2004 Subject Index

LEGEND: (CC) CAT Clinic; (CR) Case Report; (D) Dermatology Digest; (DX) Diagnostic Imaging Review; (E) Editorial; (GM) Genomic Medicine; (IN) In the News; (PF) Procedures in Family Practice; (PO) POEMs; (PQ) PA Quandaries; (PR) Professional Practice; (PT) Point/Counterpoint; (R) In Retrospect; (RR) Recertification Refresher; (SB) Sounding Board; (SR) Special Report; (SU) Specialty Update

A

Acute care medicine

• Acute neurologic symptoms--TIA, migraine, or something else?, May:Web
• Patient Information: What you need to know about ministrokes or TIA, May:Web
• Recognizing medical emergencies presenting as psychiatric problems, Jun:Web

Addison's disease

• Preventing a fatal outcome in Addison's disease, Aug:35-38

Adherence

• Online resources to learn more about patient adherence, Nov:32

Allergy

• Seeking IgE--know the allergen, improve the care, Aug:Web

Altered mental status

• Recognizing medical emergencies presenting as psychiatric problems, Jun:Web

Alzheimer's disease

• Alzheimer's disease genes and genetic testing in clinical practice, Mar:25-32

Annual PA conference

• Live, from Las Vegas! It's state-of-the-art medicine, Jun:18-20

Annual physical examination

• In defense of the annual physical exam (E), Mar:13-14

Anthrax

• Anthrax exposure--stay alert, act swiftly, Aug:29-33

Antibiotics

• Does antibiotic use cause breast cancer? (IN), May:12-14
• New antibiotics useful in primary care, Jun:Web

Anticoagulation therapy

• The new oral anticoagulants, Jan:Web
• Looking through the heparin window: Perioperative anticoagulation, Jun:21-25

Antidepressants

• The case of the missing evidence: Antidepressant use in children (IN), Sep:15-16

Atrial myxoma

• Case of the Month, Jun:48

B

Bariatric surgery

• Weighing the risks of a bariatric procedure, Apr:42-43
• Weight reduction surgery--past and present, Apr:35-41

Behavior modification

• The behavior and psychology of weight management, Apr:29-32

Bioethics

• A practical case-based approach to health care ethics--and the case of Mr. T. (PQ), Jun:13-16
• The case of Ms. R. (PQ), Aug:10-13

Biological weapons

• Anthrax exposure--stay alert, act swiftly, Aug:29-33

Blood supply safety

• Issues in transfusion safety, May:39-46

Blood transfusion

• Issues in transfusion safety, May:39-46

Breast cancer

• Breaking down barriers: Increasing mammography in African-American women, Jan:Web
• Does antibiotic use cause breast cancer? (IN), May:12-14

C

Cancer

• CAM in prostate cancer: Factors that influence herb-drug interactions, Mar:Web
• The increasing role of CAM in prostate cancer, Mar:37-44
• Case Report: Multiple myeloma, Sep:33-38

Cancer screening

• Screening for lung cancer with CT: An examination of the evidence, Aug:14-18

Cardiac tumor

• Case of the Month, Jun:48

Cardiovascular medicine

• A guide to recently approved cardiovascular medications, Feb:Web
• Current concepts in antiplatelet therapy for cardiovascular disease, Mar:16-24
• Incorporating cardiovascular disease risk stratification into clinical decision making (SR), May:48-51
• The preoperative cardiac risk evaluation: Putting guidelines into practice, May:25-34

Case of the Month

• March:62
• June:48
• July:48
• August:48
• Sep:52
• Oct:52
• Nov:52
• Dec:52

CAT Clinic

• Is rt-PA useful for stroke after 3 hours? Feb:51-53
• Does a low-carbohydrate diet affect biomarkers for CVD? Apr:44-46
• Are cardioselective ß-blockers safe to use perioperatively in patients with COPD? Sep:39-40
• Diagnosing the acute scrotum: The accuracy of clinical assessment and bedside US compared with the gold standard, Dec:40-42

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• An evidence-based approach to COPD, Apr:Web
• Are cardioselective ß-blockers safe to use perioperatively in patients with COPD? (CC) Sep:39-40

Clinical ethics

• A practical case-based approach to health care ethics--and the case of Mr. T. (PQ), Jun:13-16
• The case of Ms. R. (PQ), Aug:10-13

CME articles

• Initiating treatment for newly diagnosed diabetes, Jan:28-36
• On the alert for type 2 diabetes: When to screen for this quiet, deadly disease, Jan:19-24
• Finding and treating the cause of hyperthyroidism, Feb:20-30
• von Willebrand's disease: A common cause of menorrhagia, Feb:40-44
• Current concepts in antiplatelet therapy for cardiovascular disease, Mar:16-24
• Preventing perinatal transmission of group B streptococcal disease, Mar:47-50
• Does a low-carbohydrate diet affect biomarkers for CVD? (CC) Apr:44-46
• Words into action--promoting successful weight loss in overweight patients, Apr:19-28
• IBD--Recognition, diagnosis, and therapeutics, May:16-24
• The preoperative cardiac risk evaluation: Putting guidelines into practice, May:25-34
• Acute ischemic stroke--swift assessment & quick action produce optimal outcomes, Jul:19-25
• Chronic mechanical back pain: Strategies for intervention, Jul:12-16
• Minimizing recurrences of genital herpes--a role for suppressive therapy, Aug:19-24
• Screening for lung cancer with CT: An examination of the evidence, Aug:14-18
• Don't overlook childhood depression, Sep:18-24
• Dry skin: Common causes, effective treatments, Sep:26-30
• Minimizing perioperative complications with an effective preop evaluation, Oct:23-28
• Sorting out common causes of abnormal vaginal discharge, Oct:15-22
• A patient-centered approach to chronic disease management, Nov:25-28
• Evidence-based strategies to foster adherence and improve patient outcomes, Nov:18-21
• How effective communication promotes better health outcomes, Nov:22-24
• Operational supports to improve adherence: Strategies from the field, Nov:29-31
• Chronic pancreatitis: Debilitating for the patient, frustrating to manage, Dec:14-18
• Meeting the challenge of generalized anxiety disorder, Dec:19-24

Coagulation disorders

• von Willebrand's disease: A common cause of menorrhagia, Feb:40-44

Communication

• Talking with male patients about cancer screening, Dec:29-34

Complementary and alternative medicine

• CAM in prostate cancer: Factors that influence herb-drug interactions, Mar:Web
• The increasing role of CAM in prostate cancer, Mar:37-44
• Case Report: Dietary cactus reduces blood glucose levels in a Hispanic man, Nov:35-36

Cough

• Pinning down the cause of a chronic cough, Jun:27-38

Crohn's disease

• IBD--Recognition, diagnosis, and therapeutics, May:16-24

CSAC special report

• Incorporating cardiovascular disease risk stratification into clinical decision making, May:48-51

D

Depression

• Don't overlook childhood depression, Sep:18-24
• The case of the missing evidence: Antidepressant use in children (IN), Sep:15-16

Dermatology

• Dry skin: Common causes, effective treatments, Sep:26-30

Dermatology Digest

• Two ulcerative, necrotic lesions--and a history of HIV infection, Jun:37
• A puzzling, persistent rash under the breasts, Oct:43
• A persistent auricular rash in a 12-year-old girl, Nov:42

Diabetes

• Initiating treatment for newly diagnosed diabetes, Jan:28-36
• On the alert for type 2 diabetes: When to screen for this quiet, deadly disease, Jan:19-24
• The changing nature of diabetes in children and adolescents, Jul:Web

Diabetes, type 2

• Initiating treatment for newly diagnosed diabetes, Jan:28-36
• On the alert for type 2 diabetes: When to screen for this quiet, deadly disease, Jan:19-24

Diagnostic Imaging

• In the grip of pain (DX), Mar:54-55

Diet and nutrition

• Does a low-carbohydrate diet affect biomarkers for CVD? (CC) Apr:44-46
• Words into action--promoting successful weight loss in overweight patients, Apr:19-28

Diversity

• Diversify the PA profession: A call to action, Sep:41-43

Drug therapy

• How to choose among the PDE5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction, Jan:Web
• Battle of the statins, or how the news media can change patient care (IN), Jan:9
• The new oral anticoagulants, Jan:Web
• A guide to recently approved cardiovascular medications, Feb:Web
• New antibiotics useful in primary care, Jun:Web

Dry skin

• Dry skin: Common causes, effective treatments, Sep:26-30

Dyspnea

• Dyspnea as a presenting symptom in coronary heart disease, May:Web
• When the complaint is dyspnea, May:Web

E

Editorials

• A commentary on the IOM report Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality, Jan:15-16
• Pharmacology 101 pop quiz, Feb:13-16
• In defense of the annual physical exam, Mar:13-14
• Join the battle against obesity, Apr:9-12
• Let's continue our commitment to the medically underserved, May:9-10
• Creating a teaching moment: Patient education for kids, Jun:9-10
• Am I still a PA?, Jul:9-10
• Your chance to do the right thing, Sep:13-14
• Thoughts regarding Veterans Day, Oct:10-11
• A call for policy action, Nov:9-11
• Promoting adherence, one patient at a time, Nov:15-17
• Our machines, ourselves, Dec:10-12

Endocrinology

• Finding and treating the cause of hyperthyroidism, Feb:20-30

Erectile dysfunction

• How to choose among the PDE5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction, Jan:Web

Ethics

• A practical case-based approach to health care ethics--and the case of Mr. T. (PQ), Jun:13-16

Evidence-based medicine

• Battle of the statins, or how the news media can change patient care (IN), Jan:9
• Does antibiotic use cause breast cancer? (IN), May:12-14

Executive vice president's message

• United we stand, and succeed, Jun:Web

F

From the AAPA

• Feb:5
• Mar:5
• Apr:5
• May:2
• Jun:5
• Jul:5
• Aug:5
• Sep:7
• Oct:5
• Nov:3-4
• Dec:3

G

Genital herpes

• Minimizing recurrences of genital herpes--a role for suppressive therapy, Aug:19-24

Genomic medicine

• Alzheimer's disease genes and genetic testing in clinical practice, Mar:25-32
• The role of pharmacogenetics in future practice, Jul:31-47

Gynecology

• Choosing whether--and when--to menstruate, Mar:Web

H

Hair loss

• Female pattern hair loss: A review of diagnosis and treatment, Apr:Web

Health care economics

• Across the pond: Learning from the UK National Health Service (SB), May:52-54

Health professions education

• A commentary on the IOM report Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality (E), Jan:15-16

Heart failure, congestive

• Chronic heart failure: Essentials of optimal treatment, Sep:Web

Herbal medicine

• How to discuss herbal supplements with your patients, Sep:Web

Hematology

• Unmasking thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case study and brief review, Mar:Web

Hypertension

• Understanding refractory hypertension, Jul:Web

Hyperthyroidism

• Finding and treating the cause of hyperthyroidism, Feb:20-30

I

Infectious disease

• New antibiotics useful in primary care, Jun:Web

Inflammatory bowel disease

• IBD--Recognition, diagnosis, and therapeutics, May:16-24

Interstitial cystitis

• Case of the Month, Jul:48

In the News

• Battle of the statins, or how the news media can change patient care, Jan:9
• Does antibiotic use cause breast cancer?, May:12-14
• The case of the missing evidence: Antidepressant use in children, Sep:15-16

Institute of medicine

• A commentary on the IOM report Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality (E), Jan:15-16

J

Journal Club

• Jan:18
• Feb:17
• Mar:15
• Apr:13-14
• May:5
• Jun:12
• Jul:11
• Aug:9

Journal Club Online

• Jan:Web
• Feb:Web
• Mar:Web
• Jul:Web
• Aug:Web

K

Kidney stones

• Case of the month, Sep:52

L

Letters

• Feb:Web
• Jul:Web
• Aug:Web
• Sep:Web

Low back pain

• Chronic mechanical back pain: Strategies for intervention, Jul:12-16

Lung abscess

• Case Report: Cough, fever, a lung mass, and a complex history, Feb:31-39

Lung cancer

• Screening for lung cancer with CT: An examination of the evidence, Aug:14-18

Lung mass

• Case Report: Cough, fever, a lung mass, and a complex history, Feb:31-39

M

Medical errors

• Reducing medical errors in primary care, Feb:Web

Medicare prescription drug benefits

• Pharmacology 101 pop quiz (E), Feb:13-16

Men's health

• Stay alert for performance-enhancing substance use, Dec:36-39

Menstruation

• Choosing whether--and when--to menstruate, Mar:Web

Minority issues

• Breaking down barriers: Increasing mammography in African-American women, Jan:Web

Multiple myeloma

• Case Report: Multiple myeloma, Sep:33-38

Musculoskeletal medicine

• Case of the month, Mar:62
• Chronic mechanical back pain: Strategies for intervention, Jul:12-16

N

Narcolepsy

• When the patient can't stay awake: Case studies in narcolepsy, Jul:33-38

National Health Service (UK)

• Across the pond: Learning from the UK National Health Service (SB), May:52-54

Neonatology

• Preventing perinatal transmission of group B streptococcal disease, Mar:47-50

Neurology

• Acute neurologic symptoms--TIA, migraine, or something else?, May:Web
• Patient Information: What you need to know about ministrokes or TIA, May:Web
• Acute ischemic stroke--swift assessment & quick action produce optimal outcomes, Jul:19-25
• When the patient can't stay awake: Case studies in narcolepsy, Jul:33-38

O

Obesity

• Does a low-carbohydrate diet affect biomarkers for CVD? (CC) Apr:44-46
• Join the battle against obesity (E), Apr:9-12
• What can PAs do? Responding to the Surgeon General's Call to Action (SB) Apr:16-18
• The behavior and psychology of weight management, Apr:29-32
• Weighing the risks of a bariatric procedure, Apr:42-43
• Weight reduction surgery--past and present, Apr:35-41
• Words into action--promoting successful weight loss in overweight patients, Apr:19-28

Orthopedics

• Case of the month, Mar:62

Osteoporosis

• Current approaches to preventing osteoporosis, Nov:37-41

P

PA profession

• The changing professional practice of physician assistants: 1992 to 2000, Jan:37-49
• From the AAPA, Feb:5
• Physician assistant: Patient advocate (SB), Feb:55-56
• Let's continue our commitment to the medically underserved (E), May:9-10
• Diversify the PA profession: A call to action (SB), Sep:41-43
• Physician assistant vocational satisfaction, Oct:34-51

Pancreatitis

• Chronic pancreatitis: Debilitating for the patient, frustrating to manage, Dec:14-18

PAQ--PA Quandries

• A practical case-based approach to health care ethics--and the case of Mr. T., Jun:13-16
• The case of Ms. R., Aug:10-13

Patient adherence

• A patient-centered approach to chronic disease management, Nov:25-28
• Evidence-based strategies to foster adherence and improve patient outcomes, Nov:18-21
• How effective communication promotes better health outcomes, Nov:22-24
• Online resources to learn more about patient adherence, Nov:32
• Operational supports to improve adherence: Strategies from the field, Nov:29-31

Patient advocacy

• Physician assistant: Patient advocate (SB), Feb:55-56

Patient compliance

• Evidence-based strategies to foster adherence and improve patient outcomes, Nov:18-21

Patient education

• The behavior and psychology of weight management, Apr:29-32
• Patient Information: What you need to know about ministrokes or TIA, May:Web
• Creating a teaching moment: Patient education for kids (E), Jun:9-10

PA workforce

• Diversify the PA profession: A call to action (SB), Sep:41-43
• Physician assistant vocational satisfaction, Oct:34-51

PDE5 Inhibitors

• How to choose among the PDE5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction, Jan:Web

Pediatrics

• The changing nature of diabetes in children and adolescents, Jul:Web
• Don't overlook childhood depression, Sep:18-24
• The case of the missing evidence: Antidepressant use in children (IN), Sep:15-16

Peer review

• Thank you to peer reviewers, Feb:Web

Perioperative monitoring

• Looking through the heparin window: Perioperative anticoagulation, Jun:21-25

Pharmacology

• A guide to recently approved cardiovascular medications, Feb:Web

POEMs

• Jan:60
• Feb:62
• Mar:56
• Apr:60
• May:63-64
• Jun:40
• Jul:40
• Aug:40
• Sep:44
• Oct:44
• Nov:43-44
• Dec:43

Preoperative evaulation

• The preoperative cardiac risk evaluation: Putting guidelines into practice, May:25-34
• Minimizing perioperative complications with an effective preop evaluation, Oct:23-28

Prescription drugs, cost of

• Pharmacology 101 pop quiz (E), Feb:13-16

Procedures in Family Practice

• Partial and total toenail excision, Jan:53,54

Prostate cancer

• CAM in prostate cancer: Factors that influence herb-drug interactions, Mar:Web
• The increasing role of CAM in prostate cancer, Mar:37-44

Psoriasis

• A persistent auricular rash in a 12-year-old girl (D), Nov:42

Psychiatric emergency

• Recognizing medical emergencies presenting as psychiatric problems, Jun:Web

Psychiatry

• Meeting the challenge of generalized anxiety disorder, Dec:19-24

R

Research articles

• The changing professional practice of physician assistants: 1992 to 2000, Jan:37-49
• Physician assistant vocational satisfaction, Oct:34-51

Rheumatoid arthritis

• Case of the Month, Aug:48

S

Screening

• On the alert for type 2 diabetes: When to screen for this quiet, deadly disease, Jan:19-24
• In defense of the annual physical exam (E), Mar:13-14

Sexually transmitted diseases

• Minimizing recurrences of genital herpes--a role for suppressive therapy, Aug:19-24

Sounding Board

• Physician assistant: Patient advocate, Feb:55-56
• What can PAs do? Responding to the Surgeon General's Call to Action, Apr:16-18
• Across the pond: Learning from the UK National Health Service, May:52-54
• Diversify the PA profession: A call to action, Sep:41-43

Statins

• Battle of the statins, or how the news media can change patient care (IN), Jan:9

Stroke

• Is rt-PA useful for stroke after 3 hours? (CC) Feb:51-53
• Acute ischemic stroke--swift assessment & quick action produce optimal outcomes, Jul:19-25

Surgery

• Weighing the risks of a bariatric procedure, Apr:42-43
• Weight reduction surgery--past and present, Apr:35-41

T

Thrombolytic therapy

• Is rt-PA useful for stroke after 3 hours? (CC) Feb:51-53

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

• Unmasking thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case study and brief review, Mar:Web
  

Thyroid disease

• Finding and treating the cause of hyperthyroidism, Feb:20-30

Toenail excision

• Partial and total toenail excision (PF), Jan:53,54

Transient ischemic attack

• Acute neurologic symptoms--TIA, migraine, or something else?, May:Web
• Patient Information: What you need to know about ministrokes or TIA, May:Web

Travel medicine

• Evaluation of fever in the returning traveler, Aug:Web
  

U

Ulcerative colitis

• IBD--Recognition, diagnosis, and therapeutics, May:16-24

Underserved medicine

• Let's continue our commitment to the medically underserved (E), May:9-10

Urology

• Case of the Month, Jul:48

V

von Willebrand's disease

• von Willebrand's disease: A common cause of menorrhagia, Feb:40-44

W

Web-only articles

• Breaking down barriers: Increasing mammography in African-American women, Jan:Web
• How to choose among the PDE5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction, Jan:Web
• The new oral anticoagulants, Jan:Web
• A guide to recently approved cardiovascular medications, Feb:Web
• Reducing medical errors in primary care, Feb:Web
• Unmasking thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case study and brief review, Mar:Web
• An evidence-based approach to COPD, Apr:Web
• Female pattern hair loss: A review of diagnosis and treatment, Apr:Web
• Acute neurologic symptoms--TIA, migraine, or something else?, May:Web
• Dyspnea as a presenting symptom in coronary heart disease, May:Web
• Patient Information: What you need to know about ministrokes or TIA, May:Web
• When the complaint is dyspnea, May:Web
• Recognizing medical emergencies presenting as psychiatric problems, Jun:Web
• The changing nature of diabetes in children and adolescents, Jul:Web
• Understanding refractory hypertension, Jul:Web
• Evaluation of fever in the returning traveler, Aug:Web
• Seeking IgE--know the allergen, improve the care, Aug:Web
• Chronic heart failure: Essentials of optimal treatment, Sep:Web
• How to discuss herbal supplements with your patients, Sep:Web

Women's health

• Breaking down barriers: Increasing mammography in African-American women, Jan:Web
• Choosing whether--and when--to menstruate, Mar:Web
• Preventing perinatal transmission of group B streptococcal disease, Mar:47-50
• Female pattern hair loss: A review of diagnosis and treatment, Apr:Web
• Sorting out common causes of abnormal vaginal discharge, Oct:15-22

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