2006 subject index

AAPA Annual Conference

• A virtual bridge to the AAPA’s annual conference 07:18-20

A Day in the Life

• Catherine Hoelzer, MPH, PA-C 12:14-15
• Helen Martin, MT, MMS, PA-C 03:13-17
• Jeff Miller, PA-C 04:14-16
• Jared R. Pennington, PA-C 06:20-21
• Pedro Gonzalez, PA-C 08:21-22
• James M. Taft, PA-C 10:17-18

Cancer

• Case of the Month 01:70; 02:72
• Dramatic signs with cranial nerve deficit (DD) 11.57
• FOBT screening does not reduce all-cause mortality (P) 06:54-55
• Should I be tested for breast cancer genes? (W) 06:61
• Raloxifene and tamoxifen both reduce breast cancer risk (P) 09:61

Cardiology

• ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update: Chronic heart failure in the adult (CSAC) 04:53-56
• A quick update in advanced cardiac life support (N) 05:21-22
• Aspirin and statins cost-effective only for those at high risk (P) 06:55
• Case of the Month 03:72; 12:78
• Cholesterol lowering is cost-effective in high-risk elderly (P) 10:60
• Depression—An independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease 09:40-46
• Implementing a continuous insulin infusion protocol on a cardiac surgical service: A PA’s perspective 06:42-46
• Managing patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (CME) 07:22-28
• Noncardiac chest pain: A rational approach to a common complaint (CME/RR) 01:20-25
• Obstructive sleep apnea and cognitive dysfunction (CME) 11:16-20
• Outcomes are not improved by early initiation of statins following ACS (P) 08:59
• Understanding diastolic dysfunction (CME) 03:37-42
• Work stress has no meaningful effect on BP (P) 11:58

Case Report

• Subcutaneous emphysema in a 61-year-old man 02:50-52

CAT Clinic

• Do triptans increase the risk of thromboembolic stroke? 07:57-58

CME article

• Asthma: Challenges in vulnerable populations 02:41-46
• Acute systemic disseminated intravascular coagulation: Managing a complex medical condition  05:28-32
• Benign anorectal disease: An update on diagnosis and management 06:28-33
• Community-acquired MRSA infection: An update 04:24-29
• Diagnosis management of chronic constipation 011:24-29
• Diagnosis and treatment of Meniere’s disease 05:34-39
• Diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis 04:30-34
• Effective topical treatments for atrophic vaginitis 10:33-38
• Evaluating eosinophilia in the primary care setting 06:34-38
• Exploring the complex care of the diabetic foot ulcer 12:31-36
• Health-related implications and management of sarcopenia 10:24-29
• How to diagnose the acute red eye with confidence 03:24-30
• Improving outcomes in renal disease 09:20-25
• Managing patients with suspected pulmonary embolism 07:22-28
• Misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses in patients with ALS 07:30-35
• Noncardiac chest pain: A rational approach to a common complaint (RR) 01:20-25
• Non-estrogen treatments for osteoporosis: An evidence-based review 12:25-30
• Nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis of the knee 01:26-32
• Obstructive sleep apnea and cognitive dysfunction (CME) 11:16-20
• Otorrhea—A fresh look at an old symptom 08:30-37
• Pharmacotherapy for Parkinson’s disease: Current options, promising future therapies 08:38-44
• Practical approaches to screening for domestic violence 09:30-35
• Primary care management of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (RR) 02:32-39
• Understanding diastolic dysfunction 03:37-42

Coagulation disorders

• Acute systemic disseminated intravascular coagulation: Managing a complex medical condition (CME) 05:28-32

CSAC Special Report

• ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update: Chronic heart failure in the adult 04:53-56
• Clinical practice guidelines for managing COPD in a primary care setting 08:24-29, 56 08:38-44
• Paradigm shifts in the approach to women’s health care 10:50-55
• Vaccines, thimerosal, and neurodevelopmental outcomes 01:16-19

Dermatology

• A 43-year-old woman with curious freckling of the lips (DD) 01:48
• A common and deadly misunderstanding (DD)05:58
• A common cause of photodistributed rash (DD) 06:53
• A condition that is more than skin deep (DD) 02:60
• Case of the Month 08:72
• Case of the month 02:72
• Dramatic signs with cranial nerve deficit (DD) 11:57
• Enlarging growth alarms a young woman (DD) 12:57
• Hot-water immersion is best for Portuguese man-of-war stings (P) 07:59
• Itch scratches at a multifaceted diagnosis (DD) 10:59
• Melanoma scare prompts this patient to take a new look at an old lesion (DD) 08:58
• Persistent warts in an adolescent with severe atopy (DD) 07:50
• The patient who feared she had “Michael Jackson’s disease” (DD) 03:62
• Umbilical lesion appears in a woman with a history of sun exposure (DD) 09:60
• When the treatment becomes the problem (DD) 04:60

Dermatology Digest

• A 43-year-old woman with curious freckling of the lips 01:48
• A common and deadly misunderstanding 05:58
• A common cause of photodistributed rash 06:53
• A condition that is more than skin deep 02:60
• Dramatic signs with cranial nerve deficit 11:57
• Enlarging growth alarms a young woman (DD) 12:57
• Itch scratches at a multifaceted diagnosis 10:59
• Melanoma scare prompts this patient to take a new look at an old lesion 08:58
• Persistent warts in an adolescent with severe atopy 07:50
• The patient who feared she had “Michael Jackson’s disease” 03:62
• Umbilical lesion appears in a woman with a history of sun exposure 09:60
• When the treatment becomes the problem 04:60

Diabetes

• Exploring the complex care of the diabetic foot ulcer (CME) 12:31-36
• Implementing a continuous insulin infusion protocol on a cardiac surgical service: A PA’s perspective 06:42-46
• Metformin helps children and adolescents lose weight (P) 09:61
• Rapid A1C testing does not influence outcomes or cost (P) 10:60
• Topical tretinoin may hasten healing of diabetic ulcers (P) 02:62

Diagnostic Imaging Review

• A common—and correctable—cause of infertility in women 02:59
• A swollen, painful leg in a 4-year-old girl 12:52-53
• Difficult-to-diagnose pelvic pain 06:50-52
• GI symptoms in a 34-year-old woman 04:58-59
• MRI confirms cause of facial numbness 08:55-56
• Plain films show the most common hip problem of adolescence 11:55-56
• Using CT to diagnose pulmonary embolism 10:56-58

Drugs

• “Can I have that drug I saw on TV?” (SB) 07:48-49
• Case of the Month 11:70
• Metformin helps children and adolescents lose weight (P) 09:61
• PA attitudes toward prescription drug costs (P) 10:44-49
• Pharmacotherapy for Parkinson’s disease: Current options, promising future therapies (CME) 08:38-44
• Morphine and ketorolac combination is better for renal colic (P) 12:58
• Most women quickly stop taking bisphosphonates (P) 11:58
• Understanding Ecstasy 07:42-47

Editorial

• Growing old gratefully: Help from the past, hope for the future 03:18-20
• I (still) want to be a PA! 06:18-19
• The costs of war and cookie dough 11:13-14
• The new HPV vaccine—Be sure you know the facts 09:14-15

Emergency medicine

• Helical CT aids management of ED patients with nonspecific abdominal pain (GAPEDS) (P) 01:52-53
• Practical approaches to screening for domestic violence (CME) 09:30-35

Endocrinology

• Improving outcomes in renal disease (CME) 09:20-25
• Metformin helps children and adolescents lose weight (P) 09:61

From the AAPA

• 122,300 deaths avoided, report states 08:6
• 2006 Annual PA Conference update 01:5
• AAPA and global women’s health 05:6
• AAPA and the Power of Partnering 08:6
• AAPA Board, Surgical Congress look at ways to speak with one collective voice 07:6
• AAPA comments on Medicaid citizenship rule 10:6
• AAPA joins partnership to build awareness of chronic fatigue syndrome 09:5
• AAPA members elect Bennett, Fichandler, Delaney, Pagels 06:6
• AAPA Nominating Committee announces candidates for General Election 02:5
• AAPA posts 2006 physician assistant census data 11:05
• AAPA projects a healthy future for the PA profession 02:5
• AAPA to fight Medicare consultation policy change 06:6
• AAPA to host inaugural Constituent Organization Resource Exchange 10:6
• AAPA to join NCCPA to consider needs of specialty PAs 07:6
• APAP changes its name to Physician Assistant Education Association 01:5
• Annual strategic planning meeting: What’s next for PAs? 04:3
• ARC-PA moves forward on postgraduate accreditation 05:6
• Computer-related errors top self-reported medication incidents 08:6
• First PA Foundation grant from hurricane relief fund 01:5
• New PA competencies Web site unveiled 05:6
• Nonphysicians playing greater role in outpatient visits 07:6
• Ohio makes it 49! 03:5
• Only weeks away from Paragon Award deadline 12:3
• PA ranked fifth best job in America 06:6
• PA Salary Profile may have the answers you need 02:5
• PA work group wins grant to promote genetics education 04:3
• PAs reminded to get influenza vaccine 10:6
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps more than 3.3 million patients 11:05
• Physician assistant among the top 10 professions cited for future job growth 03:5
• Postgraduate PA program accreditation 11:05
• Providers urged to apply for NPI early 09:5
• Register now! Adventures in Lobbying—A Day on Capitol Hill 01:5
• Register now for CORE 2007 12:3
• Share your opinions with Congress, the President 01:5
• The Citizens’ Health Care Working Group seeks input 03:5
• Three years after resident work hour rules, hospital PA employment remains steady 12:3

Gastroenterology

• Aloe vera is not effective for IBS (P) 12:58
• Benign anorectal disease: An update on diagnosis and management (CME) 06:28-33
• Diagnosis and management of chronic constipation (CME) 11:24-29
• Dyspepsia management guideline (ACG) (P) 02:61
• Helical CT aids management of ED patients with nonspecific abdominal pain (GAPEDS) (P) 01:52-53
• Morphine and ketorolac combination is better for renal colic (P) 12:58
• Noncardiac chest pain: A rational approach to a common complaint (CME/RR) 01:20-25
• Preventive effects of probiotics vary by type of diarrhea (P) 09:61
• Probiotics are helpful for antibiotic-associated diarrhea (P) 07:59
• Silver nitrate relieves pain of aphthous stomatitis (P) 01:52

Geriatrics

• Beta carotene, vitamins C & E, and zinc may reduce risk of macular degeneration (P) 04:62
• Health-related implications and management of sarcopenia (CME) 10:24-29

Granulomatous disease

• Diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis (CME) 04:30-34

Guest Editorial

• Eliminating health disparities—An opportunity, and an obligation 02:14-15
• Perspectives on the physician assistant specialty credentialing debate: “Mountains Beyond Mountains” 08:16-19
• Impending health workforce shortages and implications for PAs 12:10-13
• Perspectives on the physician assistant specialty credentialing debate: Education, not certification 08:16, 19-20
• The great divide: More thoughts on an old problem 01:13-14
• The shortage of physicians and the implications for PAs 05:16-17
• The white coat: Reflections from a second-year PA student 07:15-16
• What’s the difference between PAs and NPs? 10:15-16
• Why patient safety matters 04:12, 59

Health services research

• Are older patients satisfied with physician assistants and nurse practitioners? 01:36-44
• PA attitudes toward prescription drug costs 10:44-49

Infectious diseases

• Acellular pertussis vaccine 63% to 92% effective (P) 01:53
• Antibiotics with atypical bacteria coverage unnecessary for CAP (P) 01:53
• Avian influenza: What PAs need to know (N) 02:19-23
• Case of the Month 07:70
• Community-acquired MRSA infection: An update (CME) 04:24-29
• Evaluating eosinophilia in the primary care setting (CME) 06:34-38
• Gargling with water reduces risk of colds (P) 02:61
• SARS: Are we still at risk? 03:48-54
• The subcutaneous abscess: Beyond simple management 05:44-54

In Retrospect

• He talks to me with his eyes 05:24-25
• You just can’t trust the histories 09:16-17

In the News

• A quick update in advanced cardiac life support 05:21-22
• Avian influenza: What PAs need to know 02:19-23

Laboratory medicine

• Evaluating eosinophilia in the primary care setting (CME) 06:34-38

Letters from the UK

• General practice in the UK’s National Health Service 02:24-30
• Paying for performance. Am American PA in Britain and the NHS Quality Outcome Framework 06:25-26,.52
• UKAPA – A professional organization for PAs working in the United Kingdom 12:20-24

Men's health

• Saw palmetto is ineffective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (P) 05:66

Neurology

• An endovascular approach to the treatment of intracranial aneurysms (SP) 11:46-52
• Case of the Month 05:82; 06:72
• Distinguishing ADHD from juvenile bipolar disorder: A guide for primary care PAs 12:41-48
• MRI confirms cause of facial numbness (DI) 08:55-56
• Pharmacotherapy for Parkinson’s disease: Current options, promising future therapies (CME) 08:38-44
• Do triptans increase the risk of thromboembolic stroke? (CAT) 07:57-58
• Misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses in patients with ALS (CME) 07:30-35
• Natalizumab reduces relapse and disability in MS (P) 06:54
• Obstructive sleep apnea and cognitive dysfunction (CME)
• Use of specific criteria is helpful in diagnosing headache type (P) 12:58
• Vaccines, thimerosal, and neurodevelopmental outcomes (CSAC) 01:16-19

Nutrition

• Which diet is better—low-fat or low-carb? 01:49

Ophthalmology

• Case of the Month 08:72
• How to diagnose the acute red eye with confidence (CME) 03:24-30

Orthopedics

• A percutaneous pinning misadventure (SP) 01:45-47
• Calcium plus vitamin D is modestly protective against fracture (P) 05:66
• Case of the month 04:76;10:72;09:72
• Non-estrogen treatments for osteoporosis. An evidence-based review (CME) 12:25-30
• Nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis of the knee (CME) 01:26-32
• Plain films show the most common hip problem of adolescence (DI) 11:55-56
• Screening for osteoporosis (W) 09:57-58
• The management of clavicle fractures (SP) 09:50-56

Otolaryngology

• Diagnosis and treatment of Meniere’s disease (CME) 05:34-39
• Otorrhea—A fresh look at an old symptom 08:30-37

PA Professional issues

• General practice in the UK’s National Health Service 02:24-30

PAQ—PA Quandaries

• The case of Ms. C. 04:18-23
• Tradition and treatment: The impact of cultural beliefs on medical decision making 12:16-18

Patient information

• Which diet is best—low-fat or low-carb? 01:50
• Should I be tested for breast cancer genes? 06:62
• Should I have a DEXA scan? 09:58
• Should I have a whole body CT scan? 05:56
• Should I take coenzyme Q10 with a statin? 12:62

Pediatrics

• 100 % humidity no better than other options for croup (P) 06:55
• Ondansetron is effective for gastroenteritis with vomiting in children (P) 08:59
• A swollen, painful leg in a 4-year-old girl (DI) 12:52-53
• Distinguishing ADHD from juvenile bipolar disorder: A guide for primary care PAs 12:41-48
• Metformin helps children and adolescents lose weight (P) 09:61
• Ondansetron is effective for gastroenteritis with vomiting in children (P) 08:59
• Oral health in children: Overlooked and undertreated 04:40-52
• Oral rotavirus vaccines are safe and effective 04:62 (P)
• Plain films show the most common hip problem of adolescence (DI) 11:55-56
• Vaccines, thimerosal, and neurodevelopmental outcomes (CSAC) 01:16-19

POEMs

• 100% humidity no better than other options for croup 06:55
• Acellular pertussis vaccine 63% to 92% effective 01:53
• Additional steroid injection has no added benefit for carpal tunnel syndrome 03:63
• Aloe vera is not effective for IBS 12:58
• Antibiotics with atypical bacteria coverage unnecessary for CAP 01:53
• Aspirin and statins cost-effective only for those at high risk 06:55
• Beta carotene, vitamins C & E, and zinc may reduce risk of macular degeneration 04:62
• Bivalent vaccine is effective against HPV for 4.5 years 07:59
• Calcium plus vitamin D is modestly protective against fracture 05:66
• Cholesterol lowering is cost-effective in high-risk elderly 10:60
• Dexamethasone reduces nausea after laparoscopic cholecystectomy 06:55
• Digital mammography more sensitive for younger women 01:53
• Dyspepsia management guideline (ACG) 02:61
• FOBT screening does not reduce all-cause mortality 06:54-55
• Gargling with water reduces risk of colds 02:61
• Glucosamine/chondroitin has mixed benefits for OA 06:54
• Helical CT aids management of ED patients with nonspecific abdominal pain (GAPEDS) 01:52-53
• HPV vaccine prevents CIN 04:62
• Hot-water immersion is best for Portuguese man-of-war stings 07:59
• Light therapy for SAD is effective over the short term 01:52
• Naltrexone and behavioral interventions reduce alcohol dependence equally (P) 08:59
• Most women quickly stop taking bisphosphonates 11:58
• Metformin helps children and adolescents lose weight 09:61
• Morphine and ketorolac combination is better for renal colic 12:58
• Natalizumab reduces relapse and disability in MS 06:54
• Ondansetron is effective for gastroenteritis with vomiting in children (P) 08:59
• Optimal algorithm for evaluation suspected DVT is identified 09:61
• Oral rotavirus vaccines are safe and effective 04:62
• Outcomes are not improved by early initiation of statins following ACS (P) 08:59
• Prescribing antibiotics does not save time 03:63
• Preventive effects of probiotics vary by type of diarrhea 09:61
• Probiotics are helpful for antibiotic-associated diarrhea 07:59
• Raloxifene and tamoxifen both reduce breast cancer risk 09:61
• Rapid A1C testing does not influence outcomes or cost 10:60
• Rimonabant (Acomplia) produces minimal weight loss 05:66
• Saw palmetto is ineffective for benign prostatic hyperplasia 05:66
• Silver nitrate relieves pain of aphthous stomatitis 01:52
• Topical tretinoin may hasten healing of diabetic ulcers 02:62
• Use of specific criteria is helpful in diagnosing headache type 12:58
• Uterine artery embolization to treat fibroids usually successful 02:61
• Varenicline reduces nicotine dependence 10:60
• Watchful waiting an acceptable option for inguinal hernia 04:62
• Work stress has no meaningful effect on BP 11:58

Psychiatry/behavioral medicine

• Depression—An independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease 09:40-46
• Distinguishing ADHD from juvenile bipolar disorder: A guide for primary care PAs 12:41-48
• Light therapy for SAD is effective over the short term (P) 01:52
• Noncardiac chest pain. A rational approach to a common complaint (CME/RR) 01:20-25

Public health

• Oral health in children: Overlooked and undertreated 04:40-52
• Practical approaches to screening for domestic violence (CME) 09:30-35
• SARS: Are we still at risk? 03:48-54

Pulmonary medicine

• Antibiotics with atypical bacteria coverage unnecessary for CAP (P) 01:53
• Asthma: Challenges in vulnerable populations (CME) 02:41-46
• Case of the Month 07:70
• Clinical practice guidelines for managing COPD in a primary care setting 08:24-29, 56 (CSAC) 08:38-44
• Managing patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (CME) 07:22-28
• Noncardiac chest pain. A rational approach to a common complaint (CME/RR) 01:20-25
• Using CT to diagnose pulmonary embolism (DI) 10:56-58

Recertification Refresher

• Noncardiac chest pain: A rational approach to a common complaint (CME) 01:20-25
• Primary care management of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (CME) 02:32-39

Research

• Are older patients satisfied with physician assistants and nurse practitioners? 01:36-44
• PA attitudes toward prescription drug costs 10:44-49

Special Artcile

• Politics and the PA: Caring for patients and your profession 10:21-22

Sounding Board

• “Can I have that drug I saw on TV?” 07:48-49
• DNA, race, and a new era in medicine 09:48-49
• Hypertension in children and adolescents: Lost between the age gap 03:55-56
• In defense of full disclosure 06:48-49

Surgery

• A percutaneous pinning misadventure (SP) 01:45-47
• A rare and painful deformity of the wrist (SP) 05:60-65
• An endovascular approach to the treatment of intracranial aneurysms (SP) 11:46-52
• Implementing a continuous insulin infusion protocol on a cardiac surgical service: A PA’s perspective 06:42-46
• Nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal trauma (SP) 07:52-56
• The management of clavicle fractures (SP) 09:50-56
• The role of PAs in robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (SP) 03:57-6

The Surgical Patient

• A percutaneous pinning misadventure 01:45-47
• A rare and painful deformity of the wrist 05:60-65
• An endovascular approach to the treatment of intracranial aneurysms (SP) 11:46-52
• Nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal trauma 07:52-56
• The management of clavicle fractures 09:50-56
• The role of PAs in robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy 03:57-61

Urology

• Predicting UTI in symptomatic postmenopausal women: A review of the literature 08:48-54
• Saw palmetto is ineffective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (P) 05:66

Vaccines

• Acellular pertussis vaccine 63% to 92% effective (P) 01:53
• Bivalent vaccine is effective against HPV for 4.5 years (P) 07:59

Vascular disease

• An endovascular approach to the treatment of intracranial aneurysms (SP) 11:46-52
• The patient with cold hands. Understanding Raynaud’s disease 11:34-38

When the Patient Asks

• Screening for osteoporosis 09:57-58
• Should I be tested for breast cancer genes? 06:61
• Should I have a whole body CT scan? 05:55
• Should I take coenzyme Q10 with a statin? 12:61
• Which diet is better—low-fat or low-carb? 01:49

Women’s health

• A common—and correctable—cause of infertility in women (DI) 02:59
• Bivalent vaccine is effective against HPV for 4.5 years (P) 07:59
• Calcium plus vitamin D is modestly protective against fracture/ (P) 05:66
• Digital mammography more sensitive for younger women (P) 01:53
• Effective topical treatments for atrophic vaginitis (CME) 10:33-38
• HPV vaccine prevents CIN (P) 04:62
• Non-estrogen treatments for osteoporosis. An evidence-based review (CME) 12:25-30
• Most women quickly stop taking bisphosphonates (P) 11:58
• Paradigm shifts in the approach to women’s health care (CSAC) 10:50-55
• Practical approaches to screening for domestic violence (CME) 09:30-35
• Predicting UTI in symptomatic postmenopausal women: A review of the literature 08:48-54
• Primary care management of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (CME/RR) 02:32-39
• Raloxifene and tamoxifen both reduce breast cancer risk (P) 09:61
• Screening for osteoporosis (W) 09:57-58
• Should I be tested for breast cancer genes? (W) 06:62
• Uterine artery embolization to treat fibroids usually successful (P) 02: 61