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American Family Physician February 1, 2004 Lyle D. Victor |
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Primary Care Patients' symptoms and the frequency of respiratory events on laboratory testing are important factors in determining the severity of disease. |
American Family Physician February 1, 2004 Gohar A. Salam |
Regional Anesthesia for Office Procedures: Part I. Head and Neck Surgeries Although local anesthesia usually is used in surgical procedures, field or nerve blocks can provide more effective anesthesia in some situations. |
Managed Care January 2004 Martin Sipkoff |
Cardiologists Call Collaboration Heart of Effort To Improve Care Surgeons in nine hospitals formed a study group and then hit the road to learn from peers. Outcomes improved dramatically. |
Managed Care January 2004 Arthur Preston Smith |
HMOs Would Be Wise To Investigate Alternative Ways To Improve Health Human beings are not machines, and modern medicine needs to move beyond the repair shop mentality. Could nontraditional services help? |
Managed Care January 2004 |
Increasing drug copayments deter compliance Raising copayments in tiered prescription drug plans increases the likelihood that patients will stop taking prescribed medications, according to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
Managed Care January 2004 Michael S. Victoroff |
Logic Flies When EMRs Debated A chance encounter with an unhappy reader (a physician) spurs a flood cliches about why doctors are "justified" in their refusal to move out of the dark ages |
Managed Care January 2004 Thomas Morrow |
Choking Off a Tumor's Blood Supply Angiogenesis blockade is a 30-year-old concept, but it will soon make the leap from lab bench to pharmacy shelf. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Roche & Kobos |
Jaundice in the Adult Patient Jaundice in an adult patient can be caused by a wide variety of benign or life-threatening disorders. Organizing the differential diagnosis by prehepatic, intrahepatic, and posthepatic causes may help make the work-up more manageable. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Flinders & De Schweinitz |
Pediculosis and Scabies Pediculosis and scabies are closely related skin conditions caused by arthropods. Although these conditions typically cause severe itching, they generally are benign. Pediculosis and scabies have similar treatments. |
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. |
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