Disclosure of medical errors: The right thing to do

Honest disclosure of medical errors that harm patients is every physician assistant's professional responsibility.
 

Are you using checklists? Check!

A checklist is a simple tool that can enhance clinical practice and ensure patient safety in many clinical settings.
 

Health care volunteerism: What PAs need to know before making a trip

The Professional Practice Council provides an overview of what to consider before joining a short-term global health care mission.
 

American Pain Society guidelines for low back pain

Clinical question: What treatments for low back pain are effective?
 

Blunt abdominal trauma score predicts absence of organ injury in children

Clinical question Does a scoring system using clinical, laboratory, and radiographic criteria reliably predict the absence of organ injury in children with blunt abdominal trauma?
 

BP lowering by any means is beneficial for most patients

Clinical question: What is the relationship between antihypertensive choice, BP lowering, and outcomes in patients with normal and elevated BP, and those with and without coronary heart disease?
 

High false-positive rate seen with repeated, multimodal screening for cancers

Clinical question: When patients undergo repeated screenings for multiple cancers, how often do false-positive results occur?
 

Aspirin benefits uncertain in patients with PAD

Clinical question: Is aspirin useful in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events in adults with peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
 

Insulin analogues provide marginal, if any, benefit

Clinical question: Are insulin analogues safer and/or more effective than older insulins?
 

All-cause mortality with CABG, PCI is similar in multivessel CAD

Clinical question: Are the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) comparable in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD)?
 

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