Hepatic disease and the skin.

There are numerous cutaneous findings associated with liver diseases. Although most of these changes are nonspecific and therefore are of limited value in the actual diagnosis of hepatic disease, recognition of the association may be useful for diagnosis and for monitoring the patient's response to treatment.

Skills for the beginning family medicine investigator.

The purpose of this study was to identify the necessary skills for a beginning researcher in family medicine, utilizing the views of those currently conducting research in the specialty. A Delphi study, involving three questionnaires, was conducted to determine skills needed in the following areas: designing a research project, conducting a research project, statistical knowledge and/or skills, and computer skills. Participants were 32 family physicians who had published at least one article in the Journal of Family Practice (1983-84) or Family Medicine (1983-84).

Affective changes in faculty development fellows in family medicine.

The authors investigated the perceptions of 20 faculty development fellows in family medicine to determine whether they were more comfortable in clinical teaching roles after completing a fellowship. The fellows were asked to rate themselves and the ideal clinical teacher at the beginning and end of the fellowship. Comparisons of the fellows' pretest and posttest results were made on each of three factors (authority, sensitivity, and capability) that had been identified as characteristic of the ideal clinical teacher in family medicine.

Bullous dermatosis caused by Staphylococcus aureus in locus minoris resistentiae.

A case of Staphylococcus aureus--induced bullous dermatosis limited to the sites of glucocorticosteroid-induced striae atrophicae is described. Skin with compromised mechanical integrity may be more susceptible to disruption by invasion of bacteria and/or by their exotoxin. The pathogenesis of striae atrophicae and the mechanism of blister formation by S.