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Hirschsprung's disease. Management

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
SummaryBackgroundHirschsprung's disease (HD) is a rare congenital disease that is characterised by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus starting in the distal bowel. This results in distal functional obstruction and may lead to complications like enterocolitis.
Claudio Morera, Samuel Nurko
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Alzheimer's Disease Management

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2002
This month's CPG review is on Alzheimer's disease management. Currently, four million people in the United States have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and this incidence is expected to become greater as the population ages. This guideline should therefore be of great interest to nurse practitioners who either treat this population or may be ...
Mary Jo Goolsby, James Blackwell
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Disease management primer: managing dollars by managing disease.

Employee benefits journal, 2003
The costliest participants to treat are those with chronic and serious, acute conditions that are often preventable. Developing programs aimed at patients with chronic conditions could be the key to getting control of health care costs. Disease management programs seek to alleviate some of this expense by better managing chronic illnesses and improving
Laura S, Wieners, Leann R, Harris
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Management of pilonidal disease

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2018
Purpose of review Pilonidal disease, and the treatment associated with it, can cause significant morbidity and substantial burden to patients’ quality of life. Despite the plethora of surgical techniques that have been developed to treat pilonidal disease, discrepancies in technique, recurrence rates, complications, time to ...
Michelle P, Kallis, Caroline, Maloney, Aaron M, Lipskar   +2 more
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The management of cerebrovascular disease

Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1966
The author, Dr. John Marshall, points out the enormous recent increase in the amount of published information on cerebrovascular disease. He is able, in this small volume, to summarize admirably the important advances in the pathophysiology and management of stroke.
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Health literacy in chronic disease management: a matter of interaction.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2018
Health literacy plays a crucial role in chronic disease management. To comprehensively manage chronic conditions on a daily basis, individuals must be able to assess, understand, evaluate, and use health information.
I. van der Heide, I. Poureslami, W. Mitic, J. Shum, I. Rootman, J. M. FitzGerald   +5 more
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Managing a Variable Disease

Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2002
Asthma varies in severity over time; consequently, treatment regimens must be sufficiently flexible to be adjusted when necessary. At present, inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) remain the cornerstone of asthma therapy and optimal treatment strategies must consider total daily dose and dosing frequency.
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Disease Management Programs

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1996
Disease management (DM) activities are described, and their implementation and monitoring in managed care organizations are discussed. DM programs involve systematic evaluation of the relationships between treatment options and the associated resource use and patient outcomes for the purpose of providing a given standard of health care at the lowest ...
E P, Armstrong, P C, Langley
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Management of Alzheimer's disease

Postgraduate Medicine, 1983
Management of the patient with Alzheimer's disease always involves both patient and family. The physician must be willing to educate family members about the illness and to listen to their concerns. Major tranquilizers and antidepressants may be useful for patient management.
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Management of Thromboembolic Disease

New England Journal of Medicine, 1960
SINCE no thoroughly reliable means of prevention of venous thromboembolic disease exists the major concern of the physician or surgeon remains the management of the established case. The purpose of this report is to review the experience with the management of this disease at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals over a ten-year period and the lessons ...
C H, FULLER, C W, ROBERTSON, R H, SMITHWICK   +2 more
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