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CE: A Review of Common Oral Treatments for Breast Cancer: Improving Patient Safety in Nononcology Settings.

Am J Nurs

October 2016

Erica Fischer-Cartlidge is a clinical nurse specialist and Mary Buckley is a clinical nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City. Dina DiCenso is pursuing a master's degree in nursing in the College of Nursing at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn. Rosalie Villanueva is an ED nurse at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens in Flushing. The authors acknowledge Marisol Hernandez, MSKCC senior reference librarian, for her help with the literature review. Contact author: Erica Fischer-Cartlidge, The authors and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

: Breast cancer patients are living longer with the disease than ever before. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 3 million women in the United States are currently living with a breast cancer diagnosis, and many seek care in nononcology settings, whether for treatment, acute symptoms and complaints related to their cancer diagnosis, or unrelated concerns. Yet many nononcology providers are unfamiliar with the various oral agents used to treat breast cancer, and their possible adverse effects and drug interactions.

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Can Serum Free Light Chains Be Used for the Early Diagnosis of Monoclonal Immunoglobulin-Secreting B-Cell and Plasma-Cell Diseases?

Fed Pract

August 2016

and are assistant clinical instructors, is a clinical professor of pathology, and is a professor, all at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and all are in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System in Brooklyn.

Patients who are undergoing multiple myeloma screening with serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation, especially those with renal failure, also should receive serum free light chain testing to increase specificity and reduce false-negatives.

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A man with pruritic eruptions.

JAAPA

July 2015

Paula Watts is a third-year medical student at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Mo. Nasir Aziz is a staff dermatologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and an assistant professor in the dermatology department at Howard University College of Medicine, in Washington, D.C. Amor Khachemoune is program director of the procedural dermatology fellowship at the State University of New York Downstate, a dermatopathologist and Mohs micrographic surgeon at Premier Dermatology in Ashburn, Va., and on the dermatology service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center, both in Brooklyn, N.Y. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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As of 2014, 37 states have passed mandates requiring many private health insurance policies to cover diagnostic and treatment services for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). We explore whether ASD mandates are associated with out-of-pocket costs, financial burden, and cost or insurance-related problems with access to treatment among privately insured children with special health care needs (CSHCNs). We use difference-in-difference and difference-in-difference-in-difference approaches, comparing pre--post mandate changes in outcomes among CSHCN who have ASD versus CSHCN other than ASD.

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What is the physician assistant's role in Mohs micrographic surgery?

JAAPA

January 2015

Naura Shah practices at Premier Dermatology in Ashburn, Va. Amor Khachemoune is a program director of the procedural dermatology fellowship at the State University of New York Downstate; a dermatopathologist and Mohs micrographic surgeon at Premier Dermatology in Ashburn, Va.; and on the dermatology service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center, both in Brooklyn, N.Y. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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This article revisits the life and times of Otto Krayer, a gifted scientist, teacher and administrator. His unique contributions to the discipline of pharmacology and to the biomedical sciences are chronicled in the wake of the political upheaval that crippled German science during the 1930s. The anti-scientific attitude that pervaded Germany at the time led to the exile of Krayer and many other eminent scientists.

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The authors reply.

Pediatr Crit Care Med

May 2014

Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Richmond, Richmond, VA; Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA; Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ONY Pharmaceuticals, Amherst, NY, and Division of Neonatology at the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.

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Multiple hyperpigmented macules on the torso of a dark-skinned man.

JAAPA

October 2013

Joseph R. Kallini practices in the department of internal medicine at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Amor Khachemoune practices in the department of dermatology at the State University of New York and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. The authors have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.

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This study examined temporal trends in body mass index (BMI) among United States adults with intellectual disability (ID) participating in Special Olympics from 2005 to 2010. In addition, the prevalence of obesity was compared with published National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) statistics. After data cleaning, 6,004 height and weight records (male = 57%) were available from the Special Olympics International Healthy Athletes Health Promotion database for the calculation of BMI.

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The purpose of this study was to identify the perspectives of Hispanic parents of children with disabilities regarding adapted physical education (APE) professionals in relationship to their child's purposeful play and transition to school programming. Participants (N=11) were Hispanic parents of children with disabilities. Parents participated in one-on-one interviews in their preferred language (Spanish or English).

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Nurses are the voice of patients. Nurses speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Today's nurses need to find their voice and discover the power of public policy as a vehicle for patient-centered care.

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Women with disabilities experience a variety of unique health needs from adolescence to older age. They require compassionate and comprehensive health care services to manage their physical disabilities and to prevent secondary conditions. Unfortunately, many women with disabilities encounter attitudinal, informational, environmental, and geographic barriers as they seek access to health care.

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The electronic genetic family history.

MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs

August 2006

School of Nursing at The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

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