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Treatment of HSV infection in late pregnancy
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
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 ...
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 ...
Would this long-acting bronchodilator be better for your patient?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
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 ...
Evaluation of newborns with preauricular skin lesions
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
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...
Pharmacologic therapy for vitamin D deficiency
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2013)
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 ...
Is megestrol acetate safe and effective for malnourished nursing home residents?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2018)
Q: Is megestrol acetate safe and effective for malnourished nursing home residents? A: no. Megestrol acetate (MA) is neither safe nor effective for stimulating appetite in malnourished nursing home residents. It increases the risk of deep vein...
Verrucae vulgaris (warts)
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2009)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of verrucae vulgaris.
Spontaneous abortion
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of spontaneous abortion.
Volunteerism among hospitalists and non-hospitalists at academic and community medical centers in North Carolina
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-04)
Volunteerism is common in the United States, though less is known about volunteerism among medical professionals. We aimed to record and compare volunteer activities among hospitalists and non-hospitalists in academic and ...
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...
Does topical diclofenac relieve osteoarthritis pain?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2015)
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 ...
Adrenal insufficiency
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of adrenal insufficiency.
Obesity in childhood
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of obesity in childhood.
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.
Geriatric history and physical examination
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians for collecting a medical history for and conducting a physical examination of the elderly.
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...
Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
(2014-09-26)
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...
Mizzou weekly, volume 33, number 18 (February 2, 2012)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2012)
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...
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...