Search results for "Influenza"
ACP Internist's October issue is online and coming to your mailbox
The October issue of ACP Internist is now online and coming to your mailbox. Featured articles include glycemic control in the elderly, Medicare's release of physician pay data, and how clinicians should manage a new crop of antivirals.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/07/10.htm
7 Oct 2014
Medicare, many insurers announce coding rules for H1N1
The federal government will pay for H1N1 vaccine, and most large insurers are planning to pay only for its administration. Find out which codes to use and with which insurers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/coding.htm
1 Nov 2009
Boxed warning for metoclopramide, alert for zonisamide
A summary of approvals, recalls, warnings and alerts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/fda.htm
1 Apr 2009
Lupus presentation may be an ‘imitator’
Lupus can involve multiple organ systems and shares the same, sometimes nonspecific presentation as other conditions. But a diligent internist##mdash;an “excellent generalist” in the words of one expert##mdash;can pick up on the correct diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/lupus.htm
1 Nov 2014
ACP receives 4-year federal award to increase adult immunization rates nationwide
The award enables ACP to expand its 7-state evidence-based program to increase adult vaccination rates, which was funded by the CDC for 2013-2015.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/22/5.htm
22 Sep 2015
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
Prescribing for opioid addiction meds, CNS suppressants
This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/prescribing-for-opioid-addiction-meds-cns-suppressants.htm
1 Nov 2017
Latest diabetes drugs have a learning curve
The onus is on internists to understand the newer classes of incretins such as sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. They hold promise for better treatments, but they are new and not as well understood as older treatments.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/10/diabetes.htm
1 Oct 2015
ACIP adult vaccine schedule updated for 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) just announced its recommended 2014 adult immunization schedule.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/04/1.htm
4 Feb 2014
ACP receives three-year federal grant to increase adult immunization rates
The CDC awarded ACP with an initial $175,000 grant for 2012-2013 to create a three-year evidence-based program to increase adult immunization rates in five states.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/8.htm
28 Aug 2012