Search results for "Rehabilitation"
Letter to the Editor
A reader reacts to ethics surrounding civilian and war-time prisoner containment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/letters.htm
1 Sep 2008
MKSAP Quiz: Cardiac risk reduction
A 62-year-old man is evaluated during a routine examination. Medical history is significant for a myocardial infarction 3 years ago, dyslipidemia, hypertension, tobacco use, and drinking two alcoholic drinks per day. What intervention offers the greatest cardiac risk reduction in this patient?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/20/3.htm
20 Nov 2012
Diabetic foot care begins with bare feet
Internists can head up a care team that intervenes early and often in preventing the ulcerations, pressure points and neuropathies that can progress to infection and possibly amputation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/diabetes.htm
1 Oct 2013
Readers weigh in on bedside skills, health care costs
Readers weigh in on the physician-patient relationship and difficulties of health insurance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/09/readers-weigh-in-on-bedside-skills-health-care-costs.htm
1 Sep 2017
Treatment guidelines offered for painful diabetic neuropathy
New expert guidelines on treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy have evaluated the evidence base and identified some recommended medications.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/19/1.htm
19 Apr 2011
Thoracic meeting features research on pulmonary diseases and ICU
Thoracic meeting features research on pulmonary diseases and ICUVitamin B12 declines in patients taking metformin
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/25/1.htm
25 May 2010
Tackling tPA and stroke outcomes through telemedicine
Thirteen “spoke” hospitals across the U.S. without on-site stroke experts used telemedicine to increased their use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to treat acute ischemic stroke.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/telemedicine.htm
1 Jul 2014
Follow the changes to Medicare coding edits for early 2009
CMS will publish some previously unreleased medically unlikely edits, which had made it nearly impossible for physicians to know whether the billed number of services resulted in denied charges without a specific reason.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/02/coding.htm
1 Feb 2009
How to handle talking politics with patients
While physicians should not inflict their political opinions on patients, how this plays out in the exam room depends on the doctor.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2013
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACPINTERNIST Major guidelines on hypertension released last ...
Another inside feature in this issue offers internists tips on how to help patients getthe most out of referrals to physical rehab. ... Rehab medicine specialists advise that earlyreferral is usually better, since patients’ functional status tends to decline over time.Physical rehab can also be of great benefit for neurological conditions and back
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/acpi-201404-puzzle_t1.pdf
25 Mar 2014