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American Family Physician
May 15, 2002
Frances Biagioli |
Proper Use of Child Safety Seats Motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading cause of death in children one to 14 years of age. Used correctly, child safety seats significantly reduce child morbidity and mortality...   |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Michael F. Mazzone |
Common Conditions of the Achilles Tendon The Achilles tendon, the largest tendon in the body, is vulnerable to injury because of its limited blood supply and the combination of forces to which it is subjected... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Michael P. Mortelliti |
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Acute respiratory distress syndrome is the clinical manifestation of severe, acute lung injury. It is characterized by the acute onset of diffuse, bilateral pulmonary infiltrates secondary to noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, refractory hypoxia, and decreased lung compliance... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Kelly M. Bickle |
Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses: A Review Bullous dermatoses can be debilitating and possibly fatal. A selection of autoimmune blistering diseases, including pemphigus vulgaris, paraneoplastic pemphigus, bullous pemphigoid, cicatricial pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis and linear IgA dermatosis are reviewed... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
K. Allen Greiner |
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Radiologic Decision-Making Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is lateral and rotational spinal curvature in the absence of associated congenital or neurologic abnormalities... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Ramsis Benjamin |
Neurologic Complications of Prostate Cancer Neurologic complications continue to pose problems in patients with metastatic prostate cancer... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Daniel L. Swagerty |
Lactose Intolerance Persons with lactose intolerance are unable to digest significant amounts of lactose because of a genetically inadequate amount of the enzyme lactase. A diagnosis of lactose intolerance can usually be made with a careful history supported by dietary manipulation... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002
Thomas J. Zuber |
Dermal Electrosurgical Shave Excision The dermal electrosurgical shave excision is a fast and inexpensive method of removing epidermal and dermal lesions. The procedure is ideally suited for pedunculated lesions raised above the level of the surrounding skin... |
Managed Care
April 2002
Michael S. Victoroff |
Medically, Race Means Nothing Because it is indistinct and unreliable, race has limited value from a biological perspective. It may have some weak physiologic validity, but primarily, race is like citizenship... |
Managed Care
April 2002
Jeffrey J. Denning |
Does Quality of Care Matter? You Bet! Determine and demonstrate your quality as a physician. Sure, it's unscientific to define quality and then measure it in your own practice. But this isn't the academy, this is business... |
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