Updated Practice Guideline for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis

Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]


Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis: 2012 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Shulman ST, Bisno AL, Clegg HW, Gerber MA, Kaplan EL, Lee G, Martin JM, Van Beneden C.

SourceDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Abstract

The guideline is intended for use by healthcare providers who care for adult and pediatric patients with group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The guideline updates the 2002 Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline and discusses diagnosis and management, and recommendations are provided regarding antibiotic choices and dosing. Penicillin or amoxicillin remain the treatments of choice, and recommendations are made for the penicillin-allergic patient, which now include clindamycin.

To access the full text click here:  http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/06/cid.cis629.full.pdf+html

Natural Standard Adds Healthy Recipes

Natural Standard recently added a Healthy Recipes database to their clinical decision support tool. You will find the recipes on the “TOOLS” pull-down at NaturalStandard.com .  


What makes the recipe database special is the ingredients link to their respective Natural Standard monographs. This allows clinicians to easily check for drug interaction, safety and allergy information when recommending these tasty meals. This is also a wonderful reference for planning healthy family meals. Check out chicken and artichokes with pasta to see how these recipes work.

Natural Standard was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. This data base has an A – Z listing of Foods, Herbs, and Supplements that will provide you with in-depth, evidenced-based information on herbal medicines including uses, dosing recommendations, scientific evidence, safety, interactions, and references.


If you would like more information on and/or assistance in using the Natural Standard database, contact Deb Knippel.

June Issue of NIH News in Health

Check out the June Issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. In this edition:

It’s a Kid’s Job - Playing Helps Kids Learn and Grow
     Research shows that active, creative play benefits just about every aspect of child development. Play, it turns out, is essential to growing up healthy.

Catching a Cold When It’s Warm - What’s the Deal with Summertime Sniffles?
     Summer’s a time to get away, get outside and have some fun. So what could be more unfair than catching a cold when it’s warm? Is there any way to dodge the summertime sniffles?

Click here to download a PDF version for printing.

NIH News in Health is happy to send a limited number of print copies free of charge for display in offices  or clinics. Just email NIH News or call 301-435-7489 for more information.

Online Directory for Children and Family Services

The MCH Library at Georgetown University has developed a new edition of the Community Services Locator, an online directory for finding services for children and families in the communities in which they live. The locator can be used by service providers and families to find available child care and early childhood education programs; developmental assessment and learning services; family support; financial support; and health and wellness care. View the locator online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_community.html.

The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a 7 minute video: “How Effective Healthcare Communication Contributes to Health Equity”.

This video offers a helpful introduction for all healthcare providers on how culture, language and health literacy support the elimination of disparities and promote health equity. 

Book Review

18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
By Peter Bregman

Many of us can identify with the stories related to time management, procrastination, and motivation that Peter Bregman discusses in his book, 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done. Bregman encourages readers to “focus your year on the five areas that will make the most difference in your life.” He provides a practical approach to being successful in your work and/or personal life by taking small bits of time out of your day to check in with yourself to make sure 95% of your actions are in your areas of focus. We often try to get it all done when in reality, it is impossible to get it all done. One particular thought stands out for me:

“The secret to surviving a buffet is to eat fewer things. And the secret to thriving in your life is the same: Do fewer things.”

The author challenges the reader “to choose the one thing you’ve read from this book that will make the most difference in your life and do it” and then see what happens. 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done is available from the Ministry Health Science Library. Contact Deb Knippel if you would like to check out this book from the library.

Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women

The MCH Library and the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown University have developed a new edition of the knowledge path, Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women. This knowledge path directs readers to a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and quality of oral health care. The knowledge path can be used by health professionals, program administrators, and policymakers to learn more about oral health, for program development, and to locate training resources and information to answer specific questions. The knowledge path also links to separate resource briefs for families and for schools and to briefs on topics such as the dental home, dental sealants, and oral health for children and adolescents with special health care needs. View the knowledge path online at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/knwpathoralhealth.html.


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