image image image
image UASOM Div. Continuing Medical Education Alabama Practice-Based CME Network AQAF image
image image image
 
Skip Navigation Links.
 
Literature Archives
 Skip Navigation LinksHome > Online Resources > Literature Archives
Questions submitted by physicians in practice who participate in the Alabama Practice-based CME Network are posted here with a literature search conducted to address the question. Each literature search contains a Pub-Med Identifier (PMID). Copy this number in the search box on www.pubmed.gov and you will be taken to the abstract in PubMed.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
1. What are the current criteria for coronary artery bypass surgery?
 
  • PMID: 15466654 ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery
2. Articles related to DRIL (Distal Revascularization-Interval Ligation) procedure
 
  • PMID: 10743897 Distal Revascularization-Interval Ligation for maintenance of dialysis access and restoration of distal perfusion in ischemic steal syndrome
  • PMID: 9308585 Distal Revascularization-Interval Ligation for limb salvage and maintenance of dialysis access in ischemic steal syndrome
  • PMID: 14650102 The DRIL procedure-A neglected way to treat the "steal syndrome" of the hemodialysed patient
3. Articles about integrating cardiovascular health risk reduction into practice
 
  • PMID: 15277278 A Practice and Evidence-Based Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction
  • PMID: 12566381 American Health Association guide for improving cardiovascular health at the community level: a statement for public health practitioners, healthcare providers and health policy makers from the American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Sciences
  • Reducing Heart Attack Risk
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/rhar/rhar.htm
  • PMID: 16966927 Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in older adults.
  • PMID: 12909570 Exercise and Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
4. What is the American Heart Mediterranean Diet?
 
  • PMID: 16873712 Nutrition and stroke prevention.
  • PMID: 15541241 Dietary recommendations in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease: do we have the ideal diet yet?
  • PMID: 15153259 The Medi-RIVAGE study (Mediterranean Diet, Cardiovascular Risks and Gene Polymorphisms): rationale, recruitment, design, dietary intervention and baseline characteristics of participants.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
1. Information on electrocution
 
  • PMID: 17015871 Narrative review: Electrocution and life-threatening electical injuries.
  • PMID: 16078070 Cardiac pathology in death from electrocution.
  • PMID: 16683472 Fatal electrocution in adults -- a 30-year study.
GASTROENTEROLOGY
1.
Sprue: Information regarding the spectrum of extraintestinal manifestations of gluten allergy. A general review on the subject: diagnosis and management would be helpful along with resources for patients who need specific dietary instructions.
 
2. How quickly can a colon cancer occur following a normal colonscopy?
 
  • PMID: 10950006 Significance of a normal surveillance colonscopy in patients with a history of adenomatous polyps.
3. Postsurgical Colon Cancer Treatment
 
  • PMID: 16697749 Guidelines for colonscopy surveillance after cancer resection: a consensus update by the American Cancer Society and the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.
GERIATRICS
1. What evidence is there that Megace is a safe and effective appetite stimulant to promote weight gain in debilited nursing home patients?
 
  • PMID: 15984902 The science of megestrol acetate delivery: potential to improve outcomes in cachexia.
  • PMID: 16007564 Megestrol acetate in a moderate dose for the treatment of malnutrition-inflammation complex in maintenance dialysis patients
  • PMID: 15935019 The effects of megestrol acetate suspension for elderly patients with reduced appetite after hospitalization: a phase II randomized clinical trial
INTERNAL MEDICINE
1. What is the most cost-effective method of working up an asymptomatic patient with and isolated alkaline phosphatase?
 
  • PMID: 11401735 Clinical inquiries. What is the differential diagnosis of an elevated alkaline phosphatase (AP) level in an otherwise asymptomatic patient?
  • PMID: 15684121 Liver enzyme alteration: a guide for clinicians
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
1. Current recommendations for osteoporosis prevention?

  • PMID: 16091835 Recommendations for an update of the current (2001) regulatory requirements for registration of drugs to be used in the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and in men.
  • PMID: 16030366 Vitamin K in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and arterial calcification.
  • PMID: 16735931 Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2006 position statement of The North American Menopause Society.
  • PMID: 15897536 Hormone therapy for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women: recommendations from the U.S. Prevention Services Task Force
NERVOUS SYSTEM
1. Articles on treatment modalities for Raynaud's phenomenon
 
  • PMID: 11392916 The effects of stress, anxisty and outdoor temperature on the frequency and severity of Raynaud's attacks: The Raynaud's Treatment Study
  • PMID: 16908357 Sildenafil for the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon
  • PMID: 16444858 Mechanisms of Raynaud's disease
PEDIATRICS
1. Latest information on drugs to treat ADD/ADHD in children
 
  • PMID: 16222911 Nonstimulant therapies for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adults
  • PMID: 15927296 Overcoming the barriers to effective treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a neuro-educational approach.
  • PMID: 15998933 ASHP therapeutic position statement on the appropriate use of medication in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in pediatric patients.
NEUROLOGY
1. What are the treatment modalities for multiple sclerosis?
 
  • PMID: 16926711 Long-term management of patients with multiple sclerosis
  • PMID: 15879043 Multiple sclerosis: diagnosis and the management of acute relapses.
  • PMID: 15549356 Disease-modifying therapy in MS: a critical review of the literature. Part II: Assessing efficacy and dose-response
WOMEN'S HEALTH
1. Which ACE Inhibitors are safest to use with pregnant women?
 
  • PMID: 12082488 The effect of antihypertensive drugs on the fetus.
  • PMID: 11800527 Drugs in pregnancy. Antihypertensives
Go back
 
 
|
|
|
|
| |
image image image
Copyright © 2006 University of Alabama School of Medicine - UAB. All rights reserved.