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Nurse Practitioner
July 2011
Lori Mertz |
Meningococcal Disease: Early Recognition is Vital to Patient Outcomes Education of healthcare professionals to improve identification and provide immediate treatment of patients with symptoms consistent with meningococcal disease will result in improved outcomes.   |
Nursing
March 2010
Delahanty & Myers |
3 bad bugs Acinetobacter baumannii, Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and infections that develop as a result of antimicrobial therapy, such as Clostridium difficile. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2001
Charles P. Mouton |
Common Infections in Older Adults Despite advances in antibiotic therapy, infectious diseases continue to be a major cause of mortality in older adults. The diagnostic and therapeutic nuances of managing infections in older adults create special challenges for physicians... |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2004
Ostapchuk, Roberts & Haddy |
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children When diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia, physicians should rely mainly on the patient's history and physical examination, supplemented by judicious use of chest radiographs and laboratory tests as needed. |
American Family Physician
February 1, 2006
Lutfiyya et al. |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia When a patient presents with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, the physician should first assess the need for hospitalization using a mortality prediction tool, such as the Pneumonia Severity Index, combined with clinical judgment. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001
Thomas Hooton & Stuart Levy |
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Plan of Action for Community Practice Antibiotic resistance was once confined primarily to hospitals but is becoming increasingly prevalent in family practice settings, making daily therapeutic decisions more challenging. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2006
Mehta et al. |
Opportunities to Improve Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease Family physicians play a crucial role in instituting evidence-based preventive sickle cell care strategies, initiating timely treatment of acute illness, recognizing life-threatening episodes, and providing a medical home for multidisciplinary management. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2001
Richard Kent Zimmerman |
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Young Children Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, approved in 2000 for use in the United States, was designed to cover the seven serotypes that account for about 80 percent of invasive infections in children younger than six years... |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2004
Thibodeau & Viera |
Atypical Pathogens and Challenges in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Atypical organisms such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila are implicated in up to 40 percent of cases of community-acquired pneumonia. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2006
Brundage & Fitzpatrick |
Hepatitis A The introduction of hepatitis A vaccines in 1995 led to a drop in the number of reported cases of hepatitis A and a shift to a higher percentage of cases occurring in older age groups. The hepatitis A virus survives for extended periods in the environment. |
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
May 15, 2001
Eleftherios Mylonakis |
When to Suspect and How to Monitor Babesiosis In the past decade, cases of babesiosis in humans have been reported with increasing frequency, especially in the northeastern United States. Babesiosis is a worldwide tick-borne hemolytic disease that is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia... |
Nursing
February 2010
Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2010, PART 1 In this article, you'll learn about 16 new drugs. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000
Keith B. Holten & Edward M. Onusko |
Appropriate Prescribing of Oral Beta-Lactam Antibiotics ...Bacterial resistance against beta-lactam antibiotics is increasing at a significant rate and has become a common problem in primary care medicine... |
Nursing
June 2010
Daniel A. Hussar |
New drugs 2010, part 2 In this article, you'll learn about 14 recently marketed new drugs. |
Nursing
November 2011
Jeanne Held-Warmkessel |
Taming Three High-Risk Chemotherapy Complications A review of three common chemotherapy-associated complications that can be serious enough to require hospitalization: febrile neutropenia, chemotherapy-related nephrotoxicity, and chemotherapy-related enterotoxicity. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2006
Wong et al. |
Guidelines for the Use of Antibiotics in Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections To help physicians with the appropriate use of antibiotics in children and adults with upper respiratory tract infection, a multidisciplinary team evaluated existing guidelines and summarized key practice points. |
Nursing
April 2010
Powers & Burchell |
Sepsis alert: Avoiding the shock Early recognition of sepsis and early goal-directed therapy can sometimes halt the progression of sepsis to severe sepsis and septic shock. Rapid response and aggressive care can improve patient outcomes in a critical situation. |
Nursing
January 2011
Carl A. Kirton |
HIV: The Changing Epidemic Since its emergence in the early 1980s, HIV infection in the United States has evolved from an acute debilitating condition to a chronic, treatable illness. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000
Doris L. Wethers, M.D. |
Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood Part II. Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Complications and Recent Advances in Treatment |
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
May 1, 2003
O'Brien & Halverson |
Recognition and Management of Bioterrorism Infections Familiarity with the infectious agents of highest priority can expedite diagnosis and initial management, and lead to a successful public health response to such an attack. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2001
Richard Colgan & John H. Powers |
Appropriate Antimicrobial Prescribing: Approaches that Limit Antibiotic Resistance Physicians should be familiar with the clinical situations in which they should provide antibiotics and those in which they may safely be withheld... |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2006
Karl E. Miller |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Chlamydia trachomatis infection most commonly affects the urogenital tract. In men, the infection usually is symptomatic, with dysuria and a discharge from the penis. Most women with chlamydial infection have minimal or no symptoms, but some develop pelvic inflammatory disease. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000 |
Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood: Part I. Laboratory Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Health Maintenance Family physicians and parents who have been educated about sickle cell disease can detect acute, life-threatening complications such as splenic sequestration crisis and acute chest syndrome at their onset, thereby allowing treatment to be instituted without delay... |
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. |
Nursing
May 2010
Debra Castner |
Understanding the stages of chronic kidney disease This article will help you to recognize CKD and understand its stages so you can help your patient to modify risk factors, prevent further kidney damage, and manage complications. First, consider the scope of the problem. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2003
Sur et al. |
Vaccinations in Pregnancy Routine vaccines that generally are safe to administer during pregnancy include diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and hepatitis B. Other vaccines, such as meningococcal and rabies, may be considered. |
Nursing
March 2012
Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2012: part I In this article, you'll learn about 11 recently approved drugs. |
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. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2008
Mary C. Vrtis |
Is Your Patient Taking the Right Antimicrobial? Ways in which bacteria become resistant to antimicrobials and the prevalence and costs of health care-associated infections resulting from antimicrobial resistance. |
Nursing
March 2011
Ali & Gray-Vickrey |
Limiting the Damage From Acute Kidney Injury This article will discuss your role in early detection and management of AKI with an emphasis on care for older adults. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2001
Michael Luszczak |
Evaluation and Management of Infants and Young Children with Fever Acute febrile illness in an infant or a young child is a common clinical scenario that can be a diagnostic challenge. The evaluation is guided by the history and physical examination, along with judiciously selected screening tests... |
American Journal of Nursing
March 2010
Bradley-Springer et al. |
Every Nurse Is an HIV Nurse The evolution of HIV infection into a chronic disease has implications across all clinical care settings. Every nurse should be knowledgeable about the disease in order to provide high-quality care to people with or at risk for HIV. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006
Karl E. Miller |
Diagnosis and Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections If left untreated, N. gonorrhoeae infections can disseminate to other areas of the body, which commonly causes synovium and skin infections. Disseminated gonococcal infection presents as a few skin lesions that are limited to the extremities. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2001
R. John Presutti |
Prevention and Treatment of Dog Bites Family physicians should educate parents and children on ways to prevent dog bites... |
Nursing Management
May 2011
Kirsten Drake |
SCIP core measures: Deep impact In August 2005, the SIP project grew to become a multiyear, national quality partnership of organizations called the Surgical Care Improvement Project, or SCIP, with the goal of decreasing surgical complication by 25% by 2010. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2008
Hart et al. |
Acute Respiratory Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance It is important that nurses understand antimicrobial resistance and learn how to help patients, family members, and friends manage acute respiratory infections appropriately. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2003
Miller et al. |
Update on the Prevention and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published updated guidelines that provide new strategies for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2004
Scheid & Hamm |
Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Adults: Part II. Treatment Even though most patients with acute rhinosinusitis recover promptly without it, antibiotic therapy should be considered in patients with prolonged or more severe symptoms. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2002
Alex H. Krist & Amy Crawford-Faucher |
Management of Newborns Exposed to Maternal HIV Infection The management of infants whose mothers are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus involves minimizing the risk of vertical transmission of HIV, recognizing neonatal HIV infection early, preventing opportunistic infections, and addressing psychosocial issues... |
American Journal of Nursing
November 2011
Christine L. Cutugno |
The 'Graying' of Trauma Care: Addressing Traumatic Injury in Older Adults Evidence-based strategies for managing trauma and its complications in this population. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2012
Diana L. Wadlund |
Meeting the challenge of IBS IBS is the best studied, most common functional GI disorder, and is often characterized by debilitating symptoms without any pathologic findings. The predominant symptoms of IBS are abdominal pain and an alteration in bowel habits with an absence of organic pathology. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2004
Lo Re & Gluckman |
Travel Immunizations The approach to vaccine recommendations should be based on a thorough assessment of the risks for travel-related diseases, the time available before trip departure, and current knowledge of the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2002
Sanford R. Kimmel |
Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality Vaccines have turned many childhood diseases into distant memories in industrialized countries. However, questions have been raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them. |
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 Management
August 2010
Maria Christabelle Castro |
Unraveling Guillain-Barre Syndrome No one knows for sure what causes Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It's a rare disorder, with a frequency of about 1 to 2 cases per every 100,000 people per year in the United States. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
May 2000 |
Magic Bullets Under Siege ...Antibiotics---drugs that kill bacteria---account for much of our success in the war against infectious illness. But the miracle drugs of medicine are in danger... |
Nursing
October 2010
Jeff Strickler |
Traumatic hypovolemic shock: Halt the downward spiral This article discusses the causes, treatments, and nursing care for patients with traumatic hypovolemic shock. |
Nurse Practitioner
July 2010
Kristine A. Scordo |
Treating antiretroviral-induced dyslipidemia in HIV-infected adults Studies indicate that HIV-infected patients (both males and females) may be at an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disease |
