Pregnant women with a primary or recurrent episode of genital HSV infection who are later than 36 weeks of gestation should be treated with acyclovir (Zovirax) or valacyclovir (Valtrex) for viral suppression. (Strength of ...

Consider adding tiotropium to the medication regimen of patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as a multinational study found it to be more effective than salmeterol in preventing ...

studies and expert opinion.) Although there is a reported association between renal tract abnormalities and isolated preauricular skin lesions in infants, studies that have used renal ultrasonography to evaluate these patients are inconclusive. Physicians...

Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) supplementation should be used for vitamin D repletion because it may be more effective in preventing nonvertebral fractures. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: B, based on subgroup analysis ...

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of verrucae vulgaris.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of spontaneous abortion.

Q: Does topical diclofenac relieve osteoarthritis pain? Evidence-based answer: Yes, at least in the short term. Topical diclofenac, with and without dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), modestly improves pain and function scores (by ...

. 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...

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of obesity in childhood.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the care that should be given during and immediately after a pregnancy.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of adrenal insufficiency.

representative of the “always enrolled” Medicare beneficiary population (N = 15,027, weighted sample = 45,205,096). Descriptive statistics are given to describe the population of interest. Covariates used in the regression analysis were: urbanicity, nursing home...

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...

to February 2020, using an implementation planning framework, a standardized care path called the ‘Code Heart Failure’ (CodeHF) was developed, implemented, and validated within a tertiary care center. The care path rapidly identifies patients with a history...

Chronic conditions affect a person physically, mentally, emotion, socially, and financially. With the increase in technology and advancements in medicine, those with chronic conditions are living longer and spending more ...

As the need for Physician Assistants (PAs) increases in the United States, education programs have a responsibility to graduate competent providers to help fill the nation’s healthcare workforce needs. To do this, PA ...

African American women are consistently diagnosed at later stages of breast and cervical cancer than Caucasian women, leading to increased morbidity and mortality rates. Although the mammogram and Papanikolaou (Pap) ...

This issue of Archives is vol. 7, no. 6, July/August 2008....