2005 subject index

AAPA policy/position papers

• Competencies for the physician assistant profession 07:16-18
• Maintaining professional flexibility: The case against accreditation of postgraduate physician assistant programs 08-14-16

AAPA Voice

• Building a more positive reimbursement environment 09:17
• Ensuring your ability to practice 09:17
• Helping you learn more to do more through CME 09:17
• PAs helping others through philanthropy 09:17

A Day in the Life

• Christine Canning, MHP, PA-C 06:27-28
• Barbara Kimmons, PA-C 12:28-30
• Lynn Tyrer, PA-C 08:17-18
• R. Shane Tubbs, MS, PA-C, PhD 04:14-15

Cancer

• Case of the Month 02:68
• Case Report: Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma 07:44-46
• Ductal lavage ineffective in finding breast cancer (P) 01:61
• Fecal DNA testing more sensitive than Hemoccult II (P) 03:61
• Statins associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer (P) 09:60
• Vaccine effective against HPV (P) 02:55
• Widespread rash in a man with leukemia (DD) 01:53

Cardiovascular disease – Cardiology

• Advances in treating early breast cancer 11:54-62
• ASA prevents stroke, not MI, in women (P) 07:62
• Atrial fibrillation: New theories, emerging treatments (CME) 06:36-41
• Case of the month 05:72
• Chelation therapy for heart disease (W) 01:57-58
• Diuretics the first choice in hypertensive blacks and nonblacks (P) 07:62
• High resting heart rate a risk factor for sudden cardiac death (P) 08:60-61
• Low-dose aspirin doesn’t lower women’s cancer risk (WHS) (P) 10:78
• Optimal oral antiplatelet therapy for vascular disease (P) 01:61
• Quality of life with rate or rhythm control in atrial fib (AFFIRM) (P) 04:61
• Vitamin E not helpful, perhaps harmful (P) 03:61

Case Report

• A foreign body in the urethra 09:48-50
• Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma 07:44-46
• For facial swelling, look below the belt 10:57-68

CME articles

• A comprehensive approach to primary headaches 11:16-22
• A comprehensive review of tremor (RR) 12:43-50
• A conservative, cost-effective approach to fibromyalgia (RR) 09:32-37
• Altered mental status: Cause determines treatment (RR) 02:16-22
• Atrial fibrillation: New theories, emerging treatments 06:36-41
• Childhood obesity: Curbing an American epidemic 12:32-38
• Current trends in diabetes management 08:23-29
• Detecting celiac disease in adult patients 10:45-50
• Enhancing contraception: A comprehensive review (RR)07:26-33
• Evaluating acute abdominal pain in adults (RR) 03:22-29
• Evaluation and management of hypercalcemia (RR) 06:30-35
• Evaluation and management of peripheral edema (RR) 11:29-34
• Gestational diabetes: Is your patient at risk? 05:26-30  
• Heatstroke--Predictable, preventable, treatable 08:30-35
• Injury-related causes of acute knee pain 07:34-40
• Nerve entrapments of the wrist: Early treatment preserves function 04:18-23
• Nine key questions to address polypharmacy in the elderly (CME) 05:32-37
• Oral rehydration therapy in children with acute gastroenteritis (RR) 01:24-29
• Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy after the Women’s Health Initiative 01:30-37
• Severe GERD: Effective treatment prevents potentially serious complications 04:25-29
• Strep throat: Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment 09:38-44
• The PA as exercise advocate: Prescribing exercise for patients 02:24-29
• The metabolic syndrome: Modify root causes, treat risk factors 03:30-36
• Urinary problems in the elderly adult (RR) 10:35-41

Communication

• How to make the “difficult” patient encounter less difficult 05:49-54

COX-2 inhibitors

• A tale of two coxibs (N) 03:14-17

Dermatology

• A case of scarring alopecia 12:74
• A persistent “fungal infection” on the face (DD) 05:61
• An “infection” that antibiotics won’t cure (DD) 07:56
• Case report: Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma 07:44-46
• Making a bad situation worse (DD) 03:55
• Melanoma incidence is not really rising (P) 12:78
• Painless lesions and an odd biopsy result (DD) 06:54
• Think again about that pedicure (DD) 09:62
• Widespread rash in a man with leukemia (DD) 01:53

Dermatology digest

• A case of scarring alopecia 12:74
• A persistent “fungal infection” on the face 05:61
• A 63-year-old woman reports new changes in a long-standing “rash” 10:71
• An “infection” that antibiotics won’t cure 07:56
• Making a bad situation worse 03:55
• Multiple “warts” on the lower legs of a 52-year-old woman 11:66
• Painless lesions and an odd biopsy result 06:54
• Think again about that pedicure 09:62
• Widespread rash in a man with leukemia 01:53

Diabetes

• ACE inhibitors beneficial in diabetics (P) 01:60
• Current trends in diabetes management (CME) 08:23-29
• Gestational diabetes: Is your patient at risk? (CME) 05:26-30
• Home glucose monitoring makes little difference in type 2 diabetes (P) 11:64
• Hyperbaric oxygen prevents major amputation in diabetic patients (P) 04:61
• Lower risk of type 2 diabetes in coffee drinkers (P) 10:78
• The metabolic syndrome: Modify root causes, treat risk factors (CME) 03:30-36
• Tight BP control prevents blindness in diabetic patients (UKPDS) (P) 02:55

Diagnostic Imaging Review

• A long-term smoker with right-sided weakness and “heaviness” in one leg 12:75-77
• Diffuse joint pain in a man with an obstructed bronchus 08:58-59
• Knee pain and a limp after a fall 10:72-77
• Management of traumatic femoral shaft fractures 02:50-51

Disaster planning

• Preparing for disasters: What should you know, and when should you know it? 03:40-53

Down syndrome

• Medical management of the adult patient with Down syndrome 04:45-52

Drugs

• Nine key questions to address polypharmacy in the elderly 05:32-37

Edema

• Evaluation and management of peripheral edema (CME/RR) 11:29-34

Editorial

• Hyperpharmacotherapy in someone you love 09:12-13
• Lessons learned 06:16-17
• Opportunity knocks: Publishing more of what PAs need to know 01:17-18
• Sexual assault—Myths and facts 12:16-18

Emergency medicine

• Fast track in the field: Another option to ease ED overcrowding (SB) 06:60-61
• Heatstroke--Predictable, preventable, treatable 08:30-35
• Hypothermia—potentially deadly all year round 06:47-52

Endocrinology

• Evaluation and management of hypercalcemia (CME/RR) 06:30-35

Exercise

• The PA as exercise advocate: Prescribing exercise for patients (CME) 02:25-29
• Case studies in writing the exercise prescription 02:33-35

From the AAPA

• AAPA comments on VHA hiring standards 08:3
• AAPA Congressional Visit Program—Speak out for your patients and your profession 08:3
• AAPA joins Partnership for Prescription Assistance 06:7
• AAPA launches Legislative Action Center 01:6
• AAPA members offered membership in American College of Physicians 01-5-6
• AAPA sends support to tsunami survivors 02:1
• AAPA submits comments on DEA retraction of pain medication guidance 06:7
• AAPA will target access to affordable health care in 2005 02:1
• AAPA’s response to Hurricane Katrina 10:3
• A respected resource now available online 11:3
• Adventures in lobbying 10:3
• Annual income for PAs continues to rise 11:3
• Annual PA conference housing/registration forms now available 01:6
• CMS announces quality care initiative 05:7
• CMS proposes to relax oversight rules for critical access hospitals 10:3
• DEA withdraws pain medication guidance 02:1
• Developing new horizons in the Netherlands 09:5
• Good news for PAs in critical access hospitals 12:8
• Governor signs New Jersey controlled drug prescribing legislation 05:7
• International presence in Orlando reflects evolution of PA profession 08:3
• JAAPA has a new publisher 01:5
• Join the celebration! National PA Week, October 6-12 09:3
• Last-minute CME 12:8
• Lean about the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit 12:8
• Looming physician shortages may boost PA prominence 04:1
• Mary Ettari, 2005-2006 AAPA President Elect 06:7
• Medicare drug benefit program posters now available 07:6
• New provider practicum in migrant health 11:3
• Nominating Committee announces candidates for general election 01:6
• Non-HIPPA-compliant claims face rejection 11:3
• On state and federal levels, achievements show the power of PA unity 03:5
• PAs should apply for new NPI numbers 09:3
• PA-like program to produce “new breed of provider” in Great Britain 09:3-5
• Plan now for the annual conference 03:4
• State action could lead to loss of certification AAPA membership 03:4-5
• State-of-the-Art lectures from the 2005 annual conference now available online 07:6
• The PA Job Link: Your online career source 04:1
• Thirty-seven percent of PAs work in hospitals 01:5
• US Public Health Service calls for Commissioned Corps applicants 03:4
• US Virgin Islands passes PA licensing bill 07:6
• Winners of PAragon Publishing Awards announced 05:7
• Your participation is needed for the 2005 census 04:1

Gastroenterology

• Case Report. For facial swelling, look below the belt 10:57-68
• Detecting celiac disease in adult patients (CME) 10:45-50
• Evaluating acute abdominal pain in adults (CME/RR) 03:22-29
• Guideline for chronic constipation management (P) 11:64
• Laryngopharyngeal reflux—It’s not GERD 08:50-53
• Oral rehydration therapy in children with acute gastroenteritis (CME/RR) 01:24-29
• PPIs reduce rebleeding and need for surgery in bleeding PUD (P) 06:59
• Severe GERD: Effective treatment prevents potentially serious complications (CME) 04:25-29

Genomic medicine

• Genetic testing: understanding the basics 01:48-52
• Medical management of the adult patient with Down syndrome 04:45-52
• The Surgeon General launches new public health campaign: the Family History Initiative 01:20-22

Geriatrics

• Nine key questions to address polypharmacy in the elderly 05:32-37
• Urinary problems in the elderly adult (CME/RR) 10:35-41

Guest editorial

• Charting a course to competency 07:14-15,18
• Health care illiteracy: Your chance to make a difference 05:13-14
• National PA Week: More than just a week 10:18-25
• Physician assistant supply and demand 08:11-12
• Physician assistant volunteers belong in free clinics 04:16-17
• Physician assistants and humanitarian assistance 03:11-12
• Providing a forum for PA authors practicing in surgery 11:9-10
• The right DNA 05:17-23
• Why I got a master’s degree 02:11-12

Infectious diseases

• Case of the month 07:70
• Dexamethasone improves TB meningitis survival (P) 02:55
• Lamivudine slows progression in Hep B with advanced fibrosis (P) 01:60
• Leishmaniasis: Early diagnosis is key 07:47-54
• Strep throat: Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment (CME) 09:38-44
• Think again about that pedicure (DD) 09:62

In memoriam

• Eugene A. Stead, Jr, MD 07:9

In Retrospect

• Good-bye to all that (with apologies to Robert Graves) 12:25-27
• Nancy and the KIDney Quilt 10:14-16
• One day at a time 01:54-55
• The second time around 07:23-25

In the News

• A tale of two coxibs 03:14-17
• The Surgeon General launches new public health campaign: the Family History Initiative 01:20-22
• Treating obesity: New advice from the American College of Physicians 06:18-23

Men's health

• False-positive PSA result associated with increased worry, fears (P) 04:61

Mental health

• St. John’s wort = SSRI for moderate-severe depression (P) 06:59

Neurology

• A comprehensive approach to primary headaches (CME) 11:16-22
• A comprehensive review of tremor (CME/RR) 12:43-50
• Altered mental status: Cause determines treatment (CME/RR) 02:16-22
• ASA prevents stroke, not MI, in women (P) 07:62
• Case of the Month 03:70
• Folate and vitamin B12 lower fracture risk after stroke (P) 06:59
• Rivastigmine of some benefit in Parkinson’s disease with dementia (P) 03:61
• Using aspirin to prevent stroke (W) 06:55-56
• Vitamin E, donepezil ineffective for mild cognitive impairement (P) 09:60

Ophthalmology

• Case of the Month 11:68

Organ transplantation

• Liver transplantation: Managing complications in primary care 02:41-48

Orthopedics

• Case of the Month 04:74; 06:70; 08:72; 09:71-72; 12:91
• Folate and vitamin B12 lower fracture risk after stroke (P) 06:59
• Injury-related causes of acute knee pain (CME) 07:34-40
• Nerve entrapments of the wrist: Early treatment preserves function (CME) 04:18-23
• Physical therapy adds little to back pain treatment (P) 01:60

Otolaryngology

• Laryngopharyngeal reflux—It’s not GERD 08:50-53

PAQ—PA Quandaries

• The case of Mr. S. 05:24-25

Pain

• A conservative, cost-effective approach to fibromyalgia (CME/RR) 09:32-37
• Acupuncture effective for chronic back pain (P) 08:61
• Acupuncture ineffective for fibromyalgia (P) 11:64
• Diagnosis unaffected by giving kids narcotics for abdominal pain (P) 07:62
• Evaluating acute abdominal pain in adults (CME/RR) 03:22-29
• Gabapentin + morphine marginally better than either alone for neuralgia (P) 07:60
• Physical therapy adds little to back pain treatment (P) 01:60

Patient information

• Chelation therapy for heart disease (W) 01:58
• Health benefits of exercise 02:30
• How to prevent a stroke 06:56
• Should I have a test for homocysteine 09:58
• The safe use of medications 05:37
• Thoracic outlet syndrome 05:58

Pediatrics

• Childhood obesity: Curbing an American epidemic (CME) 12:32-38
• Diagnosis unaffected by giving kids narcotics for abdominal pain (P) 07:62
• Oral rehydration therapy in children with acute gastroenteritis (CME/RR) 01:24-29
• Parents satisfied with no treatment of otitis (P) 09:60
• Vision screening of young children: Taking a second look 08:41-49

POEMs

• ACE inhibitors beneficial in diabetics 01:60
• ASA prevents stroke, not MI, in women 07:62
• Acupuncture effective for chronic back pain 08:61
• Acupuncture ineffective for fibromyalgia 11:64
• Dexamethasone improves TB meningitis survival 02:55
• Diagnosis unaffected by giving kids narcotics for abdominal pain 07:62
• Diuretics the first choice in hypertensive blacks and nonblacks 07:62
• Ductal lavage ineffective in finding breast cancer 01:61
• False-positive PSA result associated with increased worry, fears 04:61
• Fecal DNA testing more sensitive than Hemoccult II 03:61
• Folate and vitamin B12 lower fracture risk after stroke 06:59
• Gabapentin + morphine marginally better than either alone for neuralgia 07:60
• Guideline for chronic constipation management 11:64
• High resting heart rate a risk factor for sudden cardiac death 08:60-61
• Home glucose monitoring makes little difference in type 2 diabetes 11:64
• Hyperbaric oxygen prevents major amputation in diabetic patients 04:61
• Intermitent = continuous therapy for mild persitent asthma 07:60
• Lamivudine slows progression in Hep B with advanced fibrosis 01:60
• Long-acting injectable naltrexone reduces heavy drinking 07:60
• Low-dose aspirin doesn’t lower women’s cancer risk (WHS) 10:78
• Lower risk of type 2 diabetes in coffee drinkers 10:78
• Melanoma incidence is not really rising 12:78
• Negative CT scan to rule out PE equal to angiography 08:60
• No difference among new antidepressants 12:78
• Optimal oral antiplatelet therapy for vascular disease 01:61
• Outpatient = inpatient for many with pneumonia 05:62
• Parents satisfied with no treatment of otitis 09:60
• Physical therapy adds little to back pain treatment 01:60
• PPIs effective for diagnosis, treatment in noncardiac chest pain 10:78
• PPIs reduce rebleeding and need for surgery in bleeding PUD 06:59
• Quality of life with rate or rhythm control in atrial fib (AFFIRM) 04:61
• Rivastigmine of some benefit in Parkinson’s disease with dementia 03:61
• Routine funduscopy not useful in hypertensives 10:78
• Screening for HIV in general population not cost-effective 05:62
• Shared decision making not for all patients 12:78
• St. John’s wort = SSRI for moderate-severe depression 06:59
• Statins associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer 09:60
• Three days of Cipro bettr for uncomplicated UTI 05:62
• Tight BP control prevents blindness in diabetic patients (UKPDS) 02:55
• Vaccine effective against HPV 02:55
• Vitamin E, donepezil ineffective for mild cognitive impairement 09:60
• Vitamin E not helpful, perhaps harmful 03:61

Professional issues

• Barriers for PAs volunteering to serve indigent populations 04:35-40
• Competencies for the physician assistant profession 07:16-18
• Maintaining professional flexibility: The case against accreditation of postgraduate physician assistant programs 08-14-16
• Quality incentive programs: How AAPA policy affects you 09:18-31

Professional practice

• Health care illiteracy: Implications for providers 05:41-47

Public health

• A clinician’s guide to condoms, spermicides, microbicides, and lubricants 12:61-69
• Acute carbon monoxide exposure: Diagnosis, evaluation, treatment 01:41-46
• Barriers for PAs volunteering to serve indigent populations 04:35-40
• The Surgeon General launches new public health campaign: The Family History Initiative (N) 01:20-22

Recertification Refresher articles

• A comprehensive review of tremor (CME) 12:43-50
• A conservative, cost-effective approach to fibromyalgia (CME) 09:32-37
• Altered mental status: Cause determines treatment (CME/RR) 02:16-22
• Enhancing contraception: A comprehensive review (CME) 07:26-33
• Evaluating acute abdominal pain in adults (RR) 03:22-29
• Evaluation and management of hypercalcemia (CME) 06:30-35
• Evaluation and management of peripheral edema (CME)11:29-34
• Oral rehydration therapy in children with acute gastroenteritis (CME) 01:24-29
• Urinary problems in the elderly adult (CME) 10:35-41

Sexual health

• A clinician’s guide to condoms, spermicides, microbicides, and lubricants 12:61-69
• Yes, the sexual history IS important 12:70-72
• Enhancing contraception: A comprehensive review (CME/RR) 07:26-33

Sounding Board

• A fresh look at clinical excellence 04:55-56
• Evidence-based medicine? Show us the evidence! 02:56-57
• Fast track in the field: Another option to ease ED overcrowding 06:60-61
• It’s 8 am. Do you know who your gay and lesbian patients are? 10:69-70
• On the front lines of caring for people with AIDS 09:52-54
• Reflections on a residency 08:54-57
• Yes, the sexual history IS important 12:70-72

Special articles

• Competencies for the physician assistant profession 07:16-18
• Maintaining professional flexibility: The case against accreditation of postgraduate physician assistant programs 08-14-16
• Quality incentive programs: How AAPA policy affects you 09:18-31

Surgery

• Endoscopic vessel harvesting in coronary artery bypass graft surgery 11:40-53

Volunteering

• Barriers for PAs volunteering to serve indigent populations 04:35-40

When the Patient Asks

• Chelation therapy for heart disease 01:57
• Measuring the homocysteine level 09:57
• Thoracic outlet syndrome 05:57-58
• Using aspirin to prevent stroke 06:55-56

Women's health

• Advances in treating early breast cancer 11:54-62
• ASA prevents stroke, not MI, in women (P) 07:62
• Case of the Month 01:68; 10:88
• Ductal lavage ineffective in finding breast cancer (P) 01:61
• Enhancing contraception: A comprehensive review (CME/RR) 07:26-33
• Gestational diabetes: Is your patient at risk? (CME) 05:26-30
• Low-dose aspirin doesn’t lower women’s cancer risk (WHS) (P)10:78
• Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy after the Women’s Health Initiative (CME) 01:30-37
• Vaccine effective against HPV (P) 02:55

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