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Medical LiteratureAka: Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters, Disease Oriented Evidence, POEMS, DOE

General
1. Read only Peer Reviewed Journals
  1. Annals of Internal Medicine
  2. ACP Journal Review
  3. Journal Watch
  4. Pediatrics
  5. Green Journal (ACOG)
  6. Postgraduate Medicine
  7. American Family Physician
  8. New England Journal
  9. JAMA
2. Approach literature in hierarchical pattern
  1. Scan Table of Contents
  2. Read Appropriate Abstracts (Small list)
  3. Read Appropriate articles (Smaller list)
3. Always assess validity
Types of Articles
1. POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters)
  1. Concentrate on these articles!
  2. Studies that look at illnesses
    1. Direct bearing on patient outcomes
    2. Problems common to your practice
    3. Information that will change the way you practice
2. DOE (Disease Oriented Evidence)
  1. Understanding of pathophysiology, and pharmacology
Resources
1. MLA Brandon/HIll Online Journal Links
  1. http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/ejournals/branhill.html
Reference
1. Shaugnessy (1997) Am Fam Physician 55(6):2155

POEMS Syndrome (C0085404)
Definition (MSH)	A multisystemic disorder characterized by a sensorimotor polyneuropathy (POLYNEUROPATHIES), organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and pigmentary skin changes. Other clinical features which may be present include EDEMA; CACHEXIA; microangiopathic glomerulopathy; pulmonary hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY); cutaneous necrosis; THROMBOCYTOSIS; and POLYCYTHEMIA. This disorder is frequently associated with osteosclerotic myeloma. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1335; Rev Med Interne 1997;18(7):553-62)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
English	Crow Fukase Syndrome, POEMS, POEMS Syndrome, Polyneuropathy organomegaly endocrinopathy monoclonal gammopathy and skin changes, Takatsuki Syndrome, Takatsuki's Syndrome
Spanish	sÃndrome POEMS, sindrome POEMS
Credits	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Does (qualifier value) (C1272751)
Concepts	Finding (T033)
English	Able to and does, Does
Spanish	es capaz y lo realiza, lo hace, lo realiza
Credits	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)