Dear Colleague: MedConnect wishes all its members Very Happy Holidays!!. MedConnect welcomes Colorado Chapter of American Academy of Family Physicians to MedConnect. You can access their home page in Chapter News. The following programs are now presented at http://www.medconnect.com CME PROGRAM: RECENT ADVANCES IN RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION: PART II. This excellent presentation discusses state of the art approaches to Rapid Sequence Intubation including drugs like Propofol, Etomidate, Ketamine, Rocuronium_ _. NEW THERAPIES FOR OLD DISEASES: This monthly interactive review discusses new drugs being introduced to our practice. This month's issue discusses "NEW THERAPIES FOR POST MENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS". Last month's issue discussed "DRUGS FOR DIABETES". BOARD REVIEWS: An excellent presentation on " INTERACTIVE CASE STUDIES IN OSTEOPOROSIS-PART 1". Three studies are presented with various management options described for each presentation. JAVA scripting makes these case studies very interactive. CASES OF THE MONTH: 1. Pediatrics - "A SMASHING CASE". Presentation on a child with an ALTERED MENTAL STATUS after a traumatic injury. 2. Toxicology- "DROPPING ACID THE HARD WAY". An excellent presentation on state of the art management of hydrofluoric acid burns. Java Scripting makes this case very interactive. JOKE OF THE MONTH features two interesting jokes on our orthopedic colleagues, narrated by an orthopedic surgeon. MANAGED CARE FORUM: Discusses "ARE NURSE-RUN HEALTHCARE TRIAGE AND ADVICE CALL CENTERS EFFECTIVE". Do not forget to visit the discussion forum within the Managed Care Forum where many threads relevant to your practice are being discussed. PRIMARY CARE NEWS AT YOUR DESKTOP Presents abstracts and discussions from the most recent journals in Internal Medicine/ Primary Care. Readers are welcome to participate in the discussions. (*) COMPARISON OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED WITH AS-NEEDED USE OF ALBUTEROL IN MILD ASTHMA (*) COMPLICATIONS OF ENDOSCOPIC BILIARY SPHINCTEROTOMY PEDIATRIC NEWS AT YOUR DESKTOP Presents abstracts and discussions from the most recent journals in Pediatrics. Readers are welcome to participate in the discussions. (*) NICOTINE PATCH THERAPY IN ADOLESCENT SMOKERS (*) LACERATION REPAIR USING A TISSUE ADHESIVE IN A CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (*) EFFICACY OF BRONCHODILATOR THERAPY IN BRONCHIOLITIS (*) ANTIBIOTIC UPDATE: EFFICACY AND COST EMERGENCY MEDICINE NEWS AT YOUR DESKTOP Presents abstracts and discussions from the most recent journals in Emergency Medicine. Readers are welcome to participate in the discussions. (*) PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ADMISSION TROPONIN T CONCENTRATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (*) AMBULATORY VISITS TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS: PATTERNS AND REASONS FOR USE (*) DETECTING ACUTE THORACIC DISSECTION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: TIME CONSTRAINTS AND CHOICE OF THE OPTIMAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST (*) ROENTGENOGRAPHIC FINDINGS OF PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE: A COMPARISON WITH STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE (*) CORRELATES OF MAJOR COMPLICATIONS OR DEATH IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (*) EXTRAVASATION OF RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST MATERIAL: RECOGNITION, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT (*) BLOOD CULTURES IN PATIENTS RELEASED FROM AN URBAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A 15 MONTH EXPERIENCE (*) A COMPARISON OF IPRATROPIUM AND ALBUTEROL VS. ALBUTEROL ALONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ASTHMA HealthAtoZ at http://www.HealthAtoZ.com continues to add hundreds of sites every month. All are manually catalogued by medical professionals. The "TOPIC OF THE MONTH" features "COLDS AN FLU". HealthAtoZ News covers recent developments in Health, Medicine and Fitness every two weeks. WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND THIS RESOURCE INVALUABLE FOR YOURSELVES AND YOUR PATIENTS. Thank you. All Staff at medconnect http://www.medconnect.com http://www.HealthAtoZ.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%