Biomedical subjects

F A Riddick

Publications and source records attributed to F A Riddick.

16 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Cruise ship anisocoria.

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Administration, Cutaneous↗

PubMed1992

The role of the multispecialty clinic in health care delivery in the twenty-first century.

The major multispecialty clinics have established their niche as centers of excellence in coordinated patient care and patient-centered teaching and research. They will be increasingly dependent on local practice and participation in health care plans in future years. Their status as referral centers will hinge on their documentation of cost-effective care of high quality for the ultratertiary patient and on their ability to be recognized for this care by employers, insurers, and national health plans.

Delivery of Health Care↗

PubMed1986

Future directions in graduate medical education.

Public perception that the challenges of meeting medical manpower and facility needs and of providing access to complex medical care have been met, coupled with concerns over mounting costs of medical care, will significantly reduce commitment to funding of graduate medical education. There will be reduced funding for longer educational programs and subspecialties and for foreign medical graduates, but not for primary care specialties and US medical graduates. The medical care system must ensure that each US medical graduate has access to the postgraduate education necessary as preparation for practice. The system will be challenged to develop necessary techniques for funding that education. An all-payor's system based on health insurance premiums, funds from the faculty practice plans, and sponsored programs carrying obligations of future service are reasonable possibilities for meeting funding needs.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗

PubMed1981

Immunologic aspects of thyroid disease.

Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are autoimmune processes considered distinct diseases in light of current knowledge. In Graves' disease, antibodies directed against the thyrotropin receptor of the thyroid cell stimulate the gland to hyperfunction. The ophthalmopathy of Graves' disease may result from a different autoimmune reaction, directed against orbital tissue. In Hashimoto's thyroiditis, humoral and cellular immune processes are directed against elements of the thyroid cell and result in destruction and glandular hypofunction.

Autoimmune Diseases↗

PubMed1976

Hypoglycemia: the "undisease".

Patients with a wise variety of medical problems have been labeled as having "hypoglycemia" during the past several years. Hypoglycemia, however, indicates only a diminished content of blood or plasma glucose. In individual cases the existence of hypoglycemia needs to be ascertained by objective laboratory measurements. Once confirmed, it is necessary to determine which of the many conditions capable of inducing hypoglycemia is present. Therapy must be directed against a specific diagnosis. It is not sufficient to decide by history without laboratory confirmation that a patient has hypoglycemia and then prescribe dietary modification.

Adenoma, Islet Cell↗

PubMed1972