Block 07   1-1-2023      2-4-2024    Click on below LINKS to see the Required Readings (Please Read before Roundings)

     (updated 2/29/24)

1)     Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding (LO2): (updated 01/01/23)

a.   American Family Physician - “Evaluation of Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding” March 15, 2013 -

      https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2013/0315/p430.pdf

“Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patient’s with Cirrhosis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding” May 1, 2017 -

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0501/p582.pdf

“Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults: Evaluation and Management” March 1, 2020 (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0301/p294.pdf

“Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding” February 15, 2020 - (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0215/p206.pdf

b.  New England Journal of Medicine - “Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Peptic Ulcer” June 16, 2016 -

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcp1514257

“Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper GI Bleeding”January 3, 2013

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1211801

“Prophylaxis against Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Hospitalized Patients” June 28, 2018

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1605507?articleTools=true

“Timing of Endoscopy for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding” April 2, 2020 -

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1912484?articleTools=true

c.   Uptodate  “Approach to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in adults”:

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-upper-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults

 “Approach to the adult patient with lower gastrointestinal bleeding”

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-lower-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults

2)     Acute Pancreatitis (LO2): (updated 10/25/21)

a.  American Family Physician - “Acute Pancreatitis”- November 1, 2014;

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2014/1101/p632.pdf

b.  New England Journal of Medicine: “Acute Pancreatitis” November 17, 2016

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1505202?articleTools=true 

“Early vs On-Demand Nasoenteric Tube Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis”- November 20, 2014;

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1404393

c.   Up-To-Date - Management of acute pancreatitis”Management of acute pancreatitis” (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-acute-pancreatitis?search=acute pancreatitis&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1#H20

3)     COPD Exacerbation (LO2): (updated 10/25/21)

a.  American Family Physician - “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis and Management” April 1, 2017

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0401/p433.pdf

Cochrane - “Role of Mucolytics in the Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis or COPD” July 1, 2020;

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0701/p16.pdf

b.  New England Journal of Medicine “The Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome” September 24, 2015;

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1411863

“Triple Inhaled Therapy at Two Glucocorticoid Doses in Moderate-to-Very Severe COPD” July 2, 2020;

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1916046?articleTools=true

“Update in Clinical Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” September 26, 2019;

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1900500?articleTools=true

c.  UptoDate - “Management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”- (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-exacerbations-of-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease?search=copd exacerbation&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1#H22

d.  Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): 2020 Update-Power Point:

https://goldcopd.org/gold-teaching-slide-set/

“Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”- 2020 Report;

https://goldcopd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GOLD-2020-FINAL-ver1.2-03Dec19_WMV.pdf

4)     Delirium and Dementia (LO2) (updated 10/25/21)

a.   American Family Physician - “Delirium in Older Persons: Evaluation and Management” August 1, 2014

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2014/0801/p150.pdf

“Restraining Devices for Patients in Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities” February 15, 2009 -

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0215/p254.html?printable=afp

b.  New England Journal of Medicine - “Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults” October 12, 2017 (REQUIRED READING)

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcp1605501

“Sedation and Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit” January 30, 2014

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1208705

“Advanced Dementia” June 25, 2016

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcp1412652

“Joining Forces against Delirium-From Organ-System Care to Whole-Human Care” February 6, 2020 -

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1910499?articleTools=true

5)     Palliative Care- Part II- Symptom Management: (LO2) (updated 10/25/21)

a.  American Family Physician - “End-of-Life Care: Managing Common Symptoms” March 15, 2017 (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0315/p356.pdf

b.  FAST FACTS: Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin: http://www.mypcnow.org/fast-facts

#1, #8, #10, #15, #27, #37, #53&54, #81, #109, #145, #304, #313, #230, #256

c.  “Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care 4^th edition: Physical Aspects of Care” (National Consensus Project) 2018 -

http://nchpc.conferencespot.org/67968-nchpc-1.4266595/t006-1.4266818/f006-1.4266819/a027-1.4266830#tab_0=1

d.  Up-To-Date - “Pain Control in the Critically Ill Adult Patient”; (REQUIRED READING)

     http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pain-control-in-the-critically-ill-adult-patient?search=pain+management+in+hospital&sectionRank=3&anchor=H697575326&source=machineLearning&selectedTitle=1~150#H697575272 ‘

      Part I: Communication and End of Life Discussion (LO1)

                Part III: Managing the Dying Process (LO3)

6)     Pharmacology: Critical Care Pharmacology Pearls

7)     Pneumonia-CAP/HAP/VAP: (LO-2) (updated 10/25/21)

a.   American Family Physician: “Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Diagnosis and Management” November 1, 2016; (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2016/1101/p698.pdf

“Common Questions about Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents” October 1, 2015 -

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2015/1001/p612.pdf

Practice Guideline- “Community Acquired Pneumonia: Updated Recommendations from the ATS and IDSA” July 15, 2020; (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0715/p121.pdf

b.  Infectious Disease Society of America - “Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia.

     An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America” October 2019

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.201908-1581ST

c.   New England Journal of Medicine: “Aspiration Pneumonia” February 14, 2019

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1714562?articleTools=true

d.  Up-to-Date: “Treatment of hospital acquired and ventilator associated pneumonias in adults”;

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-hospital-acquired-and-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-in-adults?source=search_result&search=health+care+associated+pneumonia&selectedTitle=1~150

8)    Pulmonary Emboli and DVT/DVT Prophylaxis: (LO-2) (updated 10/25/21)

a.  American Family Physician - “Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: Current Therapy” March 1, 2017 (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0301/p295.pdf

“Ruling Out Pulmonary Embolism in the Primary Care Setting” June 1, 2018

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2018/0601/p750.pdf

“Anticoagulation: Updated Guidelines for Outpatient Management” October 1, 2019 (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2019/1001/p426.pdf

b.  American College of Physicians - “Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism:

     Best Practice Advice from the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians” November 2015

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M14-1772

c.  New England Journal of Medicine - “Pregnancy-Adapted YEARS Algorithm forDiagnosis of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism” March 21, 2019

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1813865?articleTools=true

9)     Seizures: (LO2) (updated 10/25/21)

a.  American Family Physician - “Evaluation of First Nonfebrile Seizures”  April 15, 2012;

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2012/0815/p334.pdf

“Febrile Seizures: Risks, Evaluation and Prognosis” April 1, 2019

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0401/p445.pdf

b.  American Academy of Neurology - “Evidence-based guideline: Management of an unprovoked first seizure in adults” April 21, 2015

https://n.neurology.org/content/84/16/1705.full

c.  New England Journal of Medicine - “Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus” November 28, 2019;

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1905795?articleTools=true

d.  Up-To-Date - “Evaluation and management of first seizure in adults”

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-management-of-the-first-seizure-in-adults?search=seizure&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1

Evaluation and management of the first seizure in adultsEvaluation and management of the first seizure in adultsEvaluation and management of the first seizure in adults

“Convulsive status epilepticus in adults: Treatment and Prognosis” (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/convulsive-status-epilepticus-in-adults-treatment-and-prognosis?search=convulsive-status-epilepticus-in-adultsclassification-clinical-features-and-diagnosis&source=search_result&selectedTitle=3~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=3

10)     Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (LO2): (updated 10/24/20)

a.  American Family Physician - “Skin and Soft Tissue Infections” September 15, 2015 (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2015/0915/p474.pdf

“Dermatologic Emergencies” October 1, 2010 -

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2010/1001/p773.pdf

“Diabetes related foot infection: diagnosis and treatment” October 2021

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2021/1000/p386.html

“Acute Hand Infections” February 15, 2019

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0215/p228.pdf

b.  New England Journal of Medicine - “Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections” December 7, 2017

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1600673?articleTools=true

c.  IDSA: “Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections: 2014 Update” June 18, 2014 -

https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/skin-and-soft-tissue-infections/

11)  Wound Care: (updated 10/24/20)

a.  American Family Physician: “Common Questions about Pressure Ulcers” November 15, 2015

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2015/1115/p888.pdf

“Common Questions About Wound Care” January 15, 2015;

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2015/0115/p86.pdf

“Venous Ulcers: Diagnosis and Treatment” September 1, 2019

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0901/p298.pdf

“Chronic Wounds: Evaluation and Management” February 1, 2020 - (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0201/p159.pdf

b.  New England Journal of Medicine: “Evaluation and Management of Lower-Extremity Ulcers” October 19, 2017;