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Counseling or Antidepressants for Treating Depression?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Both antidepressant medications and psychologic treatment are beneficial for adult patients with mild to moderate depression, with no consistent evidence that one type of treatment is more effective than the other. [Strength ...
Thiazolidinedione Therapy for Managing Metabolic Syndrome
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
There is no patient-oriented evidence supporting the use of TZD therapy in patients in the general population who have metabolic syndrome. Rosiglitazone (Avandia) use decreases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in ...
What vitamins and minerals should be given to breastfed and bottle-fed infants?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Breastfed and formula-fed infants should receive intramuscular vitamin K soon after birth to prevent classic hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic review of controlled trials). ...
When should you order a Lyme titer?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
Lyme titers should be ordered for patients with signs or symptoms of disseminated Lyme disease, but who do not have the pathognomonic erythema migrans rash (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, based on expert opinion). ...
Human parathyroid hormone for treating osteoporosis
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
Human parathyroid hormone should be used in patients with severe osteoporosis to decrease the rate of vertebral and nonvertebral fractures. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: A, based on a systematic review and randomized ...
What are safe sleeping arrangements for infants?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
) and is greatest for infants less than 11 weeks old (SOR: B). The relationship between bed sharing and SIDS is strongest for infants whose parents use tobacco (SOR: B). Infants who sleep in a room separate from their caregivers or on a couch or an armchair...
Have pedometer, will travel
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
Advise your patients to use a pedometer, set a step goal, and keep a step diary. This simple intervention takes only a few moments and is effective in increasing patients' physical activity and decreasing both body mass ...
Tuberculosis in pregnancy
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of tuberculosis during pregnancy.
Understanding family violence assessment practices of pediatric emergency department nurses and physicians
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-12-16)
. This is the first study to use the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore family violence assessment behaviors. This study used a cross-sectional design and a convenience sample of emergency and urgent care nurses and physicians (n = 132) from a large...
Analysis of the information needs of primary care physicians in an electronic health record (EHR)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
. An interdisciplinary team conceptualized nine interview questions over weekly group sessions and fictitious but typical acute and chronic physician's documentation (progress notes) was created by two family medicine physicians (JLB and RJK). An analysis of hour long...
Prenatal care: diagnostics
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the care that should be given during and immediately after a pregnancy.
From ‘Remedy Highly Esteemed’ to ‘Barbarous Practice’: The Rise and Fall of Acupuncture in Nineteenth-Century America
(2015-05-27)
considerable popularity in the United States as far back as the early part of the nineteenth century, with American physicians conducting similar experiments on patients in an effort to determine acupuncture’s underlying mechanism of action. In the second half...
Designated hospice rooms in nursing homes : a new model of end-of-life care
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
An aging population, the prediction that approximately 40% of elderly Americans will die in a nursing home by the year 2020, and a paucity of nursing homes designed to meet the needs of dying residents is creating the perfect storm. In an effort...
An evaluation of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) based system to characterize and correlate physician burnout and EMR use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
suggests that Electronic Medical Record use (EMR) is one major contributor due to the increased clerical burden that decreases patient contact time and disrupts the provider clinical workflow. The challenge of improving the physician EMR experience...
How can you help athletes prevent and treat shin splints?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
Encourage patients who are concerned about shin splints to decrease the intensity of their running; suggest rest and ice and foot orthoses, to treat the condition. Reducing running intensity probably reduces lower extremity ...
How and in what context do osteopathic medical students learn about interprofessional practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to explore how and in what context osteopathic medical students learn about interprofessional practice. A mixed method design was used to gather data on attitudes of first- and second-year ...
Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
(2014-09-26)
Nurse practitioner (NP) practice regulations vary from state to state across the United States. Despite strong evidence supporting the quality of care and satisfaction with care provided by NPs, restrictive regulations ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 26, number 29 (June 9, 2005)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2005)
Mizzou weekly, volume 26, number 18 (February 10, 2005)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2005)
Mizzou Nursing, 2005 Spring
(University of Missouri -- Columbia. School of Nursing., 2005)