Search results for "Sickle Cell"
ACP Master aims to make a difference in the public's health
Griffin P. Rodgers, MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/twentyone.htm
1 Apr 2008
Carrier screening makes risk-benefit analysis more complex
Donna Sweet, MACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/four.htm
1 Jun 2008
One-third of sickle cell patients rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge
Put words in our mouth
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/13/6.htm
13 Apr 2010
Obituaries
Edgar Wayburn, FACP; Helen M. Ranney, MACP; and William R. Taylor, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/obituaries.htm
1 Jun 2010
History is key after childhood disease
A generation ago, most children with severe disabilities died before reaching adulthood. Now, more than 90% survive. From cancer or congenital heart disease to cystic fibrosis and Down syndrome, pediatric survivors need interns who can coordinate chronic care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/pediatrics.htm
1 Sep 2010
Sports internists treat players as patients
These internists turned their own athletic pursuits into careers for professional sports teams, treating high-caliber athletes as they practice and play. When working the sidelines, it's just another day not at the office.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/10/sports.htm
1 Oct 2011
‘Sic’ing primary care physicians on sickle cell disease
Sickle cell patients who survive into adulthood are falling into a gap in care as they leave a pediatric practice and don't enter an adult one. A pilot program is offering medical education to patients and to clinicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/04/sickle-cell.htm
1 Apr 2013
Don't overlook pulmonary hypertension
Learn how doctors can best spot pulmonary hypertension, a disease for which treatments have improved dramatically but inclusion in the typical internist's differential hasn't.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/04/editors.htm
1 Apr 2013
Contraception review offers solutions to a perennial problem
Half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, a figure on par with developing countries. Women often think they are not at risk of getting pregnant when they most certainly are.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/contraception.htm
1 Jun 2013
Thoracic society releases guidelines on pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell patients
The American Thoracic Society recently released clinical practice guidelines to help clinicians identify and manage patients with sickle cell disease who are at increased risk for death from pulmonary hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/18/4.htm
18 Mar 2014