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April 2010, VOLUME 93, NO.4

 

 

   

 

Rehabilitation Medicine:
Serving People with Disabilities

Guest Editor: Jon Mukand, MD, PhD

Complete issue

 

 

Commentaries

98

Negative Hallucinations [April Fool’s]
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

99

Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

 


 

CONTRIBUTIONS

100

INTRODUCTION
Rehabilitation Medicine: Serving People with Disabilities
Jon Mukand, MD, PhD

102

Rolling the Right Way: The Physician’s Role in Wheelchair Prescription
Stacey Johnson OTR/L, AT; Colleen Fitzsimmons MS, PT

103

Pediatric Rehabilitation Day Treatment for Children with Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Marilyn F. Serra, MS/MEd, CCC/SLP; Colleen McCarthy, BASW

106

The Assessment and Prevention of Falls
Patricia I. Wolfe, PT, MS; Christine Lourenco, SPT; Jon Mukand, MD, PhD

108

Hip Fracture Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation
Craig Lareau, MD; Gregory Sawyer, MD

112

The Multiply-Injured Trauma Patient: Resuscitation, Rehabilitation, Recovery
Shea C. Gregg, MD; Daithi S. Heffernan, MD, AFRCSI; Jason T. Legere, PT; Helen M. Lilly, RN, BSM, CCM; Annah Kinsler, MSW, LCSW; Amy B. Muschiano, MS, CCC-SLP; Moira K. McDonnell, MS, CCC-SLP; Kelly L. Tober, OTR/L; Amy L. Smith, MS, OTR/L; David T. Harrington, MD, FACS; Charles A. Adams, Jr., MD, FACS

116

Inpatient Rehabilitation Services: Regulatory Changes
Jeanne Stowe, MBA, RN, NHA; Jon Mukand, MD, PhD

 


 

COLUMNS

118

Vital Statistics

118

PHYSICIAN’S LEXICON
A Testimony to Virility
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

119

IMAGES IN MEDICINE
Nonbacterial Thrombotic (Marantic) Endocarditis
Carlos J. Esteva, MD; Ronald A. DeLellis, MD; Lauren Hartman, MD

120

CREATIVE CLINICIAN CASE
Probing Past a Seizure
Dalila Zachary, MD; Arvind Shekar, MD; Cecile Letourneau, MT (ASCP); Marguerite Neill, MD

122

ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY
An Evidence-Based Update on Vitamins
K. Kelly Orr, PharmD; Anne L. Hume, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS

125

GERIATRICS FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
Post-Hospital Transitions: Special Considerations for Individuals with Dementia
Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD; Ana Tuya Fulton, MD; Rebekah Gardner, MD; Stefan Gravenstein, MD; Ivan W. Miller, PhD

128

April Heritage

 
 

Cover Sun, Moon and Stars" by Marion Wilner, a monotype, illustrates day four of the seven days of creation from a series of prints and paintings titled “In the Beginning.” The artist’s paintings and prints are represented by the DeBlois gallery in Newport,
Rhode Island. To see more of the artist’s work visit www.nineteenonpaper.com and www.debloisgallery.com. Marion is currently Professor Emerita of Art at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts. mandmwilner@yahoo.com

 
 

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