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CME Publication Gives Clinicians a Leg Up in Treating Disorders of the Lower Extremities

Thursday, May 22, 2008 General News
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MONTVALE, N.J., May 21 A young flight attendant complainsof swelling and tightness in her right leg and a heavy feeling that preventsher from exercising. Will the ultrasound results indicate deep vein thrombosisor peripheral arterial disease?
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Overlapping symptomatology and the frequent presence of comorbidities makeit challenging to differentiate among leg disorders in a primary carepractice. The Journal of Family Practice has published "Differentiating LegDisorders: Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment in the Primary CareSetting", a CME supplement featuring a series of case studies-like the oneabove-designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy in recognizing anddiagnosing these disorders.
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Readers of "Differentiating Leg Disorders: Strategies for Diagnosis andTreatment in the Primary Care Setting" are eligible to obtain free CME credit.The supplement is available online athttp://www.jfponline.com/supplements.asp?id=6209.

This supplement to the May 2008 issue of The Journal of Family Practice, apeer-reviewed journal distributed to 96,000 family physicians, is part of theBiology of Leg Disorders (BOLD(R)) educational initiative, sponsored byProfessional Postgraduate Services(R). This CME activity is supported by aneducational grant from AR Scientific, Inc.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants can find this supplement onwww.apctoday.com, an online resource for advanced practice clinicians.

The Journal of Family Practice is published by Dowden Health Media, aDivision of Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. APCTODAY is copyrighted by Dowden HealthMedia, a Division of Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. Dowden Health Media is a full-service healthcare communications company that specializes in high-qualitycommunication with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and consumers.Its highly respected, peer-reviewed journals reach more than 300,000physicians and clinicians in surgery, psychiatry, family practice, internalmedicine and obstetrics/gynecology.

Web site: http://www.jfponline.comhttp://www.dowdenhealth.com http://www.apctoday.com /

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