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Search PrimeEvidence Source of documents selected for the PrimeAnswers evidence database are: <li> BMJ Clinical Evidence <li> AHRQ Evidence Reports <li> Family Practice Inquiry Network Answers <li> NEJM's Clinical Practice <li> JAMA's Rational Clinical Examination <li> AFP's Cochrane for Clinicians <li> JFP's Applied Evidence <li> Clinician's Handbook of Preventive <li> Various NIH and association guidelines <li> Various calculators and prediction rules

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Search MD Consult Books Search the content of 40 core medical textbooks simultaneously, retrieving occurrences by title with links to relevant sections.

Contents of 40 medical textbooks.
Search STAT!Ref Books Search: *ACP's PIER *ACS Surgery *AHFS Drug Info *Basic & Clin Pharmacology *Brunner&Suddarth's Txbk of Med-Surg Nursing * Current: Med Dx/Tx, ObGyn Dx/Tx, Ped Dx/Tx *Delmar's Fund&Adv Nursing Skills *DSM-IV-TR *Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Derm *Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care *INFECTIOUS DISEASES *Ingenix ICD-9-CM & CPT *Medical Immunology *Review of Gen Psych *Review of Med Physiology *Rudolph's Pediatrics *Schwartz's Principles of Surgery *Smith'Urology *USP-DI

TRIP Database Finding tool for evidence-based practice documents from multiple sites. Some direct links to original. Good method to search at one time: ACP Journal Club, Bandolier, DARE, ATTRACT, AHRQ Evidence Summaries, POEMs, NIH Consensus Statements, National Guideline Clearinghouse, and GPNotebook.
Finding tool for evidence-based documents

 National Guideline Clearinghouse The AHRQ's National Guidelines Clearinghouse summarizes peer-reviewed practice guidelines. Many linked to full guideline. You can compare two or more guidelines side-by-side.

PATIENT HANDOUTS
Search MD Consult Collection of customizable, printable patient education handouts. Source for handouts are: <li> AAFP <li> NIH <li> McKesson Clinical Reference Systems <li> Well-Connected <li> DynoMed <li> Griffith's Instructions for Patients <li> Ferri's Patient Teaching Guides <li> Mosby's Patient Teaching Guides

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Search MEDLINEplus Search for patient handouts, drug info, a color encyclopedia, dictionaries, agencies & organizations, headline news selected by the National Library of Medicine.

Search handouts created by medical associations and more. Includes Spanish language.
SCREENING
Prevention guidelines Preventive services guidelines, including USPSTF, Clinician's Handbook, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer.
Clinician's Handbook, USPSTF and more.

 AHRQ Interactive Preventive Services Selector Web-based application and online guide identifies clinical preventive services for screening, counseling, and preventive medication based on age, sex, and pregnancy status. It reflects current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric health Care
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Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics
DRUGS
Micromedex Drug and alternative medicine monographs with a DrugPoints for quick summary. Patient handouts, acute/emergency care, toxicological managements and reproductive risks.

Search Natural Medicines Search scientific summaries for 1000 medicinal herbs and dietary supplements. Rates safety and effectiveness. Interactions with condition, drug, food, lab test and nutrient levels.

Herbs and dietary supplements.
Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide Free, but requires registration from Johns Hopkins. Search by antibiotic, diagnosis or pathogen.
Requires registration.

 UW-SOM 2006 Antibiogram
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UW-SOM 2006 Antibiogram
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IMMUNIZATIONS
Adult Schedule CDC's adult immunization recommendations adapted from recommendations from the ACIP. For travel recommendations see Travelers' Health Destination recommendations.
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CDC-ACIP, ACOG, AAFP 2006-2007

 Childhood/Adolescent Schedule CDC schedule for childhood immunizations approved by ACIP, AAFP and AAP.
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CDC-ACIP-AAFP-AAP, 2007.

 ACIP Provisional Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Influenza
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Mar 2008

TRAVEL HEALTH
CDC Travelers' Health Regional immunization, food, and water recommendations for international travelers.
Recommendations by destination.

 Illness after international travel
Source: NEJM , Aug 2002

SKIN CONDITIONS
Search Dermatology Atlas Search 4500 color images by location or condition. Thumbnails are zoomable to fullsize with high detail. Several images for most diagnoses.

4500 color images online.
Habif: Clinical Dermatology 4th edition

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