Community Outreach Benefits Dermatology Residents and Their Patients.

Community outreach is an important aspect of residency training. Skin cancer screenings, free clinics, and teledermatology are a few ways in which dermatology residents may take leadership roles and get involved in their local communities. These opportunities not only provide invaluable education for residents, they also deliver specialty care to communities that may otherwise encounter considerable difficulty accessing dermatologic care.

Immunoglobulin A vasculitis with periorbital edema and severe renal involvement: A case report.

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis, or Henoch-Schonlein purpura, is the most common systemic vasculitis in children, clinically presenting as palpable purpura in combination with arthritis, gastrointestinal involvement, or kidney injury. Subcutaneous edema is reported in patients with IgA vasculitis, and it commonly affects the lower extremities, especially around joints. Here, we report a case of IgA vasculitis with a rare presentation of edema isolated to the periorbital area in a 7-year-old boy, who subsequently developed crescentic glomerulonephritis with nephrotic range proteinuria.

Teaching Tips for Dermatology Residents.

Dermatology residents are both learners and educators to fellow trainees. Although formal training on teaching is limited in medical education, residents must act as educators every day in both clinical and academic settings. There are several techniques that residents can apply to their practice to cultivate ideal learning environments and outcomes for trainees.

How to Navigate Challenging Patient Encounters in Dermatology Residency.

Dermatology residents experience a variety of challenging clinical encounters in their work. There are multiple factors that can contribute to the clinical situation to make it challenging-not only for the resident but also for the patient. Thankfully, there are several strategies published in the medical literature that may be utilized to mediate conflict resolution and de-escalate tension in the dermatology clinic.

Management of common scabies and postscabetic itch in adults: Lessons learned from a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Background: Common scabies can be difficult to diagnose and treat. There are limited data on the clinical characteristics of patients who may benefit from combined topical permethrin plus oral ivermectin. Postscabetic itch is common, but there is scant data describing its prognosis and management.

Factors Predicting Metastatic Disease in Ga-PSMA-11 PET-Positive Osseous Lesions in Prostate Cancer.

Bone is the most common site of distant metastatic spread in prostate adenocarcinoma. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) uptake has been described in both benign and malignant bone lesions, which can lead to false-positive findings on Ga-PSMA-11 PET. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Ga-PSMA-11 PET for osseous prostate cancer metastases and improve bone uptake interpretation using semiquantitative metrics.

Predicting Pouch of Douglas Obliteration Using Ultrasound and Laparoscopic Video Sets: An Interobserver and Diagnostic Accuracy Study.

Objectives: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement among sonologists when assessing offline ultrasound (US) video sets of the "sliding sign" and among gynecologic surgeons when assessing corresponding laparoscopic video sets to predict pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration and to compare the performance of the groups.

Methods: A diagnostic and reproducibility study was conducted, including 15 observers in 4 groups: (1) senior sonologists, (2) junior sonologists, (3) general gynecologists, and (4) advanced laparoscopists. The sonologists viewed 25 offline preoperative US video sets of the sliding sign, and the surgeons viewed the corresponding intraoperative laparoscopic videos of the same patients.

Promotion effect of Au on N/TiO2 for hydrogen generation from water splitting.

A series of N/TiO2 were prepared by sol gel method, which was acted as photocatalysts. These photocatalysts were characterized by Transmission Electronic Microscopy (TEM), Reflective UV-Visible spectra and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The photocatalysts were applied for hydrogen gas generation from the water splitting reaction under visible light.