October 2005 18 10 Issue of JAAPA

Editorial

National PA Week: More than just a week

The first reason we have Physician Assistant Week is that it allows us to educate the public about our profession. We do this with newspaper ...

News

In the beginning: a PA history roundtable

The first PA program was started at Duke University in 1965 by Dr. Eugene Stead, with four former Navy corpsmen—Ken Ferrell, Vic Germino, Don Guffey, ...

From the AAPA

From the AAPA - October 2005

AAPA's response to Hurricane Katrina; CMS proposes to relax oversight rules for critical access hospitals; Adventures in lobbying

Dermatology Digest

A 63-year-old woman reports new changes in a long-standing “rash”

A 63-year-old woman presents with recent changes in a "rash" on her upper chest and neck that has been present for many years. The rash ...

CME

Urinary problems in the elderly adult

Prompt recognition of disorders affecting the urinary tract allows for treatment or referral to a specialist, as appropriate, and helps to maintain a better quality ...

Detecting celiac disease in adult patients

Your differential diagnosis should include celiac disease if the patient has symptoms as diverse as diarrhea, constipation, malabsorption, indigestion, pain, fatigue, and anemia.

Case Reports

Case report: For facial swelling, look below the belt

An atypical presentation of a patient with a ruptured diverticulum highlights a concern of corticosteroid use—and demonstrates once again how in medicine, things arent always ...

Sounding Board

It’s 8 AM. Do you know who your gay and lesbian patients are?

While applying for PA school, I shadowed a PA at a busy pediatric clinic. During a wellness visit, the PA asked a 16-year-old male if ...

POEMs

Patient Oriented Evidence That Matters - October 2005

Routine funduscopy not useful in hypertensives; Low-dose aspirin doesn't lower women's cancer risk (WHS); PPIs effective for diagnosis, treatment in noncardiac chest pain; Lower risk ...

Diagnostic Imaging Review

Knee pain and a limp after a fall

A 39-year-old woman presented in the emergency department (ED) with complaints of a fall and consequent knee pain. She stated that she had landed on ...

In Retrospect

Nancy and the KIDney Quilt

Nancy was dying. Her body had been failing her in one way or another for many years.

Case of the Month

Pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding early in pregnancy

The patient is a 36-year-old Hispanic woman who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a complaint of first-trimester vaginal bleeding associated with pelvic pain. ...