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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. Infections or allergic reactions can block your airway and lead to life-threatening complications. In severe cases, lack of oxygen can cause loss of consciousness, which can lead to life-threatening complications if not treated right away.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

PEMBlog

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2014; 59:e10. Complications that you should be aware of include bacteremia, endocarditis, septic arthritis, or osteomyelitis. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52:e18.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. And in 2014, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services temporarily lifted all prior authorization requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries seeking rehabilitative behavioral health services.