Clinical Review
Clinical Review
Evaluating Primary Care Providers' Responses to Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Elevations
Elevations in serum ALT levels—even when mild and intermittent—can signal serious liver disease. These investigators examine whether clinicians at...
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Ectopic Ureter in Adulthood
While this congenital anomaly usually is detected in childhood, it is occasionally overlooked. This case illustrates the importance of thoroughly...
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Evaluating a Primary Care Tobacco Cessation Program [Published correction appears in: Fed Pract. 2007;24(8):45.]
Clinicians at this VA facility explore new ways to meet the needs of tobacco users who are unable to commit to a time-intensive quit program.
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Functional Assessment in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
In order to enhance understanding of the widely used Global Assessment of Functioning scale, these investigators compared it with a validated,...
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Resident Physicians in VA Outpatient Clinics: Continuity and Advanced Clinic Access Implementation
How successfully have internal medicine residents been integrated into primary care clinics, and what impact—if any—does the type and extent of...
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Is Critical Incident Stress Management Effective?
As this crisis intervention program undergoes scientific scrutiny, its efficacy has been called into question. These authors explore the...
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The Senior Screening Health Assessment and Preventive Education Program
Responding to demographic disparities in access to health care, these researchers initiated and studied a program to provide health screening and...
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Chronic Urticaria
The diagnosis of this condition can prove challenging, and treatment—as this case illustrates—may be just as problematic.
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Strategies for Prescribing the Best Drug at the Best Price
In today's health care market, many patients with chronic diseases cannot afford the drugs they're prescribed. Here's what practitioners can do to...
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Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Distinguishing this life threatening obstetric emergency from other possible causes of hypotension and cardiovascular collapse is crucial to...