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Nurse Practitioner September 2009 Laura LaRue	Sarcoidosis: A Granular View The NP integrates detailed history, physical exam, and diagnostic testing into determining the treatment plan for sarcoidosis.
American Family Physician April 15, 2002 Rajani Katta	Cutaneous Sarcoidosis: A Dermatologic Masquerader Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease that may involve almost any organ system; therefore, it results in various clinical manifestations. Cutaneous sarcoidosis occurs in up to one third of patients with systemic sarcoidosis. Recognition of cutaneous lesions is important...
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Kurowski & Ostapchuk	Overview of Histoplasmosis Histoplasmosis is an endemic infection in most of the United States and can be found worldwide. This article presents the manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of histoplasmosis, beginning with the case of an immunocompetent child who developed disseminated disease.
American Family Physician August 15, 2003 Knutson et al.	Management of Crohn's Disease -- A Practical Approach - Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that affects up to 480,000 persons in the United States. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, malaise, and arthralgias, and cause considerable morbidity.
Nursing April 2011 Smith & Tasota	Smoking Out the Dangers of COPD An overview of the guidelines for preventing, diagnosing, and treating COPD.
Nurse Practitioner May 2011 Chris Garvey	Best Practices in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common, preventable, treatable, and often progressive disorder characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible.
American Journal of Nursing March 2012 Corbridge et al.	An Evidence-Based Approach to COPD: Part 1 This article, the first in a two-part series on COPD, outlines current guidelines and other evidence-based recommendations on diagnosing and managing stable COPD in the outpatient setting.
Nursing February 2010 Daniel A. Hussar	New Drugs 2010, PART 1 In this article, you'll learn about 16 new drugs.
Nursing June 2010 Daniel A. Hussar	New drugs 2010, part 2 In this article, you'll learn about 14 recently marketed new drugs.
Nursing June 2011 Daniel A. Hussar	New Drugs 2011: Part 2 In this article, you'll learn about seven recently approved drugs, including: fingolimod hydrochloride, an oral drug indicated to treat patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.
American Family Physician March 1, 2007 Schwartz & Nervi	Erythema Nodosum: A Sign of Systemic Disease Often, erythema nodosum is a sign of a serious disorder that potentially is treatable; management of an underlying etiology is the most definitive means of alleviating erythema nodosum.
American Family Physician October 1, 2005 Bidwell & Pachner	Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management Hemoptysis is the spitting of blood that originated in the lungs or bronchial tubes. The patient's history should help determine the amount of blood and differentiate between hemoptysis, pseudohemoptysis, and hematemesis.
American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Hsu, Le, & Khoshevis	Differential Diagnosis of Annular Lesions Annular lesions are extremely common and striking in appearance but can also be misleading. Although most annular lesions will be typical of a dermatophytosis, physicians must consider other possible diagnoses.
American Family Physician August 15, 2001 Melissa H. Hunter	COPD: Management of Acute Exacerbations and Chronic Stable Disease Outpatient management of patients with stable COPD should be directed at improving quality of life by preventing acute exacerbations, relieving symptoms and slowing the progressive deterioration of lung function...
American Family Physician November 1, 2005 Golden & Vikram	Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: An Overview The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis can be elusive, necessitating a high index of suspicion. Physicians should obtain a thorough history focusing on risk behaviors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis.
American Family Physician December 1, 2005 Potter, Rindfleisch & Kraus	Management of Active Tuberculosis Although the overall incidence of tuberculosis has been declining in the United States, it remains an important public health concern. Patients who present with symptoms of active tuberculosis (e.g., cough, weight loss, or malaise with known exposure to the disease) should be evaluated.
Nursing March 2012 Daniel A. Hussar	New Drugs 2012: part I In this article, you'll learn about 11 recently approved drugs.
Nursing December 2009 Vincent M. Vacca	On the Alert for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Progressive and ultimately fatal, pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease of the pulmonary arterial vasculature with no known cause.
Nurse Practitioner February 2011 Jennifer M. Belavic	Annual Drug Update: 2010 in Review In 2010, the FDA approved several new drugs and new indications for use in primary care. From new therapies for adults with rheumatoid arthritis to a combination drug for benign prostatic hyperplasia, NPs need to be aware of the latest medications now available.
American Family Physician December 1, 2002 Bazemore & Smucker	Lymphadenopathy and Malignancy The majority of patients presenting with peripheral lymphadenopathy have easily identifiable causes that are benign or self-limited. The critical challenge for the primary care physician is to identify which cases are secondary to malignancies or other serious conditions.
Nursing July 2011 Susan Simmons	Recognizing and Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Here's what rheumatoid arthritis is, how it's diagnosed and treated, and what you can do to help patients manage the disease.
Nursing February 2009 Daniel A. Hussar	New Drugs 09: Part 1 Learn about 10 new drugs, including nebivolol HCl, the newest beta-adrenergic blocking agent for hypertension.
American Journal of Nursing May 2010 Corbridge & Corbridge	Asthma in Adolescents and Adults This article outlines current guideline recommendations for asthma and reviews what clinicians need to teach patients about its pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, self monitoring, and environmental control.
American Family Physician April 15, 2005 Karnani, Reisfield & Wilson	Evaluation of Chronic Dyspnea Chronic dyspnea is defined as dyspnea lasting more than one month. Information is presented on diagnosis, assessment and treatment for chronic dyspnea.
American Family Physician May 1, 2004 Holmes & Fadden	Evaluation of the Patient with Chronic Cough Diagnostic and treatment options for adults and children with chronic coughs.
American Journal of Nursing July 2011 Brodkey et al.	Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging and the advent of disease-modifying therapies in the past 15 years have changed the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis
Nursing November 2011 Lawson & Pruitt	Issues in Obesity, Part 2: Obesity Weighs Heavily on Lung Function A look at the impact of obesity on asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep apnea.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Kelly W. Jones, Pharm.D. & Supen R. Patel, M.D.	A Family Physician's Guide to Monitoring Methotrexate Although the drug is usually prescribed by a subspecialist, a family physician may assume responsibility for monitoring methotrexate therapy...
American Family Physician January 1, 2007 Collins et al.	Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Management Smoking cessation remains the critical component of preventive primary care of lung cancer. Treatment and prognosis are closely tied to the type and stage of the tumor identified.
American Family Physician May 1, 2001 Trenton D. Nauser & Steven W. Stites	Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Regardless of the etiology, unrelieved pulmonary hypertension can lead to right-sided heart failure. Signs and symptoms of pulmonary hypertension are often subtle and nonspecific...
Nurse Practitioner February 2012 Jennifer M. Belavic	Annual drug update 2011 in review Many new medications were approved throughout 2011. This article will cover a variety of drugs that will be useful in nurse practitioner practice
Nursing June 2011 Cahill & Armstrong	Caring for an adult with a malignant primary brain tumor Pprimary brain tumors are relatively uncommon, occurring in an estimated 63,000 patients in the united states each year.
American Family Physician November 1, 2003 Zoorob & Campbell	Acute Dyspnea in the Office Shortness of breath, or dyspnea, is a common problem in the outpatient primary care setting. Establishing a diagnosis can be challenging because dyspnea appears in multiple diagnostic categories. Underlying disorders range from the relatively simple to the more serious.
Nurse Practitioner August 2011 Davis et al.	Supportive approaches for Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease accounts for almost 80% of all dementia diagnoses. Currently, more than 5 million Americans suffer from this debilitating illness, with the highest prevalence in the oldest age groups.
American Family Physician May 15, 2005 Courtney et al.	Childhood Asthma: Treatment Update The prevalence of childhood asthma has risen significantly over the past four decades. This article summarizes the treatment of asthma in children, with an emphasis on new modalities and the results of recent studies.
American Family Physician September 15, 2003 Richie & Francis	Diagnostic Approach to Polyarticular Joint Pain Polyarticular joint pain (i.e., pain in more than four joints) poses a diagnostic challenge because of the extensive differential diagnosis. Consequently, family physicians need to keep the diagnosis open in evaluating patients who present with pain in multiple joints.
Nursing March 2010 Peg Gray-Vickrey	Gathering pearls of knowledge for assessing older adults If you attended nursing school more than 10 years ago, you may have received limited education about gerontological nursing. But as baby boomers age, this is becoming an increasingly important area of nursing practice.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Rochelle Scheib, M.D.	Photo Quiz Diagnose this illness: Facial Masses
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Walter Armstrong	The Next Wave: Pharm Exec's 2011 Pipeline Report 42 of the best new drugs in development or parked at the FDA
Chemistry World March 15, 2011 Sarah Houlton	Benlysta breaks 50 year Lupus drug drought The first new treatment for lupus erythematosus in half a century has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration
American Family Physician July 15, 2000 Mark A. Van Kooy	Postobstructive Pulmonary Edema Pulmonary edema is a potentially life-threatening complication of acute airway obstruction. It develops rapidly, without warning, in persons who are otherwise well. Two forms of postobstructive pulmonary edema (POPE) have been identified...
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Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Sue Barrowcliffe	Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options.
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Mark H. Ebell	Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: Part I How can the history and physical examination help physicians diagnose pulmonary embolism?
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