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#316 Lower Extremity Edema with The Curbsiders

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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Chronic Adema - What Kind of Questions Are You Asking Your Patients?

When you see some one that you suspect might have chronic clerk, show me a dema. What kind of questions are you asking them? How do you diferentiate that from the other, sort of, more actionable causes? Well, like you, i definitely acute versus chronic is the first step. If it's acute, you really have to go down the d v t pathway,. But for for chronic adema, i do one of the simple questions: Does it get better overnight? You know, when they tend to be recumbent, as long as the're not sleeping in a recliner.

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