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M C Becker

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PubMed1986

Evaluation of an education program on the management of rheumatic diseases for physical therapists.

An educational program on the management of rheumatic diseases was developed for physical therapists. It was community based and designed to measure changes in patient care and physician behavior in the utilization of physical therapy services. Substantial changes in the utilization of physical therapy services were documented in 3 intervention communities, but not in control communities. In patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, there was a 1.8 day reduction in the hospitalization, significant increases in the use of preoperative physical therapy and a shift in the use of walking aids. These data suggest that physical therapists can play an important role in physician and patient education, and this may result in lower costs and improved outcomes.

Arthritis, Rheumatoid↗
PubMed1980

Nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy preparation in rheumatology in the United States and Canada.

Directors of undergraduate programs in nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy in the United States and Canada were surveyed to determine the amount and perceived adequacy of the current degree of classroom and clinical exposure to the rheumatic diseases. One hundred ninety-one (73%) of the 262 mailed questionnaires were returned. Results indicate that regardless of the actual degree of rheumatologic classroom exposure, directors in all three disciplines view current amounts as adequate. A larger proportion views levels of clinical exposure as inadequate. In general, the Canadian programs had a greater emphasis on rheumatology than their United States counterparts.

Canada↗
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[Granuloma annulare of the photoexposed areas in two liver transplant recipients].

BACKGROUND: We report two cases of generalized granuloma annulare occurring in photoexposed areas in two liver transplant recipients. CASE REPORTS: Case 1 was a 65-year-old man who had undergone liver transplantation in 1992. He was given immunosuppressive and antihypertensive therapy. Within 18 months of transplantation, he developed a confluent rash with maculae on sun-exposed areas (neck opening, nape, arms) and sparing the undershirt area. Clinical examination was normal. Skin biopsy revealed a palissade infiltrate located in the middle and upper derma, suggestive of granuloma annulare, with elastophagocytosis patterns (orcein stain and ultrastructure study). Photoexposure granuloma was diagnosed. Case 2 was a 59-year-old man who had undergone liver tranplantation in 1994. He was given immunosuppressive and antihypertensive therapy and developed within 4 months a dark rash on the neck opening and nape, sparing photoprotected areas. Histopathology revealed granuloma annulare. Elastophagocytosis was disclosed by orcein stain and the ultrastructure study. DISCUSSION: This clinical presentation of granuloma annulare in two liver transplant recipients is unusual. We discuss the clinical and histopathological patterns observed in our two cases and the relationships between granuloma annulare and immunosuppression.

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