Applied Evidence

Inhalation therapy: Help patients avoid these mistakes

Author:

Timothy H. Self, PharmD

Jessica L. Wallace, PharmD

Christa M. George, PharmD,BCPS, CDE

Amanda Howard-Thompson, PharmD, BCPS

Steven D. Schrock, MD

Faulty technique can sabotage the best of treatment plans for asthma and COPD. Here are some common errors and how you can help patients avoid...

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Applied Evidence

How best to address these common movement disorders

Author:

Aylin Yaman, MD

Melahat Akdeniz, MD

Hakan Yaman, MD, MS

This review describes how to manage everything from Parkinson’s disease and tic disorders to restless legs syndrome and ataxia.

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Applied Evidence

Detecting and treating delirium—key interventions you may be missing

Author:

Abdulraouf Ghandour, MD

Rola Saab, MD

David R. Mehr, MD, MS

Early identification of risk factors for delirium and routine use of screening are often overlooked—with dire effects. Here’s what to look for and...

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Applied Evidence

Diabetes and alcohol use: Detecting at-risk drinking

Author:

Patricia A. Engler, PhD

Asking a simple question helps uncover at-risk drinking in patients with diabetes, and brief office interventions have proven effective in...

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Practice Alert

CDC update on gonorrhea: Expand treatment to limit resistance

Author:

Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

In all cases, add azithromycin to ceftriaxone or an acceptable alternative agent, and screen asymptomatic individuals at high risk of infection....

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Clinical Inquiries

How can we minimize recurrent ankle sprains?

Author:

Christopher P. Paulson, MD

Brandon Hemphill, MD

James D. Whitworth, PhD

Rita F. Smith, MLS, MBA

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: USING EXTERNAL ANKLE SUPPORTS during physical activity significantly reduces the likelihood of primary and secondary...

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Commentary

Colon cleansing perils: Where’s the evidence?

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Photo Rounds

Acute abdominal pain in an elderly patient

Author:

Marie-France Poulin, MD

Balaji Yegneswaran, MD

A possible large bowel obstruction and severe dehydration prompted us to admit this patient. But a day later, the clinical picture became even...

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PURLs

Postprostatectomy incontinence? Here’s help

Author:

Umang Sharma, MD

Behavioral therapy is an effective treatment for incontinence related to prostatectomy.

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Medical Verdicts

Inadequate differential proves fatal ... Death by fentanyl patch and methadone ... more

Author:

Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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