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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.
Adrenal insufficiency
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2008)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of adrenal insufficiency.
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...
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...
Impact of Systematizing the Evaluation of Patients with Acute Heart Failure Presenting to the Emergency Department
(2020)
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...
Health costs of sickle cell disease patients from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 1996-1997, 2002-2003, 2007-2008
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
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 ...
Investigating the Role of Clinical Rotation Payment in Clinical Education Quality and Student Self-Efficacy for Physician Assistant Education
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
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 ...
Mizzou, volume 101, number 2 (2013 Winter)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2013)
Insights for rural health care provider retention : a quantitative survey analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. In this thesis, I examine the role of provider background and familial characteristics, workplace characteristics, and community characteristics that may impact a provider's likelihood to consider leaving a rural community. I use data from a survey of over 900...
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in African American Women After Multiple Interventions
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
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) ...