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Aspirin in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
Aspirin in a daily dose of 160 to 300 mg initiated within 48 hours of symptom onset results in a net decrease in morbidity and mortality caused by acute ischemic stroke (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: A, based on a ...
Can extended anticoagulation prophylaxis after discharge prevent thromboembolism?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2022)
A meta-analysis confirmed the benefit of thromboprophylaxis with a direct oral anticoagulant for high-risk nonsurgical patients after hospital discharge.
Which postmenopausal women should be offered combined HRT?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2003)
Recent studies have demonstrated a small but significant risk of adverse effects from combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT), including cardiovascular disease, thromboembolic disease, and breast cancer. Time-limited ...
What is the recommended approach to asymptomatic patients who develop a reactive PPD?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
Clinical evaluation and chest x-ray are recommended for asymptomatic patients with a positive purified protein derivative (PPD) test result, to exclude the slight possibility of active tuberculosis (TB). Patients with ...
What is the best way to treat tinea cruris?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
After clinical diagnosis and microscopic confirmation, tinea cruris is best treated with a topical allylamine or an azole antifungal (strength of recommendation: A, based on multiple randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). ...
Is your patient still using rosiglitazone?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
Do not initiate rosiglitazone therapy for patients with diabetes, and consider switching those who are already taking it to pioglitazone. Stength of recommendation: A: Based on a meta-analysis of 56 randomized trials.
What is the best way to manage GERD symptoms in the elderly?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
No evidence supports one method over another in managing uncomplicated gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for patients aged >65 years. For those with endoscopically documented esophagitis, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) ...
What's the best treatment for cradle cap?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Ketoconazole (Nizoral) shampoo appears to be a safe and efficacious treatment for infants with cradle cap (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, consensus, usual practice, opinion, disease-oriented evidence, and case series). ...
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.
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...
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 31, number 18 (February 4, 2010)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2010)
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...
Spectrum, volume 32, number 03
(University of Missouri, Office of Strategic Communications, 2005)
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...
Mizzou weekly, volume 31, number 19 (February 11, 2010)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2010)
Making the Frontier’s Anatomical Engineers: Osteopathy, A. T. Still (1828–1917), his Acolytes and Patients
(2020)
This project seeks to understand osteopathy as patients, students, and doctors did during the late nineteenth century. A. T. Still’s osteopathic medical theories proclaimed manual therapeutics to treat disease. Still’s ...
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 ...
Mizzou Nursing, 2009 Spring
(University of Missouri -- Columbia. School of Nursing., 2009)
Factors Related to Mental Health Stigma Among Church-Affiliated African Americans
(2022)
predictors of mental health stigma for examination. Most participants were female (79.5%), church members (78.5%) and an average age of 53 (SD = 17). Participants endorsed moderate to high levels of MHS (M = 39.03; SD = 6.8; range 11-55). Results indicated...