Background. Over the last decade, the immunization rate among preschool children has
decreased, especially in the lower socioeconomic population. During this period, reports of …

Purpose: To compare a template-driven medical documentation system to undirected
handwritten documentation and determine whether the template (1) decreases physician …

Bacterial skin infections can be serious and life-threatening. The choice of antibiotic can be
crucial due to increasing bacterial resistance. Diagnosis and treatment of impetigo, ecthymia, …

Many critically ill patients have malnutrition at presentation or develop it during hospitalization,
and this complication adversely affects outcomes, including length of stay, morbidity, and …

317 Vol. 38, No. 6 For the Office-based Teacher of Family Medicine ease (COPD) patient
complaining of cough and shortness of breath, three therapeutic objectives may be to relieve …

The UT Southwestern Virtual Wound Care Clinic provides care to disabled institutional
residents in an urban setting. The program offers flexible financial mechanisms for residents of …

Lymph nodes are small organs dispersed within the lymphoid system, connected to the
remainder of the system by afferent and efferent lymphatic vessels and postcapillary venules. …

… , Florida), to retrieve specified fulltext articles from BRS Colleague; and a literature critical
appraisal program, LITEVAL (freeware, copyright Shelley Roaten, Jr., MD, Waco, Texas). …

The family medicine departments in US medical schools are diverse, eclectic, and in transition.
Whereas almost all maintain the historic focus on training medical students and residents…

Depression and posttraumatic stress (DPTS) are common psychiatric comorbidities following
burn injury. The purpose of this study was to develop an admission scoring system that …