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M Auslander

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PubMed1986

AAFP--ASGE conjoint course on flexible sigmoidoscopy.

The first multidisciplinary course developed jointly by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is described. This prototype program was designed to teach the skills of 35 cm flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) to twenty family physicians. Gastroenterologist preceptors determined that all 20 family physicians could perform this procedural skill within ten supervised cases. A control group of family physicians was studied to determine flexible sigmoidoscope acquisition frequencies in separate cohorts (Continuing Medical Education (CME) versus no CME on flexible sigmoidoscopy). The study group acquired instruments more frequently (18/19 = 95%) (p less than or equal to .05) than those with previous CME on FS (8/14 = 57%) or without previous CME on FS (2/19 = 11%). Two-thirds of these physicians purchased 60-65 cm flexible instruments rather than the 35 cm instrument. Longitudinal studies will be required to determine whether or not this intervention will have a meaningful impact upon colorectal cancer screening behaviors by primary care physicians.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗
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Green tobacco sickness: occupational nicotine poisoning in tobacco workers.

In this study the authors describe the investigation of a 1992 outbreak of green tobacco sickness, a form of nicotine poisoning from dermal exposure, among 47 tobacco workers in a five-county region of central and south-central Kentucky. Cases were identified through medical record searches at participating hospitals, as well as from reports submitted to the Occupational Health Nurses in Agricultural Communities program. A case-control study was undertaken to assess risk factors for green tobacco sickness. In a 20-min telephone interview, 40 cases and 83 controls responded to questions contained in a questionnaire. In 1992, 47 persons (3 were under age 16 y) in the study region sought medical treatment for green tobacco sickness. Twelve persons were hospitalized and 2 required intensive-care treatment. The crude incidence in 1992 was 10.0/1,000 tobacco workers. In 1993, 66 cases (7 were under age 16 y) of green tobacco sickness were identified in the study region (i.e., annual incidence of 14.0/1,000). A case-control study demonstrated that ill workers were younger, and were more likely to have worked in wet conditions, compared with workers who were not ill. Green tobacco sickness is a common problem among tobacco workers that may be prevented by avoiding work in wet tobacco or by use of protective clothing. Children younger than 16 y of age represented 9% of the green tobacco sickness cases in 1992 and 1993. Current occupational safety and health laws do not address protection of tobacco workers with respect to green tobacco sickness.

Adolescent↗
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Rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--Kentucky, 1994.

A survey of rabies postexposure prophylaxis administered by local health departments for a 1-year period showed that very few patients received treatment as a result of exposure to a confirmed rabid animal. Most prophylaxis was administered for contact with domestic animals in situations where existing recommendations for quarantine or laboratory testing of the animal were not followed. Because rabies in domestic animals in Kentucky is uncommon, these findings suggest that had the existing recommendations been followed, the prophylaxis would have been unnecessary in most cases.

Animals↗