Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

An Approach to Wound Care in the Urgent Care Setting

Urgent message: Understanding the body’s natural ability to heal itself – and factors that diminish that ability – is of great clinical value and can help you determine whether a wound is acute or chronic, and inform the decision to clean and dress or refer to a wound specialist. Michael S. Miller, DO, FACOS, FAPWCA, CWS and Eric Newgent, DO, MS Introduction The skin is the largest organ in the human body. In simplest terms, …

Evaluation and Management of Lower Extremity Edema

Urgent message: The high specificity but broad range of possible causes associated with a primary complaint of lower extremity edema poses a particular challenge to the urgent care clinician. Proper assessment of the differential diagnoses is the first step toward optimal outcomes, whether they be facilitated by treatment or referral. Michael S. Miller, DO Patients presenting to urgent care with a primary complaint of edema of the lower extremities of any duration can pose a …