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The title sums up celiac disease: common and often overlooked

Some unopposed estrogen products require progestogen protection

Pending health care reform bills are addressing costs

MPR Drug News

Feraheme safety update

February 08, 2010

 
 
 




POEMs

Clinical factors can identify children at low risk of traumatic brain injury

Prostatectomy: Minimally invasive versus open radical procedures

Treatment of mild GDM has some benefits

Few patients with acute back pain in primary care have serious pathology

Vitamin D, in high doses, prevents falls

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Online Columns

Ask a Librarian!—January 2010

What's the best online source for information about influenza? And what's the best way to determine the impact factor of various journals? This month's installment answers these questions.
 

Eliminating health disparities: What works?—January 2010

This column examines recent literature on health disparities, emphasizing tools that can help clinicians to assess and address disparities in their own practices. This month's subject: Recent publications in the study of health disparities.
 


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Latest Features

Exploratory laparotomy for a pancreatic pseudocyst uncovers an adrenal mass instead

Exploratory laparotomy for a pancreatic pseudocyst uncovers an adrenal mass instead

In the patient with an abdominal mass, good communication, collaboration, and an evidence-based approach are essential.
Indications and strategy for surgical repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms

Indications and strategy for surgical repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms

Rupture of an aortic aneurysm is most often fatal, but a systematic approach to surgical repair can achieve a good outcome.
Tobacco dependence: How should a busy clinician intervene?

Tobacco dependence: How should a busy clinician intervene?

A combination of brief counseling and appropriate pharmacotherapy produces the most promising outcomes for patients willing to quit.
Portal vein encasement complicates resection of Klatskin's tumor in the liver

Portal vein encasement complicates resection of Klatskin's tumor in the liver

Right hemihepatectomy with en bloc resection of the extrahepatic biliary tree is performed on a perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.

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Clinical Departments

What approach should be used for a lesion on black skin?

Sandra Morris, PA-C; Mark Ling, MD, PhD February 05, 2010

The diagnosis and treatment of a skin disorder that is uncommon in black persons is reviewed.
 

A review of giant cell arteritis and chronic renal disease

Amy Mercantini Klingler, MS, PA-C January 29, 2010

Clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment for an inflammatory disease of the blood vessels in the head and kidney disease are discussed.
 

New Commentary

Using research to map a strategy for the future of the PA profession

Stephen H. Hanson, MPA, PA-C February 04, 2010

Gaps in our research into the characteristics of the PA profession diminish our effectiveness as advocates for the profession in the legislative and regulatory arenas.
 

PAs are the leaders who can make a ruckus—and a difference

Reamer Bushhardt, PharmD, PA-C January 21, 2010

Inspired by a book on leadership, the author reflects on physician assistants' responsibility and ability to be leaders.
 


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