Physicians Update

Our quarterly newsletter provides you with relevant educational and timely news affecting laboratory medicine.

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Fall 2011

Volume XXVI, Number 3
Featured in this Issue:

• A review of preanalytic variables associated with spurious serum and plasma potassium results.
• A discussion of some uncommon syndromes associated with hyperkalemia and hypokalemia.

Summer 2011

Volume XXVI, No. 2
Featured in this Issue:

• OVA1® Update—intended use

Spring 2011

Volume XXVI, No. 1
Featured in this Issue:

• Periodontal disease and diabetes
• Gestational Diabetes—disturbing findings and new recommendations
• Glucose and A1C variability

Winter 2011

Volume XXV, No. 4
Featured in this Issue:

• High-risk HPV DNA co-testing overview
• HPV Vaccine-potential impact on future cervical cancer screening

Fall 2010

Volume XXV, No. 3
Featured in this Issue:

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Update - A discussion of the recently released ACR/EULAR guidelines for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis with emphasis on the role of the clinical laboratory
• A review of the association between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease

Summer 2010

Volume XXV, No. 2
Featured in this Issue:

• A discussion of the clinical laboratory’s role in the management of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP)

Spring 2010

Volume XXV, No. 1
Featured in this Issue:

• OVA 1-Meeting an Unmet Clinical Need - A discussion of OVA1-a novel IVDMIA used to help gynecologists determine the likelihood of ovarian cancer in women with ovarian mass before surgery.

Winter 2010, Supplement 1

Volume XXIV, No. 4.
Featured in this Issue:

• ADA Guidelines for the Use of A1C in the Diagnosis of Diabetes

Winter 2010

Volume XXIV, No. 4.
Featured in this Issue:

• Care360™ EHR-The Next Step to Going Electronic
• Diabetes Dialogue-Recent Controversy Regarding A1C
• New ACOG Practice Bulletin-An Update on Cervical Cancer Screening
• Announcing Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute Symposium on Bleeding and Thrombosis

Fall 2009

Volume XXIV, No. 3.
Featured in this Issue:

• A discussion of ePrescribing
• Some thoughts and considerations about implementing an EHR for your practice

Summer 2009

Volume XXIV, No. 2.
Featured in this Issue:

• A1C likely to be recommended as a screening test for diabetes
• HPV 16/18 genotyping now an option for follow-up of NILM Pap test with positive high-risk HPV DNA
• Novel Strain of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus preparedness. What you need to know!

Spring 2009

Volume XXIV, No. 1
Featured in this Issue:

• Editor's note: Quest Diagnostics named to FORTUNE magazine's Most Admired list for second consecutive year
• CKD Revisited
• Prediabetes Consensus Statement
• Iatrogenic Hyperkalemia

Winter 2009

Volume XXIII, No. 4
Featured in this Issue:

• A discussion of the use of high sensitivity CRP for risk evaluation in patients without hyperlipidemia with emphasis on the Jupiter trial
• Update from the CDC on identification of persons with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Fall 2008

Volume XXIII, No. 3
Featured in this Issue:

• A discussion of the three phases of laboratory testing and their contribution to spurious test results
• An update to the factors which can cause pseudohyperkalemia
• American Academy of Pediatrics issues report on cardiovascular health in childhood

Summer 2008

Volume XXIII, No. 2
Featured in this Issue:

• ADA Consensus Panel issues recommendation — “Managing Preexisting Diabetes for Pregnancy”
• An Update on the laboratory diagnosis and treatment strategies for Helicobacter pylori infection
• Quest Diagnostics and Google collaborate on allowing patients to view their laboratory results in their Google Health Account

Spring 2008

Volume XXIII, No. 1
Featured in this Issue:

• A short note on how to use laboratory tests
• Quest Diagnostics makes Fortune magazine's list of Most Admired Companies
• Why measuring glycemic excursions is an important part of diabetes management
• A brief discussion of the 2006 ASCCP Consensus Guidelines on the use of high-risk HPV DNA for cervical cancer screening

Winter 2008

Volume XXII, No. 4
Featured in this Issue:

• Chronic Kidney Disease Revisited

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