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Fall is here,

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STAT!Ref launched its New User Interface (UI)! 

Get ahead of the game to quickly learn about the new changes to make your research as simple and efficient as possible.

 

 Click here for a STAT!Ref Tutorial Video

 

Here are just a few of the notable Search Enhancements...

  • Automatically included with each search are relevant articles via these TWO STAT!Ref value-added resources: Evidence Alerts - McMaster Plus and Medical News Feeds - Reuters.
  • With each search, in the “Additional Resources Section” located in the left-hand column, users will be provided relevant links via The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s four websites, including: Pink Book – Vaccines and Immunizations, Yellow Book – Traveler’s Health, The Community Guide (TCG) and the Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 
  • And, as always, provided with each search are: MedCalc 3000 Complete Edition and relevant articles and systematic reviews by PubMed.gov, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse.

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Our STAT!Ref subscribers can Find this Tutorial Video and a collection of "How To" Quick Guides on their HOME PAGE.  See the Training Center in the top left panel of the Home Page.

 

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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy, © Merck & Co. Inc.


Click on Boook Cover.

AUDIENCE -

A must-have for medical students, residents, practicing physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.

REVIEW -

I think the Merck Manual is a monumental work that gets better all the time....The 19th edition is quite expanded and the photographs at the back are excellent and very helpful. This is a must have publication for any clinical practitioner regardless of speciality. The coverage of each topic is concise yet adequate enough to be relevant. Usually at the end of one year usage the pages are well worn due to frequent consultation and review. Highly recommended! ---Dr L J Ramages MB;ChB.(UCT). FRCS(Glasg). FRCS (Edin.). FCS (SA) L et O. M.Med (UCT) Otol. (South Africa).

NEW EDITION UPDATES -

The 19th Edition of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy has been thoroughly updated and thoughtfully expanded, with more than 850 additional pages, 15 new chapters, over 300 new tables, and 56 new figures.

New Sections include...

• A new 16-page, full-color insert showing skin, eye, and oral disorders.

Plate 14. Herpes simplex (dendritic keratitis).

• Expanded discussions of over 85 symptoms, including chest pain, cough, and edema.

Table 206-7. Some Causes of Edema
CAUSE SUGGESTIVE FINDINGS DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH*
Increased hydrostatic pressure, fluid overload
Heart failure induced by right- or left-sided disease (directly increases venous pressure)
Symmetric, dependent, painless, pitting edema, often with dyspnea during exertion, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
Commonly, lung crackles, S3 or S4 gallop or both, and jugular venous distention, hepatojugular reflux, and Kussmaul's sign
Chest x-ray and ECG
Usually echocardiography
Pregnancy and premenstrual state
Apparent by history
Clinical evaluation
Drugs (eg, minoxidil, NSAIDs, estrogens, fludrocortisone, dihydropyridine, diltiazem and other Ca channel blockers)
Symmetric, dependent, painless, usually mild pitting edema
Clinical evaluation
Iatrogenic (eg, excessive IV fluids)
Apparent by history and medical record
Clinical evaluation

• New sections on topics in geriatric medicine.

    Chapter 307 Approach to the Geriatric Patient includes: 

    1.  Changes with Aging;

    2. Evaluation of the Elderly;

    3. Unusual Presentations of Illness in the Elderly.

• More on financial issues in health care.

• An appendix listing Normal Laboratory Values.

Table 1. Normal Laboratory Values: Blood, Plasma, and Serum
TEST SPECIMEN CONVENTIONAL UNITS SI UNITS
Acetoacetate
Plasma
< 1 mg/dL
< 0.1 mmol/L
Acetylcholinesterase (ACE), RBC
Blood
26.7-49.2 U/g Hb
—
Acid phosphatase
Serum
0.5-5.5 U/L
0-0.9 ukat/L
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
Plasma
25-35 sec
—
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Serum
9-52 pg/mL
2-11 pmol/L
Albumin
Serum
3.5-5.5 g/dL
35-55 g/L
Aldosterone:
      
Standing
Serum
7-20 ng/dL
194-554 pmol/L
Supine
Serum
2-5 ng/dL
55-138 pmol/L
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Serum
36-92 U/L
0.5-1.5 ukat/L
Alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT)
Serum
83-199 mg/dL
—
Alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
Serum
0-20 ng/dL
0-20 pg/L
δ-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)
Serum
15-23 ug/L
1.141.75 umol/L
Aminotransferase, alanine (ALT)
Serum
0-35 U/L
0-0.58 pkat/L
Aminotransferase, aspartate (AST)
Serum
0-35 U/L
0-0.58 pkat/L
Ammonia
Plasma
40-80 ug/dL
23-47 umol/L
Amylase
Serum
0-130 U/L
0-2.17 ukat/L

• Bulleted diagnosis and treatment summaries.

Treatment for Acute Bacterial Meningitis...

• Corticosteroids
• Antibiotics (eg, ampicillin and ceftriaxone, with or without vancomycin)

If acute bacterial meningitis is suspected, corticosteroids and antibiotics are given as soon as blood cultures are drawn. If the diagnosis is unclear and the patient does not appear ill, antibiotics may be withheld pending CSF test results. Giving antibiotics before lumbar puncture slightly increases the probability of false-negative cultures, particularly with pneumococci, but does not affect other test results. (READ MORE in Chapter 180. Meningitis for details on treatment.)

Because herpes encephalitis can resemble bacterial meningitis at presentation, acyclovir is usually included with the initial empirical therapy. Similarly, during tick season, doxycycline may be added to cover CNS infection with Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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NEW EDITION!

Click here to get the book online.

Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene

© Pearson Education, Inc.

This is the definitive, up-to-date guide to ethics, jurisprudence, and practice management for all dental hygiene students, new graduates, and licensed practitioners. The authors first introduce codes of ethics; discuss how ethical principles and moral values influence society, individual, and the profession; and cover crucial ethics-related topics such as informed consent. Next, they turn to practice management, showing how the dental practice must operate as a small business, and offering thorough career coverage. This edition's extensive updates include: dental therapists and other alternative workforce models; regulatory changes; opportunities in forensics; comparisons with practice in Canada; and much more.

FEATURES -

Thorough coverage of ethics, jurisprudence, and practice management — bringing together all the information dental hygienists need to succeed.  Provides a single source for up-to-date knowledge about a broad range of essential practice-related topics in dental hygiene.

Clear chapter objectives — identifying exactly what students they will be learning. Guides students in focusing their reading.

Key Terms — listed the beginning of each chapter, bolded and italicized in text, and explained in a glossary at the end of the book.  Ensures that students understand the field's specialized terminology.

Case Studies — presenting short scenarios that introduce and highlight chapter content, and may include specific tasks or applications.  Connects the book's concepts to real-world practice.

Critical Thinking questions — promoting classroom discussion and more thorough understanding.  Enables students to achieve deeper insight, either on their own or working with their peers.

NEW TO THIS EDITION -

Covers alternative workforce models, education programs and practice settings – including dental therapists, registered dental hygienists in alternative practice, collaborative practice, Maine's unsupervised practices.  Introduces students and working practitioners to new practice and career options that were never available to them before.

Discusses new trends in regulation – including changing regulation for supervision.  Shows how new trends in government regulation are impacting practice and the practitioner.

Covers forensics – discussing new opportunities in the profession of forensics in connection with catastrophes.  Introduces a significant new opportunity for dental hygienists in the workforce.

Includes updated instructor's manual and PowerPoints – designed to be flexible enough to support and improve any course.  Gives instructors powerful new resources to save time and improve teaching effectiveness.

Compares U.S. and Canadian dental hygiene practice – discussing Canada's approach to self-regulation.  Gives students insights into how U.S. practice compares with other approaches.

Includes more coverage of practice management – including production goal setting, more business planning coverage, and leadership characteristics.  Helps students build their own practices more successfully.

Doody's Review - 

DCT
EPT
Score/Specialty: 2.6 Health Sciences - Dental Auxiliaries

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STAT!Ref is continually updating our resources, providing subscribers with the most up-to-date, relevant resources; seamlessly, uninterrupted.

 

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We hope you have a nice weekend with family and friends.

Our thoughts are with those recovering from the floods along the Eastern Seaboard and Canada.

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"This video is the cornerstone of our training in chemotherapy admixture." Michal J. Melby, MS, RPH, Director of Pharmacy at Hendricks Regional Health and claims.

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The Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Video Training Program has been updated and is now fully compliant with the new USP and JCAHO standards. This program demonstrates recommended procedures for cytotoxic and hazardous drug preparation, administration, spill cleanup, and waste management, in order to help reduce risk.

The Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Video Training Program is fully compliant with USP <797> and additional study guides can also be purchased.

This video training program helps to reduce risk by demonstrating recommended procedures for cytoxic and hazardous drug preparation, administration, spill clean-up, and waste management. The nine sections of this program explain the correct methods for working within engineering controls to maintain safety, the use of personal protective equipment to reduce exposure, and aseptic technique to ensure proper and safe compounding of preparations. Other areas covered include storage and transport, risk assessment and decontamination.

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At the MLA's 2012 Annual Meeting in Seattle (May 18th - 23rd), Dr. Daniel W. Wright with Palmer College is presenting "Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Evidence, Bias, and Use….Oh, My!" 

An excerpt follows:

According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine a subsidiary of the National Institute of Health (NIH), 38% of Americans will use an alternative medical practitioner sometime in their lifetime; and this number is expected to grow. In response, the NIH has set up dual R25 grants that help allopathic physicians learn more about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices and funded CAM institutions to train their practitioners in the ways of evidence-based practice and research literacy.  Read more... 

Did you know STAT!Ref offers these comprehensive, evidence-based CAM titles?

  • The Review of Natural Products  , © Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.. (Note: This title updates monthly.)  The Review of Natural Products, is the most comprehensive, scientifically based natural product publication on the market today. Based on clinical studies, monographs are peer-reviewed by an expert panel to provide accurate, evidence-based information. Provides up-to-date, objective assessment of the latest medical and scientific studies on natural products, including medically active foods (nutraceuticals).
  • ACP Evidence-Based Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, © American College of Physicians.  This offers a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis physicians need to counsel patients about complementary and alternative medical therapies and to integrate these techniques into their own practices!  This new resource focuses on the safety and efficacy of a full range of CAM therapies, providing "at-a-glance" answers to the questions busy clinicians are most often asked. In-depth reviews of the research are thoroughly digested into concise summary tables, placing key information at the reader's fingertips.

 

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PharmPrep: ASHP'S NAPLEX® REVIEW - 4th Ed. (2011), © American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Unique feature about the 4th edition -

This edition, gives you the flexibility to review information by specific disease state and provides 78 sample cases, as well as calculations and law review sections.

Authors' dedications -
  • This edition is dedicated to my grandmother, Minnie Lee Conner, due to her faith, strong mind, and eagerness to help others succeed. — Lea S. Eiland
  • And to all those who have been great teachers and role models in our lives, including my mother, Phyllis B. Ginsburg. — Diane B. Ginsburg
Description -

After years of studying and hard work, you're almost a licensed pharmacist! The only thing standing in your way is passing the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination, or the NAPLEX®. For the last decade, PharmPrep: ASHP's NAPLEX® Review, has been a trusted resource with new graduates preparing for the NAPLEX examination, both as an online product and a print companion.

Using real patient cases accompanied by questions that address all NAPLEX® competency statements, the new fully updated PharmPrep: ASHP's NAPLEX® Review, 4th edition, gives you the flexibility to review information by specific disease state and provides 78 sample cases, as well as calculations and law review sections. As drug therapy becomes more complex, PharmPrep has continued to update and revise cases so they reflect contemporary clinical practice.

 PharmPrep is an equally important reference for the experienced practitioner as a tool for pharmacists to continue to develop professionally, or for out of practice professionals looking to refresh their skills.

Only PharmPrep has case-based questions and detailed explanations that don't just tell you what answers are right or wrong, but why. It is the the most affordable, trusted resource available to prepare for the NAPLEX® exam.

As a book or in a convenient online/book package, PharmPrep goes where you go—on the subway, in the break room, to the coffeehouse.

Complete list of STAT!Ref's Pharmacology and Pharmacy Titles -

PHARMACOLOGY

• Antimicrobial Agents: Antibacterials and Antifungals 2005, American Society for Microbiology Press
• APhA DrugInfoLine® 2011, American Pharmacists Association
• Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics 5e, 2010, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Concepts in Pharmacogenomics 2010, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management 2e, 2010, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists DCT
• Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy: Optimal Patient Care = Best Knowledge + Competent Practitioner
2007, American Pharmacists Association
• Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: A Guide for the Helping Professional 2007, American Pharmacists Association
• Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine 3e, 2011, American Pharmacists Association
• Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications 3e, 2008, Cambridge University Press
• Trissel’s Stability of Compounded Formulations 4e, 2009, American Pharmacists Association

PHARMACY

• APhA Complete Review for the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination 2010, American Pharmacists Association
• Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide 8e, 2010, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists DCT
• Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician 3e, 2010, American Pharmacists Association
• Complete Review for the Pharmacy Technician 2e, 2007, American Pharmacists Association
• Compounding Sterile Preparations 3e, 2009, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice 4e, 2006, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Medication Errors 2e, 2007, American Pharmacists Association DCT
• Pharmacist’s Guide to Evidence-Based Medicine for Clinical Decision Making, The 2009, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists DCT, EPT
• Pharmacy Technician Skills-Building Manual, The 2007, American Pharmacists Associatio

 

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 The most authoritative in its field...

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Manual of Clinical Microbiology - 10th Ed. (2011)

Copyright © 2011 ASM Press

American Society for Microbiology

"This manual should be in all clinical microbiology laboratories and in many university, hospital, or clinic libraries used by infectious disease clinicians. Although not all chapters will be referred to with equal frequency, the collection covers all aspects of the rapidly expanding fields within the international discipline of clinical microbiology. Its availability should improve and standardize the diagnosis of microbial diseases." - Donald Giger,  MSc, PhD  (Creighton University School of Medicine)

About the Book:

Simply stated, the Manual of Clinical Microbiology is the most authoritative reference in the field. It has been indispensable to clinical microbiologists, laboratory technologists, and infectious disease specialists for 40 years, enabling them to accurately detect clinically significant bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. This 10th edition represents the collaborative efforts of 22 editors and more than 260 authors from around the world, all experienced researchers and practitioners in medical and diagnostic microbiology. Together, they have brought the manual fully up to date, producing a remarkable work of two volumes, nine sections, and 149 chapters that is filled with the latest research findings, infectious agents, methods, practices, and safety guidelines.

 


 http://statref.typepad.com/main/2011/08/manual-of-clinical-microbiology-the-most-authoritative-in-the-field.html Paying tribute to a War-hero and Dentist... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54eff5c2688340154349fb83b970c 2011-08-18T15:49:21-06:00 2011-08-18T15:48:59-06:00 In honor Dr. Albert "Doc" Brown, the following story was posted by the American Dental Association… Oldest living WWII vet, dentist, dies at age 105... family photo/ The Southern Illinoisan/AP Pinckneyville, Ill.—Dr. Albert “Doc” Brown, the oldest living World War... Anne

In honor Dr. Albert "Doc" Brown, the following story was posted by the American Dental Association…

Oldest living WWII vet, dentist, dies at age 105...

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Pinckneyville, Ill.—Dr. Albert “Doc” Brown, the oldest living World War II veteran and survivor of the 65-mile forced trek known as the Bataan Death March, died Aug. 14 at a nursing home in Nashville, Ill. He was 105. 

Born on October 26, 1905, in North Platte, Neb., Dr. Brown was the godson of the famous Wild West showman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Dr. Brown graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry where he competed on the football and basketball teams and was a member of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

According to his obituary, he established a dental practice and a family with his wife Helen in Iowa and became a licensed pilot. Read whole story…

For some history of the Death March, there's material posted here from Public Broadcasting's American Experience. And Smithsonian magazine has retraced the route.

In conjunction with this tribute to this war-hero/doctor, we'd like to highlight STAT!Ref's extensive Dental Resources that help professionals like the late Dr. Brown in their field. 

I.  Anatomy.tv Dentistry including 3D Real-Time Dentistry & 3D Anatomy for

    Dental Hygiene -

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II.  Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions - Complimentary

     resource.

III.  Denistry Titles -

Basic Guide to Infection Prevention and Control in Dentistry, © Wiley-Blackwell

Bell's Orofacial Pains: The Clinical Management of Orofacial Pain, © Quintessence Publishing Co.

Burket's Oral Medicine, © Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (2 Volumes), © Wiley-Blackwell

Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (2011-2012), © American Dental Association

Complete Review of Dental Hygiene, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Comprehensive Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Critical Decisions in Periodontology, © Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Critical Thinking: Understanding and Evaluating Dental Research, © Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc.

Dental Caries: The Disease and Its Clinical Management, © Wiley-Blackwell

Dental Materials and Their Selection, © Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd

Dental Public Health and Research: Contemporary Practice for the Dental Hygienist, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Dental Caries, © Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd

Diet and Nutrition in Oral Health, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Essentials of Dental Radiography for Dental Assistants and Hygienists, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Essentials of Microbiology for Dental Students, © Oxford University Press

Essentials of Oral Medicine,© Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Esthetics in Dentistry Volume 1,© Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Esthetics in Dentistry Volume 2, © Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Ethical Questions in Dentistry, © Quintessence Publishing Company, Inc.

Ethics, Jurisprudence, and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Ingle's Endodontics, © Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Introduction to Orthodontics, © Oxford University Press

Lab Manual of Normal Oral Histology, © Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc.

Oral and Intravenous Bisphosphonate-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Jaws, © Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: A Rationale for Diagnosis and Treatment, © Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc

Oral Cancer , © Peoples Medical Publishing House, USA

Oral Microbiology and Immunology, © American Society for Microbiology Press

Oral Pathology, © Oxford University Press

Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Dentistry, © Oxford University Press

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry,© Oxford University Press

Paediatric Dentistry, © Oxford University Press

Peterson's Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ©Peoples Medical Publishing House USA

Pickard’s Manual of Operative Dentistry © Oxford University Press

Primary Preventive Dentistry, © Pearson Education, Inc.

Quintessence of Dental Technology, © Quintessence Publishing Company, Inc.

Seltzer and Bender's Dental Pulp, © Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc.

Surgical Manual of Implant Dentistry: Step-By-Step Procedures, © Quintessence Publishing Co., Inc.

Temporomandibular Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment, © Quintessence Publishing Company, Inc.

Textbook of Complete Dentures, © People's Medical Publishing House, USA

 http://statref.typepad.com/main/2011/08/paying-tribute-to-a-war-hero-and-dentist.html THERE HAS TO BE EVIDENCE... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54eff5c268834015390c6dd67970b 2011-08-17T16:19:00-06:00 2011-08-17T16:18:33-06:00 To make informed decisions, any individual and his or her doctor need EVIDENCE! Learn here more about what Evidence-Based Medicine, Comparative Effectiveness Research and STAT!Ref have in COMMON... Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which... Anne

To make informed decisions, any individual and his or her doctor need EVIDENCE! 

Learn here more about what Evidence-Based Medicine, Comparative Effectiveness Research and STAT!Ref have in COMMON...

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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which allows the integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.1

EBM is the foundation for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) which compares available treatment options utilizing a range of research methods including randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and systematic reviews, a structured assessment of evidence available from multiple primary studies.

NOTE: "Comparative Effectiveness Research: Plans, Promises and Pitfalls" will appear in a Discovery Channel CME series beginning this Saturday, August 20th. The series is designed to educate healthcare workers about CER and it potential impact on them and their patients, and the evolving work on study design, interpretation and future research needs with a particular focus on areas that would most directly affect physicians.  Check your local listings for the exact air time.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT and HOW CAN STAT!Ref HELP?...

As recently highlighted in the Wall Street Journal article,"Mistakes in Scientific Studies Surge," now more than ever, it is important for healthcare professionals to be armed with the most up-to-date authoritative and current guidance for quality patient care.

STAT!Ref offers up-to-date Evidence-Based Medicine Resources, Guidelines and Alerts regarding Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQI):

I.  ACP PIER® (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) -a collection of over 400 evidence summaries that updates regularly with supplements; published by the American College of Physicians, each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

II.  STAT!Ref Evidence Alerts - this system provides e-mail delivery and access to evidence-based medicine (EBM) information from current research of over 130 premier clinical journals. The Alert system works with McMaster University to deliver pre-rated EBM alerts that are qualified, then rated for clinical relevance and new-worthiness by a panel of practicing physicians.

III.  Joint Commission Resources -The Joint Commission is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of care provided to the public. 

Additionally, STAT!Ref offers access to 2 journals from Joint Commission - these journals deliver authoritative, regulary updated compliance information about quality improvement and patient safety standards and they give healthcare organizations the tools, strategies and proccesses to enablecompliance with the National Patient Safety Goals.

IV.  Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQI) Titles in these subspecialities:

    Environment of Care     

    Infection Prevention and Control

    Medication Safety

    Patient Safety

1.  Sackett DL, Strauss SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. London: Churchill-Livingstone, 2000.

 http://statref.typepad.com/main/2011/08/comparative-effectiveness-research-and-statref-titles-resources.html SAFETY SAVES LIVES: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement at STAT!Ref... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54eff5c268834014e8a2ab6a9970d 2011-07-27T15:32:04-06:00 2011-07-27T16:27:08-06:00 Kaelyn Sosa, 6, was crippled as a toddler by a medical error. Her mother, Sandy, now helps the hospital in protect other patients from such accidents. Barbara P. Fernandez for The Wall Street Journal - CLICK HERE READ MORE STAT!Ref... Anne

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Kaelyn Sosa, 6, was crippled as a toddler by a medical error. Her mother, Sandy, now helps the hospital in  protect other patients from such accidents.  Barbara P. Fernandez for The Wall Street Journal - CLICK HERE READ MORE

STAT!Ref offers a substantial collection of PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVMENT TITLES by respectable publishers such as: Joint Commission Resources, The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Springer Publishing.  These resources give healthcare organizations the tools and strategies to become compliant with the National Patient Safety Goals and in the end prevent accidents and save lives!

    ENVIRONMENT OF CARE

    MEDICATION SAFETY

    PATIENT SAFETY

    INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

 

"As a student at Ashford University studying to be a Healthcare Administrator and conducting an in-depth study of the Joint Commission, I feel it is imperative that these three books be read by every administrator in addition to each and every healthcare provider. The three Joint Commission resources are a must read for everyone in the medical industry." -- Lawrence Hasenour - Student, Ashford University

 

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Congratulations from all of us at STAT!Ref on the safe landing of Atlantis today.  We take a bow to NASA and their Space Shuttle Team and Program on their 30 years of 200 orbits around Earth and a journey of 5,284,862 miles! 

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Definition of SEAMLESS - 1: having no awkward transitions, interruptions, or indications of disparity <a seamless fusion of beauty and intelligence — Jack Kroll et al.> b : perfect, flawless <a seamless performance>

STAT!Ref is continually updating our resources, providing subscribers with the most up-to-date, relevant resources; seamlessly, uninterrupted.

SUPPLEMENTAL UPDATES -

NEW EDITIONS -

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On August 1, 2011, our new version of STAT!Ref Online will be released! 

So, get ready for navigating a site that has been optimized for all the healthcare e-resources STAT!Ref has to offer.  In the meantime, current subscribers will have the ability to preview the new UI from a link offered on the current STAT!Ref homepage.

Below are helpful links to USER-GUIDES to help you CLIMB onto our NEW UI:

STAT!Ref Quickguide    -  NOTE: A "hard copy" of the Quickguides will be available for distribution in August.

STAT!Ref Information Flyer on the New UI

The update to our UI is just one of many innovative steps that STAT!Ref is taking to help students, professors, healthcare professionals, and librarians, thrive in today’s ever-changing technological environment.

 

* Glenn Exum climbs across The Horse boulder high on the Exum Ridge of the 13,770-foot Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on July 15, 1981 when he was 70 years old. It was 80 years ago today Exum climbed the route alone, unroped and in football cleats. ANGUS M THUERMER JR/JACKSON HOLE DAILY  NOTE: STAT!Ref's headquarters are located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming!

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STAT!Ref has ALL of your anatomy needs covered with ANATOMY.TV: 3D REAL-TIME -

Anatomy.tv: 3D Real-Time Regional is a detailed and accurate 3D Anatomy tool with an intuitive user functionality.  You can view clear, detailed and accurate real-time modeling of human anatomy regionally;  also, create your own views to save as bookmarks or label, annotate and export.

Other noted features...

  • Access to 11 clear and accruate 3D Real-Time models: Head, Spine, Shoulder, Hand, Thorax, Abdomen, Female Pelvis, Male Pelvis, Hip, Knee and Foot.
  • 4000 structures are included and labeled across all the models.
  • Each 3D model can be rotated in any direction by clicking and dragging with your mouse. Intuitive interactive features allow you to choose which structures are added, removed, hidden, x-rayed or isolated, enabling you to view your chosen view or structure from any angle.  Each visible structure can be marked with a pin, labeled and annotated.

“An excellent online learning resource. Well laid out and easy to use. The interactive 3D models and narrated animations breathe life into the anatomy, and make physiological concepts much easier to understand.”
Dr Jamie Roebuck, Clinical Education Fellow and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK

 

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STAT!Ref, a worldwide leader in online healthcare information, is helping users MAP the course of their research making it EASIER, QUICKER, SIMPLER to access relevant, evidence based, authoritative healthcare e-resources! 

The PREVIEW of our NEWLY ENHANCED USER INTERFACE was launched today and provides...

  • Updated search functions to quickly access our 300+ health-care resources, 500,000 images, and 1000 videos with ease and efficiency.
  • Enhanced access to tools needed to make research easier, such as: Stedman’s Medical Dictionary and our medical calculator “MedCalc 3000.”
  • Dynamic ability to quickly download tables, figures, images for presentations and lectures.
  • A Powerful search engine that keeps historical track of your research; enabling you to automatically retrieve your “favorites” for fast retrieval.
  • Redesigned layout making it easier to locate resources and find relevant, authoritative, evidence based information
  • Enhanced ease of access to bibliographic citations; including Refworks and Endnote.
  • More user preference options – that enable enhanced customization.
  • New aesthetic design – clean, crisp and easily navigable.


In August 2011, the new version of STAT!Ref Online will be released.   

This is one of many innovative steps that STAT!Ref is taking to help students, professors, healthcare professionals, and librarians, thrive in today’s ever-changing technological environment.


 

 

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"The Hospital for Sick Children - SickKids®: Handbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine" 

© Jones and Bartlett Publishers     

Doody's Rating - 3 STARS

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REVIEW -  

"This is a great pocket guide for residents rotating through the emergency department, or taking call overnight on the wards." - Rebecca Hutchings, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation)

OTHER RELATED TITLES -

VALUE ADDED RESOURCES -

Example of articles regarding Pediatric Emergency Medicine that were generated from STAT!Ref's "Evidence Alerts", "Medical News Feeds", "National Guideline Clearinghouse".

I.  EVIDENCE ALERT

Medical Treatment for Botulism - Authors: Chalk C, Benstead T, Keezer M 

CONCLUSIONS: There is good evidence supporting the use of human-derived botulinum immune globulin in infant intestinal botulism. A single randomized controlled trial demonstrated significant decreases in the duration of hospitalization, mechanical ventilation and tube or parenteral feeding among treated patients. Our search did not reveal any evidence examining the use of other medical treatments including serum trivalent botulism antitoxin.

II.  MEDICAL NEWS FEED

Intranasal or buccal midazolam an option for pediatric sedation

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a child who needs to be sedated can't or won't take oral midazolam, intranasal or buccal delivery via aerosol is a useful alternative, according to a report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine online June 21.

III. NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE

Long-term follow-up guidelines for survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancers. Sections 1-2: any cancer experience

http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=15467&search=Core+titles%2c+pediatrics

 http://statref.typepad.com/main/2011/07/manfred-rohdegetty-images-a-closeup-view-of-the-e-coli-bacterium-behind-the-foodborne-diseases-outbreak-centered-in-germa.html STAT!Ref wishes you a safe and happy 4th of July! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54eff5c26883401543366d942970c 2011-07-01T14:20:12-06:00 2011-07-01T14:20:12-06:00 Anne

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STAT!Ref has now made it even easier to access relevant, evidence based, authoritative healthcare e-resources with our NEW online user-interface (UI) that will greatly enhance your experience; providing strong, authoritative results – fast!

 

       "Preview" Release Date:  July, 11, 2011

        Official New Version of STAT!Ref Online:  August, 2011

 

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