or directly to the emergency room for evaluation of their injuries. These patients will often be in pain and may have bleeding around the eye, which can make evaluation of these patients difficult. Many traumatic injuries to the eye require quick a...
