Internal Medicine Alert - March 30, 2012

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for the internist and family practitioner.

Accreditation:

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Internal Medicine Alert has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1 Prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins 01/01/11. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Credit may be claimed for 1 year from the date of each issue.

Faculty

Editor
Stephen A. Brunton, MD
Clinical Professor
University of California, Irvine

Executive Editor
Leslie Coplin

Managing Editor
Neill Kimball

Associate Editors
Allan J. Wilke, MD, MA
Professor, Department of Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Ross University School of Medicine
Commonwealth of Dominica

Harold L. Karpman, MD, FACC, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine

William T. Elliott, MD, FACP
Chair, Formulary Committee
Northern California Kaiser Permanente
Asst. Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco

James Chan, PharmD, PhD
Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager
Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, CA

Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville

Authors
Ralph R. Hall, MD, FACP, FACSM
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
University of Missouri
Kansas City School of Medicine

David J. Pierson, MD
Professor Emeritus
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Peer Reviewer
Gerald Roberts, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY

Subjects:

To ED or Not to ED
Effect of Elevated Blood Pressure on Lifetime Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Where's the Beef?
Patients Placed in Contact Isolation Are at Increased Risk for Delirium
Ivermectin Lotion 0.5% (Sklice™)
Clinical Briefs

Objectives:

describe new findings in differential diagnosis and treatment of various diseases
describe controversies, advantages, and disadvantages of those advances
describe cost-effective treatment regimens
describe the pros and cons of new screening procedures.

Financial Disclosure:

Internal Medicine Alert's editor, Stephen Brunton, MD, serves on the advisory board for Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk, Sunovion, and Teva; he serves on the speakers bureau of Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly, Kowa, Novo Nordisk, and Teva. Associate editors Allan J. Wilke, MD, MA, author Andrew J. Boyle, MBBS, PhD, William T. Elliott, MD, FACP, and James Chan, PharmD, PhD, Peer reviewer Gerald Roberts, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and managing editor Neill Kimball report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. Associate editor Barbara A. Phillips, MD, MSPH serves on the speakers bureaus for Cephalon, Resmed, and Respironics. Associate editor Louis Kuritzky, MD is an advisor for Endo, Kowa, Pricara, and Takeda. Ken Grauer, MD is the sole proprietor of KG-EKG Press, and publisher of an ECG pocket brain book.