{"title":"What Ever Became of Curiosity....","authors":"J Michael Pontious","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 7","pages":"295-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34192947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PLICO Announcement.","authors":"Woody Jenkins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 7","pages":"298-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34192948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryan A Van Doren, Kristin A Foulks-Rodriguez, William Yarborough
{"title":"Opioid Addiction Treatment Using Buprenorphine-Naloxone In A Community-Based Internal Medicine Practice.","authors":"Bryan A Van Doren, Kristin A Foulks-Rodriguez, William Yarborough","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Opioid dependency currently affects over 2.5 million patients in the United States and is increasing in incidence. Office-based opioid therapy with buprenorphine-naloxone provides greater patient access to treatment and has significantly improved therapeutic outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a study of 100 consecutive patients treated for opioid dependence with buprenorphine-naloxone in a single provider's community-based internal medicine practice. The primary outcome measures were retention in therapy, wellness, and abstinence from ongoing drug use. Data were obtained from frequent physical examinations, self-report data, and periodic urine drug screening.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The retention rate in therapy was 75%. A multidimensional evaluation of wellness improved in 75% of the patients. Eighty-five percent reported no opiate relapse during therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Office-based opioid therapy with buprenorphine-naloxone has provided greater access to therapy with improved therapeutic outcomes. Our findings support the mounting literature that more patients should be offered office-based opioid therapy for opioid dependency.</p>","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 7","pages":"303-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34192949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated Leadership for Hospitals and Health Systems: Principles for Success.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 5-6","pages":"281-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33960399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"President's page.","authors":"Woody Jenkins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 5-6","pages":"165-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33960397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Assembly Line.","authors":"J Michael Pontious","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 5-6","pages":"163-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33960395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Being Mortal....","authors":"Michael Pontious","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 4","pages":"123-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33911859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Approach to Depression in the Primary Care Setting.","authors":"Benjamin J McKinney, Phebe Tucker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 4","pages":"138-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33911861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late Effects of Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Cancer Survivors.","authors":"Abeer Arain, Terence Herman, Chance Matthiesen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The overall survival rates of many pediatric cancers continue to improve with each decade due to new advances in therapy. As this trend continues, the focus and importance of minimizing acute and long-term toxicity associated with treatment is paramount. While significant research regarding many of the late responses of normal tissues associated with radiation exposure has been established, future endeavors must be directed toward the identification of therapy related factors including radiation total dose, dose rate, exposure, and target treatment volumes. Awareness of short and long-term health risks of these patients is important and careful follow-up of long-term survivors is essential. In this report, we review some selected late adverse effects including the development of secondary malignancies, cardiotoxicity, physiological changes to glandular tissue, hormonal and reproductive changes to germ cells, and neurocognitive changes. Furthermore, we compared the differences regarding late effects of normal tissues associated with the use of proton versus photon radiotherapy, a topic that has received a great deal of attention in pediatric cancer and is increasing in utilization in the United States and world-wide.</p>","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 4","pages":"129-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33911860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"And then my stethoscope fell into the commode....","authors":"J Michael Pontious","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75127,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association","volume":"108 3","pages":"83-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33895775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}