eMedicine http://emedicine.medscape.com/ [1] Point of Care clinical reference portion of Medscape Medicine. K 4 Health http://www.k4health.org/ [2] The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of Global Health funds the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project. The site contains e-tookits on various topics. Medscape http://www.medscape.com/ [3] From WebMD (commercial provider),...

eMedicine http://emedicine.medscape.com/ [2] Point of Care clinical reference portion of Medscape Medicine. K 4 Health http://www.k4health.org/ [3] The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of Global Health funds the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project. The site contains e-tookits on various topics. Medscape http://www.medscape.com/ [4] From WebMD (commercial provider),...

Learning Objectives: Mortality has been reported to be as high as 50% in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock. The clinical pharmacist in the ED plays an instrumental role in providing appropriate dosing and empiric therapy recommendations for management of these patients. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines recommend administrati...

According to the Central Brain Tumor Registry in the United States (CBTRUS), there were approximately 18,000 new cases of meningioma diagnosed annually from 2004 to 2006. Currently, the estimated prevalence in the United States is that there are 170,000 people with meningioma, because of the prolonged natural history of meningiomas and because asymptomatic elderly patients and those with signif...

Several studies have analysed the use of the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 (ULNT1) for diagnosing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) obtaining weak diagnostic accuracy, which could be related to the lack of consensus in the selected diagnostic criteria of ULNT1. To determine the concurrent validity of ULNT1 in comparison to Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) for the diagnosis of CTS, considering the str...

As pharmacy leaders develop health-system pharmacy services, it is important for them to understand successful leadership behaviors and apply them effectively to be successful in managing the challenges of health care. Directors can learn various skills from leaders both in and outside of pharmacy. Learning from these great leaders can provide pharmacy directors with guidance on how to shape va...

Introduction. Practicing medicine needs correct, up to date and easy to use information resources. This study is designed to investigate different aspects of the resources used by internal medicine attending physicians, residents and interns. Methods. All attendings (n: 43), residents (n: 23) and interns (n: 33) of internal medicine ward were, after receiving a brief introduction about the ai...

eMedicine http://emedicine.medscape.com/ [1] Point of Care clinical reference portion of Medscape Medicine. K 4 Health http://www.k4health.org/ [2] The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of Global Health funds the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project. The site contains e-tookits on various topics. Medscape http://www.medscape.com/ [3] From WebMD (commercial provider),...

Postpartum depression is a debilitating mental disorder with a high prevalence. The aim of this study was review of the related studies. In this narrative review, we report studies that investigated risk factors of postpartum depression by searching the database, Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Uptodate, Proquest in the period 2000-2015 published articles about the factors associated with postpa...

background: screening rates for colorectal cancer (crc) are increasing nationwide including tennessee (tn); however, their up‑to‑date status is unknown. the objective of this study is to determine the trends and characteristics of tn adults who are up‑to‑date status with crc screening during 2002‑2008. methods: we examined data from the tn behavioral risk factor surveillance system for 2002, 20...