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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




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