by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 13, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
“Blue Monday” was a Victorian expression about wash day in the era before the washing machine when doing the laundry required back breaking manual labor. Our understanding of lymphatic function is still stuck in the Victorian era, but I hope it won’t be for much...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 20, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
Of 17 patients with wounds I saw in a single day last week, 11 had lymphedema (64%). They include: 1 with a history of prostate cancer radiation 1 with congestive heart failure and a history of lung cancer 1 with breast cancer lymphedema 1 with scleroderma 3 with...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 25, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Quality Payment Program
It’s interesting that patients are often less worried about their ulcerations than they are their edema, and in some ways it’s harder to treat. I am tormented by what we don’t understand about leg edema that we currently have the power to know. The US Wound Registry...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 14, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
Happy Valentine’s Day to my patients and my amazing nurses. Watch the incredible video of this wound dripping lymphatic fluid: [vimeo 255462091 w=800 h=1422] This movie is of a man in his 70’s who has had prostate cancer with radiation to the pelvis and a DVT in that...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 29, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
I thought I would wind up 2017 with something that I hope will be a useful tool in 2018. Dr. Jane Armor at the Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri spearheaded the American Lymphedema Framework Project (ALFP). The goal was a systematic review of all the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 10, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Miscellaneous Musings
Welcome to “what is it Wednesdays” in June. What is this growth on the anterior thigh of a morbidly obese patient? It’s a form of “massive localized lymphedema” (MLL). They have been called “pseudosarcomas” because they are sometimes mistaken for malignant tumors....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 3, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Miscellaneous Musings
Welcome to “what is it Wednesdays” in June. What is this growth on the arm of a morbidly obese patient? It’s a form of “massive localized lymphedema” (MLL). They used to be considered rare but I am seeing it more and more often. Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is a world...
