Disease relevance of Private Practice

• The safety and efficacy of nabumetone (1,000 mg at bedtime) were compared with those of aspirin (900 mg four times daily) in the treatment of osteoarthritis in adult patients in a private practice setting as part of a six-month, double-blind, controlled, randomized, parallel group study [1].
• In a field trial conducted in cooperation with pediatricians in private practice, 198 nasopharyngeal swabs from children with suspected whooping cough were placed into charcoal-horse-blood transport medium with cephalexin (40 mg/liter) [2].
• We conclude that, in a private practice setting, long-term treatment of obesity with the combination of phentermine, fenfluramine, and a weight maintenance program is generally safe and effective [3].
• Urinary response to oral potassium citrate therapy for urolithiasis in a private practice setting [4].
• The present study was undertaken to assess the response to one week of oral potassium citrate therapy (60 mEq/day), with respect to urinary risk factors for kidney stones, in a private practice setting [4].

Psychiatry related information on Private Practice

• Efficacy and safety of lamotrigine for adults with bipolar disorder in a private practice setting [5].

High impact information on Private Practice

• METHODS: We analyzed clinical and patient-derived data from 10,068 outpatients with RA from the national database of the German Collaborative Arthritis Centres for the year 2001 collected by more than 80 rheumatologists in hospitals and private practices [6].
• Incidence of definite angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced cough in the private practice was 25% and in the university practice, 7%, with an additional 6% of university-practice patients reporting a possible angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitor induced cough [7].
• Private psychiatry and accountability: a response to the APA task force report on private practice [8].
• A multicenter uncontrolled 4-week trial of bupropion in depressed outpatients was conducted in the private practices of 25 internists, 9 family practitioners, and 3 psychiatrists [9].
• A comparison of prazepam, diazepam, lorazepam and placebo in anxious outpatients in non-psychiatric private practices [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Private Practice

• She attended a consulting room in private practice for a second opinion as her symptoms had not responded to routine management of "irritable bowel syndrome". INTERVENTION: A prospective, non-placebo-controlled study was undertaken whereby she received ondansetron 8 mg three times daily for five days [11].
• The clinical success of a 5-day course of oral moxifloxacin (administered once daily at a dose of 400 mg) was evaluated in 328 patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (Anthonisen type 1) in a non-comparative study conducted by chest physicians in private practice [12].
• BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effect of perfluoroperhydrophenanthrene on the outcome of traumatic retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy, a retrospective study of 111 patients was performed at 35 tertiary care centers, both private practice and institutional [13].

Biological context of Private Practice

• PATIENT(S): Patients from two university hospital-based IVF-assisted reproductive technology programs and two male urology private practices [14].
• The probability of continuation of a particular nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) over 5 years was estimated for 1,775 courses taken by 532 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated in 7 rheumatology private practices [15].
• This study examines results of routine glucose challenge screening in 608 third-trimester patients in a private practice setting [16].
• SETTING: Private practice at the Genetics and IVF Institute, Fairfax, Virginia and Grupo de Reproducción AGY Asociados, México City, México [17].
• A prospective, longitudinal, observational study (n = 78) was conducted in a private practice in central Texas. Subjects had 4 blood draws for cortisol measurements grouped by 15-19, 20-22, 23-26, 27-30, and 31-35 weeks of gestation [18].

Anatomical context of Private Practice

• The aim of this study was to compare the effect of hand instruments and rotary nickel titanium Flex-Master files used by eight experienced dentists in private practice on the extent of straightening of curved root canals [19].

Associations of Private Practice with chemical compounds

• From my private practice I describe three patients with Capgras delusions, including a women successfully treated with lithium, and an adolescent boy [20].
• A comparison of phenytoin dosing methods in private practice seizure patients [21].
• The personal experiences of the authors in an Environmental Medicine Clinic, their private practices, and their teaching of residents and other physicians were evaluated [22].
• The Dalkon Shield in private practice: a disappointment [23].
• SETTING: Private practice, Little Silver, New Jersey, USA [24].

Gene context of Private Practice

• We have since extended our study to a broader spectrum of patients, adding 76 patients with ISS who were treated with GH in a phase II study of the safety and efficacy of recombinant human GH in ISS and also adding 10 patients who were ascertained as having ISS by pediatric endocrinologists in private practice [25].
• Contemporary disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis in a US private practice: methotrexate as the anchor drug in 90% and new DMARD in 30% of patients [26].
• It also confirmed that both IL-1 genotyping and smoking history provide objective risk factors for periodontal disease in a private practice environment [27].
• A system of triage was developed to select an ADHD patient population which was manageable in a private practice setting [28].
• PCT and CRP bedside tests may be useful tools for emergency and private practice doctors and should be considered in the initial work-up of children with fever without source [29].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Private Practice

• CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that the user-friendly ROQ can be effectively and inexpensively used in a private practice setting and that immunotherapy is effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis [30].
• Clinical experience with 1504 insertions of intrauterine contraceptive devices (Lippes Loop, Dalkon Shield, Cu-7) in a private practice is evaluated [31].
• A five-year review of colpotomy tubal ligation performed on 585 patients within a private-practice setting in Columbus, Georgia, is analyzed [32].
• STUDY DESIGN: This was a combined retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2) that was conducted in a suburban private practice [33].
• METHODS: The records from a private practice limited to periodontics were reviewed to find patients who had complete periodontal examination records, including occlusal analysis and gingival width, that were recorded at least 1 year apart [34].

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