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American Family Physician
July 1, 2004
Paul Gross |
Diary From a Week in Pactice A family practitioner goes to bat for an AIDS patient... Confronts a long-time patient's cataclysmic medical event... Breaks his own rules and gives out his home phone number to a patient in need... etc.   |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2002
Robert H. Shackelford |
Diary from a Week in Practice Beware the "quiet child!"... It is important for every patient to feel comfortable with their health care professional and to have the choice of who they see... etc. |
Nursing
March 2009
Kate J. Morse |
Focusing on the Surgical Patient with Cardiac Problems Learn about the latest guidelines for assessing cardiac risk and protecting his heart during noncardiac surgery. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2001
Robert H. Shackelford |
Diary from a Week in Practice Patient loyalty and emergency measures... Four-gallon-bag prescription regimen reduced to one avoids potential self-medicating errors... etc. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2003
Kathy Soch |
Diary from a Week in Practice Trust helps a diagnosis of a child's ADHD go down easier... Sometimes good ideas come when you're sitting in traffic... An unusual case of dyspnea on exertion... etc. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004
Paul Gross |
Diary from a Week in Practice In awe of how well a 92-year-old patient is facing end-of-life issues... A colleague receives terrible news... An upbeat woman has taken an unexpected plunge... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2005
Paul Gross |
Diary From a Week in Pactice This family physician ponders how medical errors happens, as with his 45-year-old patient... Gets a sad call from the medical examiner... Takes his own daughter to a specialist... etc. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2005
Kathy Soch |
Diary From a Week in Pactice A family physician diagnoses a broken leg while walking in the park... Sees two separate sprains with two very different patients... Gives advise on acne to a teen patient with a cold... etc. |
Managed Care
August 2001 |
Four Views of Managed Care Ethics The evolution of managed care has posed ethical problems for physicians, plan administrators, and even patients. Four ethicists find that questions are many, while satisfactory answers are in short supply... |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2004
Wiviott & Braunwald |
Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Part II. Coronary Revascularization, Hospital Discharge, and Post-Hospital Care In patients hospitalized with UA/NSTEMI, one of the most important decisions is the early strategy of care regarding coronary angiography and revascularization. |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2009
Kristen J. Overbaugh |
Acute Coronary Syndrome Coronary artery disease, in which atherosclerotic plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries and restricts the flow of blood (and therefore the delivery of oxygen) to the heart, continues to be the number-one killer of Americans. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006
Fletcher, Mills & Taylor |
Update on Exercise Stress Testing Exercise stress testing is an important diagnostic tool for the evaluation of suspected or known cardiac disease. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2005
Kathy Soch |
Diary From a Week in Pactice This family practitioner checks in on a patient with severe expressive aphasia... Sees a chronic pessimist... Recommends documenting a resident's pre-operative clearance for a patient... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2000
Valerie Palda |
Editorials PRE-OPportunity Knocks: A Different Way to Think About the Preoperative Evaluation... |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2005
Achar, Kundu & Norcross |
Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome Differentiating acute coronary syndrome from noncardiac chest pain is the primary diagnostic challenge. The initial assessment requires a focused history (including risk factor analysis), a physical examination, an ECG and, frequently, serum cardiac marker determinations. |
AskMen.com
Stephane Leung |
Heart Disease Prevention Myths With heart disease still the No. 1 killer across the U.S. and Canada, readers should be wary of some of the myths related to heart disease -- such as simply being male puts you at higher risk. |
American Journal of Nursing
January 2010 |
Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2006
Kavan et al. |
A Practical Guide to Crisis Management Physicians often are required to assist patients in crisis. An estimated 4% of visits to primary care physicians involve psychiatric or social crises. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2003
Stovall & Domino |
Approaching the Suicidal Patient In an attempt to help the family physician prevent suicide, this article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing and addressing these factors in individual patients. |
Nursing
September 2010
Margaret M. Bolton |
Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2001
Joan Bedinghaus |
Coronary Artery Disease Prevention: What's Different for Women? Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women, as well as an important cause of disability, although many women and their physicians underestimate the risk... |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2011
Joseph M. Smith |
Wireless Health Care Wireless technologies are about to transform health care, and not a moment too soon |
Nursing Management
September 2011
Sally Austin |
What does EMTALA mean for you? When a patient enters your hospital, do you know what your obligations are under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act? |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004
Koenigsberg et al. |
Facilitating Treatment Adherence with Lifestyle Changes in Diabetes Healthy eating and increased physical activity can prevent or delay diabetes and its complications. Techniques that facilitate adherence to these lifestyle changes can be adapted to primary care. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2005
Haas et al. |
Management of the Difficult Patient All physicians must care for some patients who are perceived as difficult because of behavioral or emotional aspects that affect their care. Specific communication techniques and greater patient involvement in the process of care may enhance the relationship. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2005
William E. Cayley |
Diagnosing the Cause of Chest Pain Distinguishing between serious and benign causes of chest pain is imperative, and diagnostic and prognostic questions are important in making this determination. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000
Cheryl Winchell, M.D. |
Curbside Consultation What to do when a patient makes inappropriate, seductive advances to you, his/her physician... |
