Medical Practice

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Managed Care October 2002 Joyce Ochs	Decision Support Made Practical Making all the necessary information easily accessible is the motivation behind today's decision-support products. Most of them are called clinical information systems or primary care information systems and are designed for practicing physicians.
Managed Care October 2002 Pamela L. Popp	How To -- And Not To -- Disclose Medical Errors to Patients Health care facilities and physician practices must commence development and implementation of a disclosure policy. The policy should include a statement of the need and willingness of the patient and physician to have an open and honest relationship and a constant dialogue.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 S. Sutton Hamilton	Evaluation of Clumsiness in Children Parents and physicians often dismiss seemingly minor motor difficulties in children. But approximately 6 percent of school-aged children have coordination problems serious enough to interfere with academic performance and social integration.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 Thomas J. Zuber	Knee Joint Aspiration and Injection Knee joint aspiration and injection are performed to aid in diagnosis and treatment of knee joint diseases. The knee joint is the most common and the easiest joint for the physician to aspirate.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 Mahesh Krishnan	Preoperative Care of Patients with Kidney Disease Preoperative attention to common medical problems that occur in patients with impaired renal function can lower some surgical risks.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 J. Burton Banks	Childhood Discipline: Challenges for Clinicians and Parents Behavior problems are relatively common but frequently under-recognized by physicians. Opportunities to counsel parents about safe, effective methods of discipline are therefore missed. Discipline should be instructive and age-appropriate and should include positive reinforcement.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 Zamorski & Albucher	What to Do When SSRIs Fail: Eight Strategies for Optimizing Treatment of Panic Disorder Effective management of panic disorder is a common challenge for family physicians. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the drugs of choice for this condition because of their safety and efficacy. But not all patients have a favorable response to SSRI therapy.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 Martha J. Morrell	Epilepsy in Women Epilepsy in women raises special reproductive and general health concerns. Seizure frequency and severity may change at puberty, over the menstrual cycle, with pregnancy, and at menopause.
Bio-IT World October 9, 2002 Kevin Davies	Affairs of the Heart A newly discovered SNP in the cardiac sodium channel is unusually common in people of African descent, and may predispose them to potentially life-threatening arrhythmias in conjunction with other risk factors.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Konzem et al.	Controlling Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are common diseases in the United States. Patients with diabetes have a much higher rate of hypertension than would be expected in the general population. Regardless of the antihypertensive agent used, a reduction in blood pressure helps to prevent diabetic complications.
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