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Volume 29 - Issue 1 - January/February 2021

Featured Article

Current Tools for Digital Dermatology
Cover Story
02/16/2021
What if dermatologists could peek into the lives of their patients outside of the office or clinic? This concept is not as far-fetched as it might sound. With the meteoric rise of teledermatology, physicians have...
What if dermatologists could peek into the lives of their patients outside of the office or clinic? This concept is not as far-fetched as it might sound. With the meteoric rise of teledermatology, physicians have...
What...
02/16/2021
The Dermatologist

Feature

Confronting Issues and Challenges Beneath the Surface: Severity in Atopic Dermatitis
NEA Approved Features
03/05/2021
The following has been adapted from transcripts of Expert Insights in Atopic Dermatitis: Confronting Issues and Challenges Beneath the Surface, a multimedia content series examining atopic dermatitis at levels deeper than the skin’s surface....
The following has been adapted from transcripts of Expert Insights in Atopic Dermatitis: Confronting Issues and Challenges Beneath the Surface, a multimedia content series examining atopic dermatitis at levels deeper than the skin’s surface....
The following has been adapted...
03/05/2021
The Dermatologist
Confronting Issues and Challenges Beneath the Surface: Diagnosis and Severity in Atopic Dermatitis
NEA Approved Features
02/22/2021
The following has been adapted from transcripts of Expert Insights in Atopic Dermatitis: Confronting Issues and Challenges Beneath the Surface, a multimedia content series examining atopic dermatitis at levels deeper than the skin’s surface....
The following has been adapted from transcripts of Expert Insights in Atopic Dermatitis: Confronting Issues and Challenges Beneath the Surface, a multimedia content series examining atopic dermatitis at levels deeper than the skin’s surface....
The following has been adapted...
02/22/2021
The Dermatologist
How to Report an Adverse Event to the FDA
Practice Advances
02/17/2021
Reporting medication adverse events (AEs) to the FDA is an important process that can help improve prescribing practices and patient outcomes. However, medical education systems rarely address this process, and...
Reporting medication adverse events (AEs) to the FDA is an important process that can help improve prescribing practices and patient outcomes. However, medical education systems rarely address this process, and...
...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist
Advancing the Practice of the Nurse Practitioner in Dermatology
Feature Story
02/17/2021
Dermatology continues to face a persistent unmet demand in patient care. Though there is a steady net annual growth rate of 1.76% in the physician workforce, dermatology practices across the country are employing...
Dermatology continues to face a persistent unmet demand in patient care. Though there is a steady net annual growth rate of 1.76% in the physician workforce, dermatology practices across the country are employing...
...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist
Shared Decision-Making: A Key to Mastering Psoriasis
NPF Endorsed Features
02/17/2021
Historically, patient care has been determined by the physician, leaving patients out of critical decisions that can affect their overall health. Involving patients with psoriasis in their care plan may see improved health and satisfaction...
Historically, patient care has been determined by the physician, leaving patients out of critical decisions that can affect their overall health. Involving patients with psoriasis in their care plan may see improved health and satisfaction...
Historically, patient care has...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist
CME Opportunities in 2021
02/17/2021
Thanks to the availability of vaccines and advances in acute care over the past year, the “end” of these unprecedented times is almost in sight. With physical distancing measures and masks required, Maui Derm for...
Thanks to the availability of vaccines and advances in acute care over the past year, the “end” of these unprecedented times is almost in sight. With physical distancing measures and masks required, Maui Derm for...
...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist

Insights

Updates in Urticaria: What Dermatologists Should Know
Q&As
02/17/2021
Urticaria, with its characteristic pruritic weals and angioedema, can be frustrating for patients and a challenge for dermatologists to treat. No matter whether patients experience an acute or chronic case,...
Urticaria, with its characteristic pruritic weals and angioedema, can be frustrating for patients and a challenge for dermatologists to treat. No matter whether patients experience an acute or chronic case,...
...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist

Department

What Condition Does This Woman With Scleral Dyschromia Have?
Derm Dx
02/17/2021
Figure 1. Case Report A 54-year-old woman presented for symptoms of itching. Cutaneous examination revealed urticarial dermal plaques on her neck, chest, back, arms, and legs. Incidentally, she was found...
Figure 1. Case Report A 54-year-old woman presented for symptoms of itching. Cutaneous examination revealed urticarial dermal plaques on her neck, chest, back, arms, and legs. Incidentally, she was found...
...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist
Thrombotic Retiform Purpura: A Window for Understanding Severe and Critical COVID-19 of Adults
The Dermatopathologist
02/17/2021
A 71-year-old man presented to the emergency room with significant shortness of breath. Radiographic studies demonstrated hazy bibasilar opacities that were greater in the left lung compared with the right. His low...
A 71-year-old man presented to the emergency room with significant shortness of breath. Radiographic studies demonstrated hazy bibasilar opacities that were greater in the left lung compared with the right. His low...
A...
02/17/2021
The Dermatologist
Clinical Tips: Scabies, Charging, Scheduling, and Counseling
Clinical Tips
02/16/2021
Tip 1: Diagnosing Scabies, the “European” Way The “European” way of diagnosing scabies is slightly different from the method we teach residents in North America. Rather than blindly scraping the skin and looking...
Tip 1: Diagnosing Scabies, the “European” Way The “European” way of diagnosing scabies is slightly different from the method we teach residents in North America. Rather than blindly scraping the skin and looking...
Tip...
02/16/2021
The Dermatologist