Medical Practice

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American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Hainer & Usatine	Electrosurgery for the Skin The purposes of electrosurgery are to destroy benign and malignant lesions, control bleeding, and cut or excise tissue. The major modalities in electrosurgery are electrodesiccation, fulguration, electrocoagulation, and electrosection.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Louis A. Kazal	Prevention of Iron Deficiency in Infants and Toddlers The prevalence of nutritional iron deficiency anemia in infants and toddlers has declined dramatically since 1960. However, satisfaction with this achievement must be tempered because the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in one- to three-year-old children seems to be increasing.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Thomas G. Maddox	Adverse Reactions to Contrast Material: Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment Adverse reactions to contrast agents range from a mild inconvenience, such as itching associated with hives, to a life-threatening emergency.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Bhatia & Bhatia	Diagnosis and Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder From 2 to 10 percent of women of reproductive age have severe distress and dysfunction caused by premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a severe form of premenstrual syndrome. Current research implicates mechanisms of serotonin as relevant to etiology and treatment.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Canavan & Cohen	Vulvar Cancer Vulvar cancer was reported in 3,200 women in 1998, resulting in 800 deaths. Recent evidence suggests that vulvar cancer comprises two separate diseases.
Managed Care September 2002 Bob Carlson	Here and There, Work Is Under Way to Reform Med School Curriculum Are new physicians learning everything they should about how pieces of the health care system should work together? No. Is progress being made? Yes.
Managed Care September 2002 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Richard L. Hamer Market-research organization InterStudy's director says that the push for patients' rights has grown into a concern for quality directed mainly at doctors.
Managed Care September 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	Peer Review of the Inexpert Witness, or Do You Trust Chickens To Guard the Coop? Occasionally, a physician retained as an expert in a legal case offers an opinion or gives testimony that is dubious, inaccurate, or outlandish enough to offend fellow professionals. Our medical society was urged to discipline physicians who render unprofessional testimony.
Managed Care September 2002 Bob Carlson	Improving Quality Starts With Changing the Culture A core health care improvement principle, adapted from systems theory, is that our health care system is perfectly designed to deliver the results we get. The corollary is that improving results requires changing the system.
Managed Care September 2002	Physician prescribing rates climb One reason that spending on medications has increased during the last 15 years is that physicians are turning to pharmaceuticals to help patients battle comorbidities, according to a study in Health Affairs.
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