{"title":"Parenting in healthcare.","authors":"Alizabeth Van Wieren","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000115","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring opportunities beyond clinical practice: The need for PA educators.","authors":"Sarah Bolander, Amber Herrick","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000053","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Opportunities outside patient care are expanding for physician associates/assistants (PAs). Exploring new roles beyond clinical practice has the potential for improved career fulfillment as clinicians experience increasing levels of burnout and declining satisfaction with patient care. The decision to shift to a nonclinical role may be overwhelming without knowing what positions PAs are qualified to consider. PAs are increasingly found in the fields of healthcare consulting (as medical science liaisons), medical writing, healthcare insurance, research, and academia. With the rapid growth in PA programs, the need for educators is critical and this transition creates an interesting dynamic in which a proficient clinician becomes a novice educator. This article delves into these expectations and provides guidance on making the transition.</p>","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Independence.","authors":"Cameron Young Sweeney","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000117","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building bridges with physicians.","authors":"Jason Prevelige","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000119","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":" ","pages":"10-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wrist and thumb pain after a traumatic injury.","authors":"Shaun Horak","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000114","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"47-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Febrile seizures: A clinical review and focus on caregiver education.","authors":"Melissa Eiseman","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000052","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Febrile seizures are the most common seizure disorder in childhood. Most febrile seizures have a benign course and children have a good prognosis. However, febrile seizures are traumatizing events for a child's family or caregiver to witness. Appropriate caregiver education is crucial to ease anxiety. This article reviews the risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnostics, treatment, and prevention of febrile seizures in addition to providing a guideline for effective caregiver education and support.</p>","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"37-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neurocognitive changes in a patient receiving esketamine for treatment-resistant depression.","authors":"Carolyn F Kundert, Robert M Sobule, Muaid Ithman","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000036","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Esketamine, the s(+) enantiomer of ketamine, was approved in 2019 as the first rapid-acting intranasal spray medication for treatment-resistant depression; the drug is given in combination with an antidepressant. The treatment is self-administered in a clinical setting under the supervision of a healthcare provider and usually is well tolerated. Many of its adverse reactions are mild, temporary, and dose-dependent, and they improve with subsequent treatments. Although the prescribing information lists difficulty remembering or thinking as possible adverse reactions, a neurocognitive evaluation is not part of the initial patient evaluation. This case report focuses on a patient whose neurocognitive symptoms worsened with esketamine treatment, necessitating treatment discontinuation.</p>","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"28-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Mungul, Nick Bila, Grace Petr, Katie Satterberg, Alyssa Knueven
{"title":"Serotonin syndrome: A rare yet crucial diagnosis.","authors":"Daniel Mungul, Nick Bila, Grace Petr, Katie Satterberg, Alyssa Knueven","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000087","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Serotonin syndrome is a rare, life-threatening toxidrome caused by serotonergic agents. This syndrome classically presents with a combination of mental status changes, autonomic hyperactivity, and neuromuscular abnormalities. However, diagnosing the condition is difficult because of its variable symptoms at presentation. As a result, serotonin syndrome often is underreported, making it harder to understand, recognize, and treat. Patients with this condition may present to primary or urgent care or an ED, and may become acutely symptomatic during an inpatient admission. Clinicians must be able to identify at-risk patients and intervene to prevent potentially lethal complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":" ","pages":"21-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Silicosis: No longer exclusively a chronic disease.","authors":"Ashley C Cena, Lorenzo G Cena","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000103","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Silicosis typically has been classified as a chronic disease that develops after at least 10 years of exposure to silica dust, and often is associated with miners and stone workers. As industries have changed over time, other types of workers (including those in artificial stonework, jewelry polishing, and denim production) have become exposed to high levels of silica, leading to the development of acute and accelerated silicosis. Acute silicosis can develop in as little as a few months, and accelerated silicosis can develop in as little as 2 years. No cure exists for any form of silicosis, and lung transplantation is the only lifesaving treatment. Primary care clinicians must understand when patients are at risk for developing silicosis and not assume that a short time of exposure precludes the development of silicosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":" ","pages":"14-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient ischemic attack.","authors":"Kathleen Deponte","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000118","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"37 9","pages":"45-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}