John E Delzell Jr
John E Delzell Jr
Asthma is a common respiratory disease that leads to school and work absenteeism, office and emergency department visits, hospitalization, and mortality. Dyspnea and wheezing are caused by airway inflammation. Asthma severity scores are use...
Deborah R Erlich,David C Slawson,Allen Shaughnessy
Deborah R Erlich
To optimally care for diabetes patients, physicians must adopt a systematic approach to managing the entire panel. At the heart of excellent care is a multidisciplinary health care team working in a patient-centered environment. Options to ...
Review
FP essentials. 2013 May:408:25-33. DOI: 2013
Deborah R Erlich,David C Slawson,Allen Shaughnessy
Deborah R Erlich
Metformin is the first-line treatment for patients with diabetes because it reduces mortality rates. If metformin is contraindicated or is not tolerated, any one of the other available antihyperglycemic drugs may be used as monotherapy. The...
Review
FP essentials. 2013 May:408:20-4. DOI: 2013
Deborah R Erlich,David C Slawson,Allen Shaughnessy
Deborah R Erlich
Current evidence supports a less interventional, less aggressive, and more patient-oriented approach to the care of patients with diabetes than is commonly followed. When treating an adult patient with type 2 diabetes, the physician must fo...
Deborah R Erlich,David C Slawson,Allen Shaughnessy
Deborah R Erlich
Busy primary care physicians who want their patients with type 2 diabetes to live longer and better should, as much as possible, base screening and management decisions on patient-oriented evidence that affects morbidity and mortality. Beca...
Ronald M Glick,Krishna M Desai,Erica Lovett et al.
Ronald M Glick et al.
Case Reports
FP essentials. 2013 Mar:406:29-40; quiz 41-6. DOI: 2013
Ronald M Glick,Krishna M Desai,Erica Lovett et al.
Ronald M Glick et al.
Case Reports
FP essentials. 2013 Mar:406:23-8, 34-40; quiz 41-6. DOI: 2013