Disease relevance of Physicians' Offices

• METHODS: Prevalence and clinical characteristics of DSM-III-R major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, and alcohol and substance abuse/dependence were evaluated in a representative sample of HIV+ men attending primary care physicians' offices in a defined geographical area [1].
• Patients coming to the physician's office or hospital with signs and symptoms of preterm labor had a sample obtained for fetal fibronectin assay per labeling criteria [2].

Psychiatry related information on Physicians' Offices

• The Keystone Diagnostic Inc (KDI) Quik Test is advertised to be an on-site, rapid, broad-spectrum paper chromatography test that is marketed for use in industry, drug abuse treatment facilities, and physician's offices [3].
• As it is a prescription drug, the use of bupropion SR has brought smoking cessation back to the physician's office [4].

High impact information on Physicians' Offices

• One swab was tested for streptococcal antigen by physicians' office nurses and the other was cultured on both aerobic blood agar and anaerobic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole blood agar plates [5].
• Blood pressure values measured at the physician's office were not significantly decreased by one month of treatment with one (n = 2) or two (n = 5) once-weekly applied clonidine transdermal disks [6].
• BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that in the treated fraction of the hypertensive population, blood pressure (BP) control is less common for systolic BP (SBP) than for diastolic BP (DBP) as measured in the physician's office [7].
• Health departments should consider efforts to improve reporting from private physician offices and should evaluate the use of laboratory-initiated CD4 reporting [8].
• Results showed significant decreases in the mean number of migraine-related physician office visits, emergency department visits, and medical procedures in the 6 months after sumatriptan therapy compared with the 6 months before sumatriptan was used (P<.05) [9].

Biological context of Physicians' Offices

• RESULTS: Baseline preparedness of 1051 Wisconsin physician offices ranged from 37% with intraosseous needles to 96% with albuterol solution for inhalation [10].

Associations of Physicians' Offices with chemical compounds

• BACKGROUND: A randomized study was conducted to test the feasibility of cholesterol lowering in physician office practices using the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel 1 guidelines [11].
• Diet, exercise, self-monitoring of blood glucose levels, taking prescribed medications, and regular visits to the physician's office are difficult for the elderly to incorporate into their lives [12].
• Accuracy and precision of methods for theophylline measurement in physicians' offices [13].
• Another physician's office analyzer: the Abbott "Vision" evaluated [14].
• This rapid and convenient method for monitoring digoxin concentrations in serum or plasma is particularly well suited for decentralized sites such as emergency rooms, urgent-care centers, and physicians' offices [15].

Gene context of Physicians' Offices

• CONCLUSION: For many patients, hereditary hemochromatosis can be diagnosed and treated in the physician's office [16].
• Serial CEA assays and routine visits to a physician's office were the most useful tests in this study population [17].
• Several physicians' office laboratories (POLS) have closed their doors in response both to regulatory restrictions imposed by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and to managed care infiltration [18].
• These data suggest that a single time-point determination (50 min) could rapidly identify DPD-deficient individuals with a less costly and time-consuming method that is applicable for most hospitals or physicians' offices [19].
• Use of home care, durable medical equipment (DME), and physicians' office services also increased sharply during the last 90 days of life, but with no consistent evidence that the introduction of PPS was associated with these changes or with the level or mix of Medicare expenditures for these patients [20].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Physicians' Offices

• These high-risk individuals were randomized to a cholesterol-lowering intervention through either local hospitals or physicians' offices or to a control group [21].
• Children (n=171) with a body mass index greater than the 85th percentile for age using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts for children were recruited through primary care physician offices for a lifestyle change intervention [22].
• Since 1981 our physicians' office has developed an outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy programme which has shown advantages in patient care and provided significant cost savings [23].

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