Search results for "Influenza"
Patients and families can help reinvent health care
True engagement requires listening and learning, making patients and families partners not just in decisions about their individual care but in designing practices and systems that will work for them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/voices.htm
1 Mar 2013
Decision-making rules for diagnosing PE may save lives
Early detection of pulmonary embolism is critical, which puts the primary care internist on the front lines of preventing a patient's continual deterioration that culminates in death. Patients are as likely to present in the office with symptoms as they are at the emergency department.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/pulmonology.htm
1 Mar 2013
New ACP case study addresses ethics in a health emergency
“Stewardship of Health Care Resources: Allocating Mechanical Ventilators during Pandemic Influenza,” a new case study from ACP's Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee, is available online for CME credit.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/12/7.htm
12 Mar 2013
Zolpidem dose for women lowered, diabetes drug approved
This regulatory update covers warnings to lower zolpidem doses in women and approvals for a new drug to improve blood glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/04/fda.htm
1 Apr 2013
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and upper midwestern United States. Flu-like symptoms develop about 1 week aftertick exposure, and the diagnosis is typicallyestablished by evaluation of a peripheralblood smear that shows intraerythrocyticparasites.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/05/acpi-201305-puzzle_t2.pdf
24 Apr 2013
CDC issues antiviral recommendations for H7N9 influenza
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week issued recommendations on antiviral treatment for avian influenza A(H7N9).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/30/4.htm
30 Apr 2013
MKSAP Quiz: Fever, chills, rash in the ED
A 55-year-old man is evaluated in the emergency department after experiencing fever and chills yesterday evening and bilateral arm pain and a rash on the upper extremities upon awakening this morning. The patient ate raw oysters from the Gulf Coast 3 nights ago. He was recently diagnosed with hemochromatosis. Which pathogen is most likely causing the patient's current findings?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/05/mksap.htm
1 May 2013
How to start and stop bisphosphonates
A new online tool and a few simple rules can inform internists how to start bisphosphonates and when to consider taking a drug holiday at the request of another physician, a dentist or even the patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/bisphosphonates.htm
1 Jun 2013
CDC committee recommends specific flu vaccine as an option for people with egg allergy
The immunization advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week recommended using the vaccine FluBlok in the 2013-14 flu season for people aged 18 through 49 years with egg allergy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/02/6.htm
2 Jul 2013
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In additionto vaccines for herpes zoster, hepatitis B, and many other diseases, physicians can nowoffer a high-dose influenza vaccine to certain elderly patients, the human papillomavirusvaccine to young women, and
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/acpi-201309-puzzle_t1.pdf
21 Aug 2013