Search results for "Conference Coverage"
Finding and treating a tricky disorder
Hypercalcemia's causes run the gamut from the benign to the serious. Its diagnosis is just the beginning for a physician.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/editors.htm
1 Mar 2012
Medicaid expansion raises questions, challenges
This issue includes stories on Medicaid expansion in the states, diabetic foot care and addressing Clostridium difficile in the community.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2013
Infectious disease doctors tackle bad bugs with fewer drugs
Annual meeting unveils research, techniques that could help stem the tide of resistance and disease, particularly with the increase of ‘C-diff’.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/idsa.htm
1 Jan 2008
Retail clinics increasingly popular option
This issue covers topics such as retail clinics, management of heart failure, and optimizing human papillomavirus vaccination.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/editors.htm
1 Feb 2016
Primary care-staffed transition clinic may cut readmissions
A postdischarge transition clinic staffed by a primary care physician and other clinicians appeared to reduce readmission risk in a vulnerable patient population.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/01/clinics.htm
1 Jan 2016
Guiding clinicians through GI diagnoses
ACP Internist wraps up highlights of Digestive Disease Week, including dyspepsia, weight loss and incontinence, as well as the latest about the risks of proton-pump inhibitors and antithrombotics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/gastrowrap.htm
1 Sep 2009
Big data offers information, but as yet few answers
This issue also covers prescribing for opioid addiction, conference coverage from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and an urban primary care residency at Johns Hopkins University.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/big-data-offers-information-but-as-yet-few-answers.htm
1 Sep 2018
Potential changes questioned for advanced cardiac life support
The Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines are due out in 2015 and may pose some shocking changes: faster beats-per-minute chest compressions, a de-emphasis on hypothermia, and a new length of time for continuing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/cardiac.htm
1 Apr 2014
Many malaria prophylaxis options, but none perfect
Malaria research is turning from short-term prophylaxis for travelers to elimination and eradication. Drug costs and new ethics rules for research are key drivers of the new direction.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/malaria.htm
1 Mar 2012
Internists play important role in diagnosing, treating MS
A round-up of this issue's articles on multiple sclerosis; conference coverage from Digestive Disease Week; our latest columns.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2009