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Takeover of invasive species due to climate change : the bush honeysuckle
(University of Missouri, Campus Writing Program, 2017)
With an increase in climate change, invasive species, such as the Bush Honeysuckle, appear in the early spring and remain late into the fall, giving them a competitive advantage over native species of the same ecosystem. ...
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) : is it worth an investment by hospitals?
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2010-05)
PQRI is a voluntary individual reporting program that provides an incentive payment to identified Eligible Professionals who satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) services ...
A more palatable alternative to oral rehydration therapy for kids
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2016)
A more palatable alternative to oral rehydration therapy for kids. Parents no longer need to struggle to get their kids to drink electrolyte solutions during episodes of mild gastroenteritis; apple juice works just as well. ...
Does breastfeeding affect the risk of childhood obesity?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2016)
Q: Does breastfeeding affect the risk of childhood obesity? Evidence-based answer: Yes. Even having breastfed during the first year of life is associated with a 15% lower risk of overweight or obesity over the next 2 to ...
Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2017)
Q: Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes? Evidence-based answer: yes. In overweight and obese patients, exercise interventions using a pedometer increase steps by about a mile per day over the same ...
Radiological modalities in the diagnosis and screening of liver cirrhosis and its complications
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-01)
Liver cirrhosis is the pathologic outcome of many chronic liver diseases, in which repeated injury to the liver results in fibrosis, scarring, and ultimately functional impairment.
ID corner
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-01)
Should an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) or a tuberculin skin test (TST) be performed in individuals in whom it has been decided that testing for latent tuberculosis is warranted?
ID corner : intraabdominal infections
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-04)
Citation and link to an article on evidence-based guidelines for the antibiotic treatment of intraabdominal infections from the IDSA.
Shifts of Tonic Arousal Within and Between Tasks That Vary in Cognitive Demand
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
Physiological data, such as respiration and electrodermal
activity, can reveal significant details about a person’s thought
process. These measures can be used in conjunction with a
series of questions to evaluate credibility ...
Fifteen years after the Bellingham ISSRM : an empirical evaluation of Frederick Buttel's differentiating criteria for environmental and resource sociology. Appendix, Sample studies included in the analysis
(2018)
Abstract of related article: The sociology of natural resources and the environment constitutes a major field of inquiry in the research on human–environmental interactions. A constructive debate and dialogue on the ...
ID Corner
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2010-07)
From the Journals
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2010-07)
Dealing with hypertensive urgencies
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-10)
Patients presenting with severe hypertension can often be alarming for house officers and family members. Systolic blood pressures > 180 mm Hg, with or without a diastolic blood pressure >120, have been known to progress ...
Geographic Voter Turnout Disparaties and Public Health
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
A black teenager named Michael Brown is shot by a white police
officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The inferno of media surrounding
the city begins to explain the shooting. At first, they are concerned
with specifics of the ...
Clostridium difficile infection : considerations for hospitalists
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-04)
As hospitalists, we often care for patients who either present with diarrhea or develop diarrhea during their hospital visit. We have learned to think of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) early. In the United States, ...
Ask a pathologist
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-04)
Question and answer regarding a patient who became acutely thrombocytopenic.
Missouri hospitalist : nine years on
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-01)
Observations in the history of Missouri Hospitalist journal by its creator and editor.
ID corner
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-04)
ID Corner : Infectious diarrhea guideline update
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-10)
Key recommendations from the 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea
The Existence of Racism in High School History Classes
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
In all four years I went to high school, I only had one history class
that discussed black history. The textbook talked about the Civil
Rights Movement, but did not talk about any other achievements
of black people. I did ...