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Order Set to Improve the Care of Patients Hospitalized for an Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Brown, Kirstin E, Johnson, Kara J, DeRonne, Beth M, Parenti, Connie M, Rice, Kathryn L

“…Physicians' adherence to prescribing evidence-based inpatient and outpatient therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is low, and there is a…”
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Randomized trial of pragmatic education for low-risk COPD patients: impact on hospitalizations and emergency department visits by Siddique, Haamid H, Olson, Raymond H, Parenti, Connie M, Rector, Thomas S, Caldwell, Michael, Dewan, Naresh A, Rice, Kathryn L

“…Most interventions aimed at reducing hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have…”
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Withdrawal of chronic systemic corticosteroids in patients with COPD: A randomized trial by RICE, K. L, RUBINS, J. B, LEBAHN, F, PARENTI, C. M, DUANE, P. G, KUSKOWSKI, M, JOSEPH, A. M, NIEWOEHNER, D. E

“…The benefits of chronic systemic corticosteroids for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not well established. To determine whether…”
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Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: the internist as diagnostician by Lederle, F A, Parenti, C M, Chute, E P

“…To define the clinical features and assess the frequency and causes of missed diagnoses of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in patients initially…”
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The Kaleidoscope of General Internist Careers: A Challenge for Internal Medicine Training by Parenti, Connie M

“…As internal medicine residency programs struggle to produce enough general internists adequately prepared for practice, the graduate medical education system…”
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Training Internal Medicine Residents in the Community: The Minnesota Experience by Parenti, Connie M, Moldow, Charles F

“…The University of Minnesota internal medicine residency program of ambulatory general medicine rotations in rural communities and urban managed care settings…”
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Effect of a change in house staff work schedule on resource utilization and patient care by Gottlieb, D J, Parenti, C M, Peterson, C A, Lofgren, R P

“…Concern is frequently expressed by health care providers and consumers that the work environment of physicians-in-training may adversely affect their…”
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Reduction of unnecessary intravenous catheter use. Internal medicine house staff participate in a successful quality improvement project by Parenti, C M, Lederle, F A, Impola, C L, Peterson, L R

“…We had previously observed that a large proportion of peripheral intravenous (i.v.) catheters placed in patients on a regular medical ward at our hospital were…”
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Hyperpyrexia associated with intravenous cimetidine therapy. Report of a case by Parenti, C M, Hoffman, J E

“…Fever as a drug reaction is common. It has, however, not been widely recognized as a complication of cimetidine therapy. We observed a patient who, during the…”
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Variation by Specialty in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Women by Wigton, Robert S., Longenecker, J. Craig, Bryan, Teresa J., Parenti, Connie, Flach, Stephen D., Tape, Thomas G.

“…To determine practicing physicians' strategies for diagnosing and managing uncomplicated urinary tract infection, we surveyed physicians in general internal…”
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Are things different in the light of day? A time study of internal medicine house staff days by Parenti, C, Lurie, N

“…To determine how internal medicine house staff spend their days and compare activities during the day with those previously observed during night call…”
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How Physicians Diagnose Urinary Tract Infections by FLACH, STEPHEN D, WIGTON, ROBERT S, LONGENECKER, J. CRAIG, PARENTI, CONNIE, BRYAN, TERESA J, TAPE, THOMAS G

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The Relationship between Treatment Objectives and Practice Patterns in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections by Flach, Stephen D., Longenecker, J. Craig, Tape, Thomas G., Bryan, Teresa J., Parenti, Connie, Wigton, Robert S.

“…Objective. To describe physicians’ goals when treating uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) and the relationship between goals and practice patterns…”
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The idle intravenous catheter by Lederle, F A, Parenti, C M, Berskow, L C, Ellingson, K J

“…To assess the prevalence of idle peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters (those without any therapeutic use) on regular-care medical wards. Observation,…”
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An internist joins the surgery service: does comanagement make a difference? by MACPHERSON, D. S, PRENTI, C, NEE, J, PETZEL, R. A, WARD, H

“…To determine the effect of internist comanagement of cardiothoracic surgical patients on patient outcome and resource utilization. Before/after comparison…”
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Changing the fourth-year medicine clerkship structure: a successful model for a teaching service without housestaff by Parenti, C M

“…The fourth-year medicine clerkship was restructured at one of four sites. Teams consisting of one attending physician and three students cared for eight new…”
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Physician risk assessment and apache scores in cardiac care units by Pierpont, Gordon L., Parenti, Connie M.

“…Background: The need to correct outcome data for case mix is well recognized, but risk assessment for coronary care unit (CCU) patients remains problematic…”
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A process for identifying marginal performers among students in a clerkship by Parenti, C M

“…To evaluate a review process for identifying marginal performers among students in a clerkship. To better identify the marginal performers among the students…”
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Pulmonary embolism after coronary artery bypass surgery by Parenti, C

“…Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a well-recognized postoperative complication of major surgery; the frequency in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass…”
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Effects of night float system on housestaff neuropsychologic function by GOTTLIEB, D. J, PETERSON, C. A, PARENTI, C. M, LOFGREN, R. P

“…To examine the effect of a night float call system (NFS), a battery of neuropsychologic tests was administered to housestaff after call during an overnight…”
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