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 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 ...

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 ...

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...

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.

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 ...

. 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...

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 ...

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

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 for collecting a medical history for and conducting a physical examination of the elderly.

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...