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Group Medical Visits for the Management of Chronic Pain
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Improvements of possible practical significance were seen for various clinical measures in studies of group treatment sessions for patients with back pain, arthritis, and rheumatic disease. However, studies on group treatment ...
What is the risk of bowel strangulation in an adult with an untreated inguinal hernia?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
after potential strangulation. These risk factors include advanced age, limited access to emergency care, significant concomitant illness, inability to recognize symptoms of bowel incarceration, and poor operative risk (American Society...
Prophylactic oxytocin: Before or after placental delivery?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
Timing alone doesn't influence the drug's efficacy in preventing postpartum bleeding (strength of recommendation: B, randomized controlled trial [RCT] and prospective cohort studies).
What is the best age to start vitamin D supplementation to prevent rickets in breastfed newborns?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2013)
Evidence-based answer: It's unclear what age is best to start vitamin D supplementation because no comparison studies exist. That said, breastfed infants who take vitamin D beginning at 3 to 5 days of life don't develop ...
Dance related injuries: overview
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides to clinicians an overview of the injuries that may occur during dancing.
Dance related injuries: hip
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the hip while dancing.
What is the best management for patients with evidence of asymptomatic ischemia on exercise stress testing?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Patients with intermediate- or high-risk Duke Treadmill Score (DTS) on exercise stress testing (EST) should undergo myocardial perfusion imaging or exercise echocardiography, especially if they have abnormal values of ...
What other STI testing should we do for a patient with chlamydia?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Testing for gonorrhea is recommended for a patient with genital chlamydia; also test for gonorrhea and chlamydia in their sexual partner because of the high prevalence of coinfection, particularly among younger patients ...
Dance related injuries: knee, thigh
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the knee and thigh while dancing.
Let them eat nuts -- this snack is safe for diverticulosis patients
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Tell patients with diverticular disease that they can eat nuts, corn, and popcorn without fear. There is no truth to the long-held belief that these foods increase the risk of complications. Strength of recommendatin: B: ...
Dance related injuries: shoulder
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the shoulder while dancing.
Dance related injuries: foot and ankle
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on injuries that may occur to the foot and ankle while dancing.
Dance related injuries: spine
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the spine while dancing.
Dance related injuries: elbow, wrist and hand
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on injuries to the elbow, wrist and hand that may occur during dancing.
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...
What's the best way to predict the success of a trial of labor after a previous C-section?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
Q: What's the best way to predict the success of a trial of labor after a previous C-section? Evidence-based answer: while 8 scoring tools predict success rates for a trial of labor after previous cesarean section (TOLAC), ...
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...
A Quack on Trial: Advertising and Education in Missouri's Medical Marketplace, 1850--1890
(2014-09-30)
physicians like Galen Bishop struggled with their organizational minded counterparts, like George Catlett, over the ethical soul of American medicine. Should medicine be an exclusive, well-regulated, morally certified gentlemen's practice? Or, should...
Do intra-articular steroid injections affect glycemic control in patients with diabetes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
A single intra-articular steroid injection into the knee produces acute hyperglycemia for 2 or 3 days in patients with diabetes who otherwise have good glucose control (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, small cohort ...
Health service patterns in rural and urban areas : a test between availability and use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1972)