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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Using Education To Increase Compliance With Heart Failure Medications, Kara Stout Do, Isaac Navarro Dmd
Using Education To Increase Compliance With Heart Failure Medications, Kara Stout Do, Isaac Navarro Dmd
Internal Medicine
- Approximately 5.7 million adults in the United States have heart failure.
- 25% of individuals die within one year of diagnosis and more than 80% die within 8 years.
- Full adherence to medications may be as low as 30% in heart failure patients.
- Non-compliant patients are two times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital and have a three times higher mortality rate.
Cultural Competency In Latinoamerican Countries: From A Hispanic Resident Perspective, Ivania T. Irby Md
Cultural Competency In Latinoamerican Countries: From A Hispanic Resident Perspective, Ivania T. Irby Md
Psychiatry
No abstract provided.
Somatic Symptom And Related Disorders: A Case Of Illness Anxiety Disorder In A Young Relatively Treatment Naive African American Male, Linda Zhang, Richard P. Leggett, Harrison Ross Galicki, William B. Dehart
Somatic Symptom And Related Disorders: A Case Of Illness Anxiety Disorder In A Young Relatively Treatment Naive African American Male, Linda Zhang, Richard P. Leggett, Harrison Ross Galicki, William B. Dehart
Psychiatry
Somatic symptom and related disorders (including illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder) is a diagnostic category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) replacing somatoform and related disorders in the DSM-4 Text Revision. This classification eliminated the requirement that somatic symptoms must be nonorganic in nature, in an effort to reliably detect more cases of significant health anxiety than previously with DSM-4 criteria. Illness anxiety disorder is a primary anxiety disorder characterized by persistent preoccupation or excessive concern about having or developing an undiagnosed disease despite medical evaluation and reassurance. It is considered a …
Anxiety Induced Pulmonary Edema: A Rare Occurrence, Anum Akhlaq Md, Neda Shahoori, Alexandra Mary Kelada, Aftab Ahmad
Anxiety Induced Pulmonary Edema: A Rare Occurrence, Anum Akhlaq Md, Neda Shahoori, Alexandra Mary Kelada, Aftab Ahmad
Internal Medicine
No abstract provided.
A Comparison Of Opioid Abuse Screening Tools Of Detection Of High Risk Patients In The Inpatient Setting, Grace Gu Md, Albert Cheng Md, Darren Rahaman Md, Shyh-Jeun Wang Md, Maureen Strohm Md, Napatkamon Ayutyanont
A Comparison Of Opioid Abuse Screening Tools Of Detection Of High Risk Patients In The Inpatient Setting, Grace Gu Md, Albert Cheng Md, Darren Rahaman Md, Shyh-Jeun Wang Md, Maureen Strohm Md, Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Family Medicine
- The United States is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic, which claims 115 lives daily by overdose.
- Tools for identifying patients at increased risk for abuse include: Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain (SOAPP-R) and Opioid Risk Tool (ORT).
- However, data is lacking for the comparison of the two most commonly used opioid screen tools (SOAPP-R and ORT).
- We are comparing the effectiveness of these screening tools for patients being discharged from the hospital who have no "red flags" for abuse.
A Case Of Flecainide Toxicity In A Young Male, Ifrah Butt, Umair Shaikh, Marlena Fernandez, Sameer Shaharyar, Daniel Heller
A Case Of Flecainide Toxicity In A Young Male, Ifrah Butt, Umair Shaikh, Marlena Fernandez, Sameer Shaharyar, Daniel Heller
Internal Medicine
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