The Perioperative
Medicine Service: An Innovative Practice at Kaiser Bellflower Medical
Center
By Marcus D Magallanes, MD
The
KP Bellflower Medical Center created a highly successful perioperative
medicine service. This article describes their approach and encourages
others to explore this option.
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Exceeding Patients’
Expectations for Culturally Competent Care.
By Kristene Cristobal, MS; Nilda Chong, MD, DrPH, MPH; Sue Tico, BA
Cultural
backgrounds can impact health care. This is an introduction to the
Culturally Competent Care Pocket Card developed by the Care Management
Institute and the National Diversity Department.
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Corridor
Consult:
How Do We Care for Ourselves?
By Edward C Wang, MD
This
article points out the reasons why physicians are often unlikely to
have healthy habits. An exhortation is made to pay more attention
to lifestyle and health care habits.
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Abdominal Cutaneous
Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (ACNES): A Commonly Overlooked Cause of Abdominal
Pain.
By William V Applegate, MD, FABFP
This
article describes and offers treatment options for an often-overlooked
medical condition that should be considered whenever patients present
with abdominal pain without other clinically significant symptoms.
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Clinical
Vignettes:
Diabetes Mellitus.
By Jill Bowman, BS; R James Dudl, MD
Based
on the Care Management Institute’s Evidence-based Guidelines
and Technical Review for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus, this
article presents a case example highlighting the section devoted to
cardiovascular disease.
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