Background: More than half of eligible individuals are not up-to-date with colon cancer screening.
New fecal occult blood tests have a higher sensitivity and specificity for detection of adenomas and cancer than guaiac-based tests.
Major depressive disorder in children and adolescents is a common condition that affects physical, emotional, and social development. Risk factors include a family history of depression, parental conf...
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Purpose: The results of an evaluation of the impact of restoring sinus rhythm on warfarin sensitivity are reported.Methods: A retrospective review of the records of all patients (n = 46) with atrial f...
Daly JM, Xu Y, Levy BT. Patient and physician management of self-monitoring of blood glucose: an Iowa Research Network study. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2012 May 1;6(3):718-20.
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AIMS: To explore through interviews of critical care nurses their perspectives on elder abuse to achieve a better understanding of the problems of reporting and generate ideas for improving the proces...
AIMS: To explore through interviews of critical care nurses their perspectives on elder abuse to achieve a better understanding of the problems of reporting and generate ideas for improving the proces...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Primary care physicians initiate colorectal cencer (CRC) screening and manage health care issues that present from these procedures. Quality of colonoscopy services can be d...
BACKGROUND: Only about half of eligible Americans are adherent with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Because patients generally access CRC screening via their primary care physicians, interventions ...
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic errors occur more commonly than other kinds of errors, they are more likely to harm patients, and they are more likely to be preventable. Little is known about the presenting co...
INTRODUCTION: Only about half of all eligible Americans have been screened for colorectal cancer (CRC). The objective of this study was to test whether mailed educational materials and a fecal immunoc...
Patients generally access colorectal cancer (CRC) screening through primary care physicians. National guidelines recommend CRC screening for adults beginning at age 50, yet one-third of Americans are ...
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We have learned that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has funded our Meta-network Learning and Research Center. Meta-LARCs mission is to sustain a consortium of PBRNs dedicated to stren...
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