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What is the best way to evaluate secondary infertility?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
The work-up for secondary infertility--the inability to conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse for a couple who have previously had a child--should include a history and physical exam for both patients, ...
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). ...
What's the best treatment for sebaceous cysts?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Punch biopsy excision appears to be superior to traditional wide elliptical excision for the treatment of sebaceous cysts when intervention is necessary (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on 1 small randomized ...
What's the best way to screen for anxiety and panic disorders?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
The GAD-7 has the best evidence and utility in the primary care setting for generalized anxiety disorder (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A), while the proprietary Quick PsychoDiagnostics Panel (QPD) has the best operating ...
The Work of Art
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2007)
One of the most integral art forms central to musical expression is the visual and
aural art of luthiery—a term which refers to the intricate craft, repair and restoration
of stringed instruments. In May 2007, the Missouri ...
Art in the Basement: Mandingo Gara from Sierra Leone
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2007)
In the spring of 2006, however, while a graduate intern at the Missouri Folk Arts Program, I was able to observe firsthand an artist as he created art in what may seem the most unlikely of settings—a basement in urban St. ...
What's the best treatment for CIN 2 or 3?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Excision or ablation of the transformation zone are equally effective for treating an initial diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 2 or 3 in women with a satisfactory colposcopy and no suggestion ...
What is the best treatment for hypertension in African Americans?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
In African Americans with hypertension, therapy is best initiated with the low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and a thiazide-type diuretic (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on randomized ...
What are the indications for meningococcal vaccination?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Routine vaccination with the meningococcal conjugate vaccine MCV4 (Menactra) is indicated for all US adolescents entering high school and for college freshmen living in dormitories (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, ...
What hormonal contraception is most effective for obese women?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA; Depo-Provera) and the combination contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing) are most effective for obese women because they don't appear to be affected by body weight (strength of ...
What GI stress ulcer prophylaxis should we provide hospitalized patients?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Patients in intensive care unit (ICE) settings who are receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation (for >48 hours) or who have a coagulopathy or multiple organ dysfunction (especially renal failure) should receive stress ...
What's the best treatment for gestational diabetes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
There is no single approach to glycemic control that is better than another for reducing neonatal mortality and morbidity. Glycemic control--regardless of whether it involves diet, glyburide, or insulin--leads to fewer ...
What is the best initial treatment for orbital cellulitis in children?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Although antibiotics are the best initial treatment, surgical intervention is warranted when a child has: visual impairment, complete ophthalmoplegia, or well-defined abscess on presentation, or no clearly apparent clinical ...
What is the recommended workup for a man with a first UTI?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Obtain a urine culture in all men with suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), to reliably diagnose an infection (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C). For further evaluation, ultrasonography with abdominal radiography ...
What treatment approach to intrapartum maternal fever has the best fetal outcomes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
A combination of beta-lactam and amino-glycoside antibiotics are the recommended empiric agents for the treatment of acute chorioamnionitis, given that no head-to-head trials exist (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, ...
Prostaglandins A1 and E1 influence gene expression in an established insect cell line (BCIRL-HzAM1 cells)
(Elsevier, 2007)
Prostaglandins (PGs) and other eicosanoids exert important physiological actions in insects and other invertebrates, including influencing ion transport and mediating cellular immune defense functions. Although these actions ...
Instructional Practices Inventory: Using a Student Learning Assessment to Foster Organizational Learning
(2007-12)
This manuscript describes the IPI data collection categories, the use of those categories to support school-wide instructional change, and data findings from schools of various types that have used the IPI.
Annual zoledronic acid infusion lowers risk of fracture, death
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
Patients with a prior hip fracture have 2.5 times the risk of a new fracture compared to age-matched persons without a previous hip fracture. For patients with a recent hip fracture, intravenous zoledronic acid annually ...
Cell wall proteome in the maize primary root elongation zone. II. Region-specific changes in water soluble and lightly ionically bound proteins under water deficit
(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2007)
Previous work on the adaptation of maize (Zea mays) primary roots to water deficit showed that cell elongation is maintained preferentially toward the apex, and that this response involves modification of cell wall extension ...
Accumulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein and histone H4 in brain storage bodies of Tibetan terriers with hereditary neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
(Springer Netherlands, 2007)
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are inherited neurodegenerative diseases characterized by massive accumulation of autofluorescent storage bodies in neurons and other cells. A late-onset form of NCL occurs in ...