Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Sarcoidosis

Urgent message: The key to this case was in the details of the presenting symptoms in the patient history: Alarm symptoms including extreme fatigue and weight loss, which warranted further diagnostic work up. ABRAR KHAN, MD, MBA, REVATHY NAIR, MD, and MARIANN MELICHAREK, MD, FACEP Introduction Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology. Most patients with sarcoidosis present to urgent care providers with symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, chest pain, eye pain and/or …

Epididymitis-The Optimal Urologic Evaluation Management Approach in the Urgent Care Setting

Urgent message: Though epididymitis is clinically non-urgent, its symptoms are driving more and more men to urgent care, making it imperative that providers are familiar with its epidemiology, etiology, evaluation, and treatment. Introduction Epididymitis is among the most frequently diagnosed and treated conditions in men. Typically, men present to, and are diagnosed and treated by, their primary care physicians or their urologist. Treatment is with antibiotics on an outpatient basis. Epididymitis is, in general, non-life …