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JAAPA 2000 Index
LEGEND: (B) Book Review (D) Dermatology Digest (DX) Diagnostic Imaging
Review (E) Editorial (L) Letters (N) Notes from the Northwest (PC) Pharmacology
Consult (PF) Procedures in Family Practice
(PP) Pulse of the Profession
(R) In Retrospect (SB) Sounding Board
(SC) Specialty Consult (SR) Special
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Subject Index
A
AAPA. See American Academy of Physician Assistants.
Abuse
The provider’s role: Responding to evidence of abuse in the elderly, Jun:
73-85
Access to health care
Let's put our shoulder to the problem of access to care, Feb: 20-59
Adherence
This week's episode of Diabetic Law and Order (N), Apr: 114-115
Allergy
The allergy report: Better care for patients with an allergic disorder, Mar:
46-64
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease: The possibility of prevention and early treatment, Apr:
32-38
American Academy of Physician Assistants
A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence (E),
Sep: 6-11,29,104
Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul: 26-38
Diagnosis: Your Academy is strong and vibrant (E), Jul: 9-16
Inside the VA, a difficult tour for PAs (E), Nov: 6-10
The job at hand: Forging strategic relations with organized medicine (E),
Dec: 6-10
Anal fissure
Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
Anemia
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Antibiotics
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
Anticoagulation therapy
Coming home to treat deep venous thrombosis, Jul: 43-48
Pulmonary embolism: A difficult diagnosis demands an integrated approach,
Jul: 75-90
Antihistimines
Considering nasal corticosteroids to treat allergic rhinitis (PC), Dec: 77-79
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
Antimalarial agents. See malaria.
Appendicitis
Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old problem, Jan: 65-83
Arthritis
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93-96
Arthrocentesis
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93-96
Asthma
Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec: 20-38,75
Let's put our shoulder to the problem of access to care, Feb: 20,23,59
Atrial ventricular block
Permanent cardiac pacing, Feb: 61-80
B
Baby boomer health care
Alzheimer's disease: The possibility of prevention and early treatment, Apr:
32-38
"Elder" physician assistants and their practices, Apr: 67-85
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
Here comes tomorrow: Advances in cardiovascular medicine, Apr: 86-107
The hidden patient: Identifying the needs of caregivers (SB), Apr: 19-22
Painful lump on a middle-aged scalp (D), Apr: 125-126
The prospect of "staying nine" (E), Apr: 6-10
Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers, Apr:
23-31
This week's episode of Diabetic Law and Order (N), Apr: 114-115
Type 2 diabetes: Thoughts about an epidemic and your role in battling it,
Apr: 108-112
Biotechnology
Of osteoarthritis and venture capitalists (E), Oct: 6-9,88
Bleeding disorder
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Blood glucose measurement
Type 2 diabetes: Thoughts about an epidemic and your role in battling it,
Apr: 108-112
Borderline personality disorder
Another pathway for generating compassion toward BPD patients (L), Feb: 97-98
Borderline personality disorder: Recognizing signs and symptoms, Jan: 18-39
The care of the BPD patient, Jan: 40-50
Botulinum toxin
Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
Bronchitis
Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec: 20,38,75
Bursal injection
The complexities of treating shoulder pain (L), Dec: 80,81
Treating subacromial bursitis with an injection into the bursa (PF), Jun:
16,19
Bursitis, subacromial. See bursal injection.
Buyout, practice. See practice buyout.
C
Calcium channel blockers
Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive crisis?,
Mar: 67-80
Cancer
Painful lump on a middle-aged scalp (D), Apr: 125-126
Cancer, gynecologic
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
Cardiac pacing
Permanent cardiac pacing, Feb: 61-80
Cardiovascular medicine
Choosing treatment for a PFO-related neurologic event, Mar: 89-93
Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed condition,
Nov: 51-64
Evaluating an abnormal ECG: Reversed leads or cardiac trouble?, Sep: 55-59
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
The fainting patient: First and foremost, a meticulous evaluation, Aug: 40-73
Getting past the obvious in an ED case of altered mental status and ECG changes,
Dec: 54-58
Here comes tomorrow: Advances in cardiovascular medicine, Apr: 86-107
Permanent cardiac pacing, Feb: 61-80
Pulmonary embolism: A difficult diagnosis demands an integrated approach,
Jul: 75-90
Caregiver medicine
The hidden patient: Identifying the needs of caregivers (SB), Apr: 19-22
Cartilage repair
Of osteoarthritis and venture capitalists (E), Oct: 6-9,88
Cerebral palsy
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Cervical cancer screening
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical Ca screening,
Jan: 55-63
Child abuse
In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
Chronic disease
Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec: 20-38,75
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Clinical guidelines
What are the management options for acute and chronic low back pain?, Oct:
74-88
Colposcopy
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical Ca screening,
Jan: 55-63
Computed tomography
Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old problem, Jan: 65-83
How to choose between CT and MRI for musculoskeletal pain, Oct: 48-66
Computers
Help your patients surf the Net safely (SB), Aug: 96-102
Congenital disorders
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Congestive heart failure. See heart failure.
Contraception
Inserting an intrauterine device (PF), Feb: 87-94
CT. See computed tomography.
Coronary artery disease
Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed condition,
Nov: 51-64
Corticosteroids, intranasal
Considering nasal corticosteroids to treat allergic rhinitis (PC), Dec: 77-79
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
D
Deficiency. See folate deficiency; vitamin B12 deficiency.
Depression
Electroconvulsive therapy: Potent intervention for the troubled mind, Dec:
63-75
Dermatology
Painful lump on a middle-aged scalp (D), Apr: 125-126
Tingling rash in an older man (D), Aug: 21-22
Dextrocardia
Evaluating an abnormal ECG: Reversed leads or cardiac trouble?, Sep: 55-59
Diabetes
Changing the behavior of our patients (L), Dec: 80
This week's episode of Diabetic Law and Order (N), Apr: 114-115
Type 2 diabetes: Thoughts about an epidemic and your role in battling it,
Apr: 108-112
Diastolic heart failure. See heart failure.
Disease, chronic. See chronic disease.
E
Ear, nose, and throat
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
Echocardiography
Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed condition,
Nov: 51-64
ECT. See electroconvulsive therapy.
Elder abuse
The provider’s role: Responding to evidence of abuse in the elderly, Jun:
73-85
Electrocardographic body surface mapping
Here comes tomorrow: Advances in cardiovascular medicine, Apr: 86-107
Electrocardiography
Evaluating an abnormal ECG: Reversed leads or cardiac trouble?, Sep: 55-59
Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy: Potent intervention for the troubled mind, Dec:
63-75
Embolism, paradoxical
Choosing treatment for a PFO-related neurologic event, Mar: 89-93
Embolism, pulmonary
Pulmonary embolism: A difficult diagnosis demands an integrated approach,
Jul: 75-90
Emergency medicine
Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive crisis?,
Mar: 67-80
Getting past the obvious in an ED case of altered mental status and ECG changes,
Dec: 54-58
Patient care by physician assistants and by physicians in an emergency department,
Dec: 39-54
Enchondroma
Diagnosing the mass in a child's painful foot (DX), Sep: 86-90
Environmental medicine
Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients' health, Aug:
34-39
Epidemiology
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
Estrogen therapy
Alzheimer's disease: The possibility of prevention and early treatment, Apr:
32-38
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical Ca screening,
Jan: 55-63
When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of evidence-based
medicine, Sep: 77-82
Ewing's sarcoma
Diagnosing the mass in a child's painful foot (DX), Sep: 86-90
F
Fainting. See syncope.
Federal regulation
HCFA pays "LIP" service to PAs (PP), Jul: 6
Folate deficiency
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Fracture, clavicular
A linebacker with good cause for shoulder pain (DX), Oct: 12-17
Fracture, greenstick
A linebacker with good cause for shoulder pain (DX), Oct: 12-17
G
Gastroenterology
Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old problem, Jan: 65-83
Gene therapy
Here comes tomorrow: Advances in cardiovascular medicine, Apr: 86-107
Geriatrics
Alzheimer's disease: The possibility of prevention and early treatment, Apr:
32-38
Gout
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93-96
Government regulation
HCFA pays "LIP" service to PAs (PP), Jul: 6
Medicine versus the Medicare purse: Paying the price for prescription drugs
(E), Mar: 6-9
Gun injuries
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
H
Health care economics
Are IPAs a good idea for PAs (PP)?, May: 15-18
How to deal with a practice buyout (PP), Jan: 12-63
Health care workforce
Abuse in disguise: Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Nov: 72
Commentary: Taking action on PA workforce issues, Nov: 44-45
Committing to change with an entry-level master's degree (E), Feb: 7-10
The hospitalist PA: An emerging opportunity (PP), Nov: 21-28
Inside the VA, a difficult tour for PAs (E), Nov: 6-10
Looking into tomorrow: Health workforce issues confronting physician assistants,
Nov: 29-46
The sinister side of PA supply and demand (SB), Nov: 85-86
Hearing impairment
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Heart failure
Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed condition,
Nov: 51-64
Hematology
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Heparin, low-molecular-weight
Coming home to treat deep venous thrombosis, Jul: 43-48
Hepatitis A
Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
Hepatitis C virus
When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of evidence-based
medicine, Sep: 77-82
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
Tingling rash in an older man (D), Aug: 21-22
Homocysteine
Here comes tomorrow: Advances in cardiovascular medicine, Apr: 86-107
Hormone-replacement therapy
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women? Apr: 42-61
Hospitalist medicine
The hospitalist PA: An emerging opportunity (PP), Nov: 21-28
Hypertension
Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive crisis?,
Mar: 67-80
Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed condition,
Nov: 51-64
Hypotension, orthostatic
The fainting patient: First and foremost, a meticulous evaluation, Aug: 40-73
I
Imaging studies
Advice from the editor: When speaking about imaging, image is everything,
Oct: 66-73
Diagnosing the mass in a child's painful foot (DX), Sep: 86-90
In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
A linebacker with good cause for shoulder pain (DX), Oct: 12-17
The painful shoulder: Is it impingement syndrome?, Oct: 18-32
Immunization
Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
Impingement syndrome, shoulder
The painful shoulder: Is it impingement syndrome?, Oct: 18-32
Impotence
Asthma and impotence: The story of an unexpected connection, Jun: 59-70
Indoor air quality
Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients' health, Aug:
34-39
Infectious disease
Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec: 20-75
Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
Malaria—always a possibility in the febrile traveler or immigrant, Sep:
61-90
When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of evidence-based
medicine, Sep: 77-82
Injection, corticosteroid
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93-96
Injury, sports
A linebacker with good cause for shoulder pain (DX), Oct: 12-17
Injury control
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
Injury prevention
A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence (E),
Sep: 8-104
Insurance, health care
Let's put our shoulder to the problem of access to care, Feb: 20-59
Internet
Help your patients surf the Net safely (SB), Aug: 96-102
Intrauterine device
Inserting an intrauterine device (PF), Feb: 87-94
Iron-deficiency anemia
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
J
Journal Club
Jan: 10; Feb: 12; Mar: 12; Apr: 12; May: 12; Jun: 12,14; Jul: 22,25; Aug:
10-12; Sep: 12-18; Oct: 10; Nov: 12; Dec: 14
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
Advice from the editor: When speaking about imaging, image is everything,
Oct: 66-73
Greeting a new time with new initiatives (E), Jan: 7-8
L
Likelihood ratios
When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of evidence-based
medicine, Sep: 77-82
Liver disease
When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of evidence-based
medicine, Sep: 77-82
M
Magnetic resonance imaging
How to choose between CT and MRI for musculoskeletal pain, Oct: 48-66
Malaria
Malaria—always a possibility in the febrile traveler or immigrant, Sep:
61-90
Managed care
The job at hand: Forging strategic relations with organized medicine (E),
Dec: 6-10
Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers, Apr:
23-31
Medical ethics
The prospect of "staying nine" (E), Apr: 6-10
Medical photography
Advice from the editor: When speaking about imaging, image is everything,
Oct: 66-73
Medical research
Of osteoarthritis and venture capitalists (E), Oct: 6-9,88
Medical technology
Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers, Apr:
23-31
Medicare
Advice on obtaining the valuable Medicare number (PP), Mar: 18-21
Are RNFAs a threat to PAs? (PP), Sep: 20-29
Medicine versus the Medicare purse: Paying the price for prescription drugs
(E), Mar: 6-9
Menopause
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
Mental retardation
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Meralgia paresthetica
Case report in a policewoman: Meralgia paresthetica, Oct: 39-47
Motor vehicle crashes
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
MRI. See magnetic resonance imaging.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
Musculoskeletal medicine
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93-96
Case report in a policewoman: Meralgia paresthetica, Oct: 39-47
The complexities of treating shoulder pain (L), Dec: 80-81
Diagnosing the mass in a child's painful foot (DX), Sep: 86-90
How to choose between CT and MRI for musculoskeletal pain, Oct: 48-66
A linebacker with good cause for shoulder pain (DX), Oct: 12-17
Of osteoarthritis and venture capitalists (E), Oct: 6-9,88
The painful shoulder: Is it impingement syndrome?, Oct: 18-32
What are the management options for acute and chronic low back pain?, Oct:
74-88
N
National Health Service Corps
Doors locked, heart open in a place of diversity and need (R), Aug: 25-28
Native American medicine
A glimpse of Native Americans in the profession (N), Jul: 95-99
Neonatalogy
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous
Case report in a policewoman: Meralgia paresthetica, Oct: 39-47
Neurology
Alzheimer's disease: The possibility of prevention and early treatment, Apr:
32-38
Choosing treatment for a PFO-related neurologic event, Mar: 89-93
Electroconvulsive therapy: Potent intervention for the troubled mind, Dec:
63-75
The fainting patient: First and foremost, a meticulous evaluation, Aug: 40-73
First survey: Physician assistants and the practice of neurology, Mar: 97-106
Nifedipine, sublingual
Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive crisis?,
Mar: 67-80
Nitroglycerin
Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
O
Occupational medicine
Case report in a policewoman: Meralgia paresthetica, Oct: 39-47
Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients' health, Aug:
34-39
Osteoarthritis
Of osteoarthritis and venture capitalists (E), Oct: 6-9,88
P
Pacemaker. See cardiac pacing.
Pacing, cardiac. See cardiac pacing.
PA education
Abuse in disguise: Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Nov: 72
And some beg to disagree (L), Aug: 108
Answering big questions, and making hard decisions (L), Mar: 119-120
Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul: 26-38
Commentary: Taking action on PA workforce issues, Nov: 44-45
Committing to change with an entry-level master's degree (E), Feb: 7-10
Greeting a new time with new initiatives (E), Jan: 7-8
Help for new graduates seeking a job (L), Mar: 119
Help your patients surf the Net safely (SB), Aug: 96-102
Looking into tomorrow: Health workforce issues confronting physician assistants,
Nov: 29-46
The sinister side of PA supply and demand (SB), Nov: 85-86
A test taker's guide to PANCE and PANRE preparation books (B), Sep: 98-100
Witness a change of PA culture (E), Aug: 6-9
Yes, but . . . (L), Aug: 107-108
Yes to the entry-level master's degree (L), Aug: 107
Pain
Case report in a policewoman: Meralgia paresthetica, Oct: 39-47
The complexities of treating shoulder pain (L), Dec: 80,81
How to choose between CT and MRI for musculoskeletal pain, Oct: 48-66
The painful shoulder: Is it impingement syndrome?, Oct: 18-32
What are the management options for acute and chronic low back pain?, Oct:
74-88
PA practice
Advice on obtaining the valuable Medicare number (PP), Mar: 18-21
A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence (E),
Sep: 8-104
Doors locked, heart open in a place of diversity and need (R), Aug: 25-28
"Elder" physician assistants and their practices, Apr: 67-85
Encouragement after the loss of a job (L), Aug: 109
First survey: Physician assistants and the practice of neurology, Mar: 97-106
Focus on primary care and underserved areas: A rural-urban comparison of patterns
of physician assistant practice, Jul: 49-72
Greeting a new time with new initiatives (E), Jan: 7-8
HCFA pays "LIP" service to PAs (PP), Jul: 6
Help your patients surf the Net safely (SB), Aug: 96-102
How to deal with a practice buyout (PP), Jan: 12-63
In defense of surgical PAs (L), Mar: 124
Just a country clinician, driving a plain-folks car (N), Feb: 104-106
Medicine versus the Medicare purse: Paying the price for prescription drugs
(E), Mar: 6-9
Pharmacists are on the health care team, too (L), Mar: 120
The prospect of "staying nine" (E), Apr: 6-10
Revealing one's true self in a medical journal (L), Mar: 124
Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers, Apr:
23-31
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
Tests for PAs in specialty practice (L), Mar: 124
This week's episode of Diabetic Law and Order (N), Apr: 114-115
PA profession
Abuse in disguise: Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Nov: 72
And some beg to disagree (L), Aug: 108
Answering big questions, and making hard decisions (L), Mar: 119-120
Are IPAs a good idea for PAs? (PP), May: 15-18
Are RNFAs a threat to PAs? (PP), Sep: 20-29
A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence (E),
Sep: 8-104
Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul: 26-38
Commentary: Taking action on PA workforce issues, Nov: 44-45
Committing to change with an entry-level master's degree (E), Feb: 7-10
Diagnosis: Your Academy is strong and vibrant (E), Jul: 9-16
Encouragement after the loss of a job (L), Aug: 109
A glimpse of Native Americans in the profession (N), Jul: 95-99
Greeting a new time with new initiatives (E), Jan: 7-8
HCFA pays "LIP" service to PAs (PP), Jul: 6
Help for new graduates seeking a job (L), Mar: 119
The hospitalist PA: An emerging opportunity (PP), Nov: 21-28
Inside the VA, a difficult tour for PAs (E), Nov: 6-10
The job at hand: Forging strategic relations with organized medicine (E),
Dec: 6-10
Let's put our shoulder to the problem of access to care, Feb: 20-59
Looking into tomorrow: Health workforce issues confronting physician assistants,
Nov: 29-46
More on a title change for PAs (L), Mar: 119
Patient care by physician assistants and by physicians in an emergency department,
Dec: 39-54
Revealing one's true self in a medical journal (L), Mar: 124
The sinister side of PA supply and demand (SB), Nov: 85-86
A test taker's guide to PANCE and PANRE preparation books (B), Sep: 98-100
Witness a change of PA culture (E), Aug: 6-9
Yes, but . . . (L), Aug: 107-108
Yes to the entry-level master's degree (L), Aug: 107
Pap smear
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical Ca screening,
Jan: 55-63
Patent foramen ovale
Choosing treatment for a PFO-related neurologic event, Mar: 89-93
Patient education
Changing the behavior of our patients (L), Dec: 80
PA Watch
Jan: 98; Feb: 93-94; Mar: 113-116; Jun: 103; Aug: 110-112; Nov: 90; Dec: 86
PA workforce
Patient care by physician assistants and by physicians in an emergency department,
Dec: 39-54
Pediatrics
Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old problem, Jan: 65-83
A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence (E),
Sep: 8-104
Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
Diagnosing the mass in a child's painful foot (DX), Sep: 86-90
In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Personality disorder, borderline. See borderline personality disorder.
Pharmacology
Considering nasal corticosteroids to treat allergic rhinitis (PC), Dec: 77-79
Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive crisis?,
Mar: 67-80
Pharmacy
Pharmacists are on the health care team, too (L), Mar: 120
Plasmodium. See malaria.
Polio
Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
Practice buyout
How to deal with a practice buyout (PP), Jan: 12-16,63
Practice guidelines
The allergy report: Better care for patients with an allergic disorder, Mar:
46-64
Prematurity of birth
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Prescription drugs
Medicine versus the Medicare purse: Paying the price for prescription drugs
(E), Mar: 6-9
Preventive medicine
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical Ca screening,
Jan: 55-63
Malaria—always a possibility in the febrile traveler or immigrant, Sep:
61-90
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
Primary care medicine
Looking into tomorrow: Health workforce issues confronting physician assistants,
Nov: 29-46
Procedures in family practice
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93,94
Inserting an intrauterine device (PF), Feb: 87-94
Treating subacromial bursitis with an injection into the bursa (PF), Jun:
16,19
Psychiatric medicine
Another pathway for generating compassion toward BPD patients (L), Feb: 97,98
Borderline personality disorder: Recognizing signs and symptoms, Jan: 18-39
The care of the BPD patient, Jan: 40-50
Electroconvulsive therapy: Potent intervention for the troubled mind, Dec:
63-75
Getting past the obvious in an ED case of altered mental status and ECG changes,
Dec: 54-58
Publishing, medical
Advice from the editor: When speaking about imaging, image is everything,
Oct: 66-73
Pulmonary medicine
Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec: 20-75
Pulmonary embolism: A difficult diagnosis demands an integrated approach,
Jul: 75-90
R
Radiographs
Advice from the editor: When speaking about imaging, image is everything,
Oct: 66-73
Recertification
A test taker's guide to PANCE and PANRE preparation books (B), Sep: 98-100
Reimbursement
Advice on obtaining the valuable Medicare number (PP), Mar: 18-21
Registered nurse first assistant
Are RNFAs a threat to PAs? (PP), Sep: 20-29
Residency training
First survey: Physician assistants and the practice of neurology, Mar: 97-106
Respiratory disease
The allergy report: Better care for patients with an allergic disorder, Mar:
46-64
Rhinitis. See rhinosinusitis.
Rhinosinusitis
The allergy report: Better care for patients with an allergic disorder, Mar:
46-64
Considering nasal corticosteroids to treat allergic rhinitis (PC), Dec: 77-79
Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis, Mar:
25-45
Rotator cuff
The painful shoulder: Is it impingement syndrome?, Oct: 18-32
Rural health care
Focus on primary care and underserved areas: A rural-urban comparison of patterns
of physician assistant practice, Jul: 49-72
Just a country clinician, driving a plain-folks car (N), Feb: 104-106
S
Screening tests
When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of evidence-based
medicine, Sep: 77-82
Seizure
Electroconvulsive therapy: Potent intervention for the troubled mind, Dec:
63-75
Sexual abuse
In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
Sick building syndrome
Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients' health, Aug:
34-39
Sinus node dysfunction
Permanent cardiac pacing, Feb: 61-80
Sphincterotomy
Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
Squamous cell carcinoma
Painful lump on a middle-aged scalp (D), Apr: 125-126
Subacromial bursitis. See bursal injection.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Getting past the obvious in an ED case of altered mental status and ECG changes,
Dec: 54-58
Suicide
Borderline personality disorder: Recognizing signs and symptoms, Jan: 18-39
The care of the BPD patient, Jan: 40-50
Surgery
Are RNFAs a threat to PAs? (PP), Sep: 20-29
In defense of surgical PAs (L), Mar: 124
Surgical medicine
Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
Syncope
The fainting patient: First and foremost, a meticulous evaluation, Aug: 40-73
Permanent cardiac pacing, Feb: 61-80
T
Thalassemia
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Thrombolysis
Pulmonary embolism: A difficult diagnosis demands an integrated approach,
Jul: 75-90
Thrombosis, deep venous
Coming home to treat deep venous thrombosis, Jul: 43-48
Trauma
In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
A linebacker with good cause for shoulder pain (DX), Oct: 12-17
The painful shoulder: Is it impingement syndrome?, Oct: 18-32
Travel medicine
Malaria—always a possibility in the febrile traveler or immigrant, Sep:
61-90
Type 2 diabetes. See diabetes.
U
Underserved medicine
Doors locked, heart open in a place of diversity and need (R), Aug: 25-28
Focus on primary care and underserved areas: A rural-urban comparison of patterns
of physician assistant practice, Jul: 49-72
Uric acid
Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the great toe
(PF), Oct: 93-96
V
Vascular medicine
Coming home to treat deep venous thrombosis, Jul: 43-48
Veterans Administration
Inside the VA, a difficult tour for PAs (E), Nov: 6-10
Violence
A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence (E),
Sep: 8-104
Visual impairment
"Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents of premature
infants, Aug: 79-94
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
W
Women's health
Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause alter the
primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical Ca screening,
Jan: 55-63
Inserting an intrauterine device (PF), Feb: 87-94
World Wide Web. See Internet.
Author Index
A
Agbontaen J: The hospitalist PA: An emerging opportunity (PP), Nov: 21-28
Armstrong B: Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec:
20-75
Arnopolin S: Patient care by physician assistants and by physicians in an
emergency department, Dec: 39-54
Askew AW: Yes, but . . . (L), Aug: 108
B
Bach-Shipkey T: Survived by a daughter (R), May: 108-111
Bahrych S: Hantavirus: Update on an emerging-and lethal-infectious disease,
May: 28-34,58
Baker L: More on a title change for PAs (L), Mar: 119
Baranowski J: Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering,
Jul: 26-38
Baron K: Anal fissure: Unclear causes but promising new treatments, Feb: 45-59
Bean J: Evaluating an abnormal ECG: Reversed leads or cardiac trouble?, Sep:
55-59
Bell L: Detox in the ED: Taking urgent action, Jun: 43-54
Blackburn R: Painful lump on a middle-aged scalp (D), Apr: 125-126
Bock S: Revealing one's true self in a medical journal (L), Mar: 124
Boullosa F: Changing the behavior of our patients (L), Dec: 80
Brasseur J: Answering big questions, and making hard decisions (L), Mar: 119-120
Browne R: The sinister side of PA supply and demand (SB), Nov: 85-86
Bucci K: Considering nasal corticosteroids to treat allergic rhinitis (PC),
Dec: 77-79
Pharmacists are on the health care team, too (L), Mar: 120
C
Caiazza C: Update on migraine management, May: 60-75
Cameron K: Doors locked, heart open in a place of diversity and need (R),
Aug: 25-28
Cawley J: Looking into tomorrow: Health workforce issues confronting physician
assistants, Nov: 29-46
Cephus P: Painful lump on a middle-aged scalp (D), Apr: 125-126
Chang J: Be ready to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Dec: 20-75
Clayton T: Yes to the entry-level master's degree (L), Aug: 107
Collins T: Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients' health,
Aug: 34-39
Coyte L: Commentary: Taking action on PA workforce issues, Nov: 44-45
Crane S: Diagnosis: Your Academy is strong and vibrant (E), Jul: 9-16
Crowe R: Electroconvulsive therapy: Potent intervention for the troubled mind,
Dec: 63-75
Cui D: The allergy report: Better care for patients with an allergic disorder,
Mar: 46-64
Currey R: Here comes tomorrow: Advances in cardiovascular medicine, Apr: 86-107
Curtis L: A test taker's guide to PANCE and PANRE preparation books (B), Sep:
98-100
Cushman I: The job at hand: Forging strategic relations with organized medicine
(E), Dec: 6-10
D
Davis R: Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
The growing presence of complementary and alternative medicine (SR),
May: 89-111
DeBisschop M: Current practices and newer agents for the management of pediatric
asthma, Jun: 21-38
Dehn R: Looking into tomorrow: Health workforce issues confronting physician
assistants, Nov: 29-46
Witness a change of PA culture (E), Aug: 6-9
Devroye M: Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul:
26-38
DiMaggio C: Analysis of an epidemic: The case for injury research (B), May:
23-27
CT versus plain films in the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction: Clinic:
Critically appraised topics, May: 51-58
Taking up the challenge of injury control, Feb: 24-42
Donnelly R: Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
The growing presence of complementary and alternative medicine (SR),
May: 89-111
Donohue PK: "Will our baby be normal?": Answering questions asked by parents
of premature infants, Aug: 79-94
Dowdy K: Practical tool: The culturally sensitive medical interview (SB),
Jun: 91-104
Duryea W: "Elder" physician assistants and their practices, Apr: 67-85
E
Egli K: Argyria: Consequences of using an antiquated medication (D), May:
103-107
Ellsworth A: Considering nasal corticosteroids to treat allergic rhinitis
(PC), Dec: 77-79
Enns S: Examining referral practices of primary care physician assistants,
May: 81-118
F
Fahriner D: Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients'
health, Aug: 34-39
Farnsworth J: And some beg to disagree (L), Aug: 108
Fleming D: Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers,
Apr: 23-31
Frary T: Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers,
Apr: 23-31
The prospect of "staying nine" (E), Apr: 6-10
Freeborne N: Alzheimer's disease: The possibility of prevention and early
treatment, Apr: 32-38
G
Garcia Peña B: Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old
problem, Jan: 65-83
Genova N: Evidence-based medicine in everyday practice: Are your decisions
based on solid evidence?, May: 41-50
Evidence-based medicine-in real time: Comparing methods of cervical
Ca screening, Jan: 55-63
Football or cervical Ca?—Make up your mind (L), Jun: 89
Gibbs C: Football or cervical Ca?—Make up your mind (L), Jun: 89
Girard S: Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
The growing presence of complementary and alternative medicine (SR),
May: 89-111
Goodboy M: And some beg to disagree (L), Aug: 108
Grandinetti D: Help your patients surf the Net safely (SB), Aug: 96-102
H
Hale S: Answers to century-sized questions (L), Jun: 89
Head R: Another pathway for generating compassion toward BPD patients (L),
Feb: 97-98
Herman L: Tingling rash in an older man (D), Aug: 21-22
Hooker R: "Elder" physician assistants and their practices, Apr: 67-85
First survey: Physician assistants and the practice of neurology, Mar:
97-106
Proposing centers of excellence in PA studies (E), May: 6-10
Hummel J: When to screen for hepatitis C virus: Applying the principles of
evidence-based medicine, Sep: 77-82
J
Jahn D: Yes, but . . . (L), Aug: 108
Jennings P: Sick building syndrome: Indoor air quality and your patients'
health, Aug: 34-39
Jones L: Pulmonary embolism: A difficult diagnosis demands an integrated approach,
Jul: 75-90
Jones T: Yes to the entry-level master's degree (L), Aug: 107
K
Kaufman S: Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive
crisis?, Mar: 67-80
Kemle K: Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers,
Apr: 23-31
The hidden patient: Identifying the needs of caregivers (SB), Apr: 19-22
Kohlhepp B: The job at hand: Forging strategic relations with organized medicine
(E), Dec: 6-10
Let's put our shoulder to the problem of access to care, Feb: 20-59
Kole L: A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence
(E), Sep: 8-104
Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul: 26-38
Greeting a new time with new initiatives (E), Jan: 7-8
Inside the VA, a difficult tour for PAs (E), Nov: 6-10
Medicine versus the Medicare purse: Paying the price for prescription
drugs (E), Mar: 6-9
Rectifying color and class disparities in health care (E), Jun: 6-10
Kuszmar T: Detox in the ED: Taking urgent action, Jun: 43-54
L
Landel G: Are IPAs a good idea for PAs? (PP), May: 15-18
Larson L: Are RNFAs a threat to PAs? (PP), Sep: 20-29
Permanent cardiac pacing, Feb: 61-80
Lary M: Examining referral practices of primary care physician assistants,
May: 81-118
Lile J: Coming home to treat deep venous thrombosis, Jul: 43-48
Lindburg D: Tests for PAs in specialty practice (L), Mar: 124
Lund D: Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old problem, Jan:
65-83
Lynch J: Malaria—always a possibility in the febrile traveler or immigrant,
Sep: 61-90
M
Marquardt W: Update on migraine management, May: 60-75
Martin K: Focus on primary care and underserved areas: A rural-urban comparison
of patterns of physician assistant practice, Jul: 49-72
McTigue J: The complexities of treating shoulder pain (L), Dec: 80,81
Mitchel R: More on a title change for PAs (L), Mar: 119
Moericke D: In defense of surgical PAs (L), Mar: 124
Muma R: Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
Examining referral practices of primary care physician assistants, May:
81-118
The growing presence of complementary and alternative medicine (SR),
May: 89-111
N
Nelson R: Advice on obtaining the valuable Medicare number, Mar: 18-21
How to deal with a practice buyout (PP), Jan: 12-16,63
Newman K: Tingling rash in an older man (D), Aug: 21,22
O
O'Connor J: Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul:
26-38
Ogunfiditimi F: Answers to century-sized questions (L), Jun: 89
Olizarowicz P: Diagnosing the mass in a child's painful foot (DX), Sep: 86-90
Ollivier J: Asthma and impotence: The story of an unexpected connection, Jun:
59-70
Onega T: Evidence-based approach to reducing mortality: How does menopause
alter the primary care of women?, Apr: 42-61
Sorting out the common anemias, Sep: 31-51
Ottley R: The hospitalist PA: An emerging opportunity (PP), Nov: 21-28
P
Paluso K: The fainting patient: First and foremost, a meticulous evaluation,
Aug: 40-73
Patterson D: Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed
condition, Nov: 51-64
Paulk D: In your practice: Recognizing child abuse and neglect, Nov: 65-74
Pickard T: Getting past the obvious in an ED case of altered mental status
and ECG changes, Dec: 54-58
Purslow M: Answering big questions, and making hard decisions (L), Mar: 119-120
R
Rathfon E: Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul:
26-38
HCFA pays "LIP" service to PAs (PP), Jul: 6
Reese S: In defense of surgical PAs (L), Mar: 124
Romanic B: Choosing treatment for a PFO-related neurologic event, Mar: 89-93
Ruback T: Committing to change with an entry-level master's degree (E), Feb:
7-10
Russell J: Chicago yields the profession's biggest, busiest gathering, Jul:
26-38
S
Sanders W: Yes, but . . . (L), Aug: 108
Sarh K: And some beg to disagree (L), Aug: 108-109
Schneider E: Dangers, myths, controversy: Sublingual nifedipine for hypertensive
crisis?, Mar: 67-80
Schneidt K: Borderline personality disorder: Recognizing signs and symptoms,
Jan: 18-39
Scholz D: Detox in the ED: Taking urgent action, Jun: 43-54
Schuman E: A glimpse of Native Americans in the profession (N), Jul: 95-99
Just a country clinician, driving a plain-folks car (N), Feb: 104-106
This week's episode of Diabetic Law and Order (N), Apr: 114-115
Scott P: Arthrocentesis to diagnose and treat acute gouty arthritis in the
great toe (PF), Oct: 93,94
Inserting an intrauterine device (PF), Feb: 87-92
Treating subacromial bursitis with an injection into the bursa (PF),
Jun: 16-19
Segal-Gidan F: Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby
boomers, Apr: 23-31
Shaughnessy A: Pharmacists are on the health care team, too (L), Mar: 120
Sheehan J: Revealing one's true self in a medical journal (L), Mar: 124
Shock L: The provider's role: Responding to evidence of abuse in the elderly,
Jun: 73-85
Simon B: Shock to the system: Health care for a legion of aging baby boomers,
Apr: 23-31
Singleton S: Help for new graduates seeking a job (L), Mar: 119
Smithline H: Patient care by physician assistants and by physicians in an
emergency department, Dec: 39-54
Spates J: Diastolic heart failure: Management of an increasingly observed
condition, Nov: 51-64
Stein K: A bullet in the head opened my eyes to the epidemic of youthful violence
(E), Sep: 8-104
St. John D: The care of the BPD patient: Relationship management and functional
improvement, Jan: 40-50
Stoia J: Yes, but . . . (L), Aug: 107-108
Struebing P: Type 2 diabetes: Thoughts about an epidemic and your role in
battling it, Apr: 108-112
Switz K: Determining the cause and relieving the discomfort of rhinosinusitis,
Mar: 25-45
T
Taft J: Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
First survey: Physician assistants and the practice of neurology, Mar:
97-106
The growing presence of complementary and alternative medicine (SR),
May: 89-111
Taylor G: Appendicitis in children: New insights into an age-old problem,
Jan: 65-83
Taylor K: Revealing one's true self in a medical journal (L), Mar: 124
Toth S: Childhood immunization: Schedule for 2000 (SR), Mar: 108-110
The growing presence of complementary and alternative medicine (SR),
May: 89-111
W
Wilkow B: The hospitalist PA: An emerging opportunity (PP), Nov: 21-28
Wimmer R: In defense of surgical PAs (L), Mar: 124
Winschel DS: Encouragement after the loss of a job (L), Aug: 109
Wolfe W: Choosing treatment for a PFO-related neurologic event, Mar: 89-93
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