Diagnosis and treatment of seborrheic dermatitis.

Seborrheic dermatitis is a common skin condition in infants, adolescents, and adults. The characteristic symptoms-scaling, erythema, and itching-occur most often on the scalp, face, chest, back, axilla, and groin. Seborrheic dermatitis is a clinical diagnosis based on the location and appearance of the lesions.

Colonoscopy by a family physician: detecting proximal neoplasia in asymptomatic adults.

Purpose: Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) is considered an adequate screening test in average risk (AR) patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic yield of FS in detecting colonic neoplasia between AR and high risk (HR) patients.

Methods: We present a chart review of 559 outpatient colonoscopies performed by a family physician from September 2003 to October 2007.

Assessing colonoscopy training outcomes using quality indicators.

Purpose: Training numbers for colonoscopy vary among specialties. Tracking colonoscopy quality indicators for program graduates may provide reliable outcome data to improve educational programs and establish training requirements. The purpose of this study was to measure specific colonoscopy quality indicators for a family medicine graduate to determine if outcome can be used to assess the quality of procedure training and contribute to more objective means of establishing training numbers.