"A LIFE IS A LIFE AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE..TO..SAVE SOMEONE..."

The P/SL Infusion Center is in the spotlight with two news stories concerning National Bone Marrow donors. One story features a Denver man trying to raise awareness and money for the national registry. He was featured on KMGH Channel 7 News. The link to the web site story is http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/18147653/detail.html .

A second story concerns a UNC football player becoming a national donor in March of 2008. He was honored during halftime of the Sugar Bowl game in January 2009. As part of the program, a national TV crew came to the infusion center to video tape the donation process. P/SL was recognized during the national story.

DR. BALLARD TALKS ABOUT SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON CBS 12-09!

Listen to a live 30-minute presentation aired on CBS Channel 4 December 9th featuring P/SL's sleep specialist Robert Ballard, M.D., at http://cbs4denver.com/video?cid=264.
Also presenting is Jim Hill, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado's Center for Human Nutrition. Both discuss sleep deprivation and its far-reaching effects. This 2-part series covers many sleep issues from adults to children and from mild to severe cases. Learn the relationship between lack of sleep and weight gain, and how diet and exercise play an integral part. Learn about sleep apnea and the problems associated with it. Hear about how stress and medical conditions affect the quality of your sleep. Discover quick tips on sleeping better using "white noise" and other relaxation aids.

STOP BY AND READ ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY OUR P/SL STAFF!

"Fixed-Angle Screws vs Standard Screws in Acetabular Prosthesis Fixation"
Ronald R. Hugate, M.D., Ian D. Dickey. M.D., et al.
Journal of Arthroplasty, article in press

"Management of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea"
Robert D. Ballard, M.D.
Journal of Family Practice Supplement, August 2008, Vol. 57, No. 8, p. S24-S30

"Amniocentesis in the Management of Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes: a Retrospective Study"
Richard P Porreco, KD Heyborne, H. Shapiro
Journal of Fetal Neonatal Medicine, August 2008, Vol. 21, No. 8, p. 573-579

"Combined Therapy with Cinacalcet and Low Doses of Vitamin D Sterols in Patients with Moderate to Severe Secondary Hyperparathyroidism"
GA Block, et al
Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, July 2008, Vol. 23, No. 7, Epub 2008 Feb 29

CALLING ALL PUBLISHED P/SL PHYSICIANS AND STAFF!

If you have recently published an article in a medical journal or related publication, please let the Denver Medical Libray know by emailing us at info@denvermedlib.org . We want to recognize P/SL staff who contribute to advancing the body of medical knowledge. Thank you!

P/SL Dieticians LE BANH and ELIZABETH PANTER are published!

Le Banh,MS,RD,CNSD and Elizabeth Panter,RD, CNSD, P/SL dieticians, co-authored an excellent article entitled "Barriers to Enteral Nutrition in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients" recently published in the August 2008 issue of Support Line (Vol 30, #4, pp 3-8). The article explains that patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) face a number of gastrointestinal complications from their treatments that are difficult to resolve. They go on to conclude that Enteral Nutrition (EN) may be beneficial pretransplant, but that Parenteral Nutrition (PN) is better after HSCT.
Stop by the Denver Medical Library and read the entire article. It's being featured at the Reference Desk.

BEST CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION SITES!

The Medical Library Association has a list of the "Top 10 Most Useful Websites" for Consumer Health information. Check out these free sites from any computer to find good, evidence-based info on many different conditions including cancer, HIV, children's health and more!


Cancer.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
familydoctor.org
healthfinder®
HIV InSite
Kidshealth®
Mayo Clinic
MEDEM: an information partnership of medical societies
MedlinePlus (English or Spanish)
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

TOBACCO-FREE HEALTH ZONE!

On August 8, 2008 the P/SL campus will become a Tobacco-Free Health Zone. Denver Medical Library has the following resources to help with this issue:

HANDOUTS
Clearing the Air – Quit Smoking Today
Smokefree.gov list of sites for expert help in quitting smoking
Turning Point – Stop Smoking in One Hour
Most Smokers Regret the Day They Started Smoking
“Way 2 Quit” Nicotine Habit Quit Kit
Nicorette “Cinnamon Surge Gum” sample
¡Rompa con el hábito de fumar! (Kick the Smoking Habit!)

VIDEOS
A Quick Primer on Counseling Patients to Stop Smoking
Please Don’t Smoke Around Me
Is Your Baby Smoking? Clear the Air You Share
If You Love Someone Who Smokes

BOOKS
Living without Smoking
57 Reasons Not to Light Up
Smoker: Self-Prtrait of a Nicotine Addict

AUDIOTAPE
A Meditation to Help You Stop Smoking

MORE NEW BOOK TITLES AT DML!

We have received new books in the categories of Toxicology and Endocrinology. Check out the following resources on our New Book Shelf behind the front reference desk.

CASARETT & DAOULL'S TOXICOLOGY:
The Basic Science of Poisons
by Curtis D. Klaassen
Casarett & Doull's Toxicology book description
Casarett & Doull's Toxicology table of contents

WILLIAMS TEXTBOOK OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
by Henry M. Kronenberg, Shlomo Melmed,
Kenneth S. Polonsky and P. Reed Larsen
Williams Textbook of Endocrinology book description

SAY GOODBYE TO LAURA CULLERTON!

Laura Cullerton, our Library Technician for the past 3 years, graduated August 15th from Denver University with her Master's degree in Library Information Science (MLIS). She has accepted an excellent new position as Information Specialist at Platt College, so this will be her last week at DML. Please come by the library Thursday, August 29th, 8:45 am - 12:00 pm to say goodbye to her and have a treat. All will miss her smiling face and sweet southern accent at our front desk, but we are excited for her in her new role and wish her the very best!!

AND MORE NEW BOOKS!

We have received new textbooks in the areas of Urology, Histology and Electrocardiography. Feel free to link to the handy Book Descriptions below, or come in and look them over.

SMITH'S GENERAL UROLOGY
by Emil A. Tanagho & Jack W. McAninch
Smith's General Urology book description

DiFIORE'S ATLAS OF HISTOLOGY
by Victor P. Eroschenko
DiFiore's Atlas of Histology book description

MARRIOTT'S PRACTICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
by Galen S. Wagner
Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography book description

NEW P/SL WEBSITES!

Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center has announced two new websites for the convenience of its patients and their families:

Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children

Best Care for Me

Please take a look at these sites. They contain a wealth of patient information and are easy to use.

MORE NEW BOOKS AT DML!

Come see our new books at the library! Listed below are new books in Orthopedics and Pediatrics with handy links to Book Descriptions and Tables of Contents.

CAMPBELL’S OPERATIVE ORTHOPAEDICS
Edited by S. Terry Canale and James H. Beaty (Mosby Elsevier, 2008)
Operative Orthopaedics book description
Operative Orthopaedics Table of Contents

TACHDJIAN'S PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
John Anthony Herring, MD, the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Pediatric Orthopaedics book description
Pediatric Orthopaedics Table of Contents

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY FOR PRACTITIONERS
by Myung K. Park
Pediatric Cardiology book description
Pediatric Cardiology Table of Contents

GOODBYE TO ADELAIDE FLETCHER

It is with much sadness and nostalgia that we say goodbye to Addie Fletcher, our wonderful Electronic Resources Librarian. She was the creator of this Blog and has done much to advance our library in many ways electronically. She has served on our staff for a year and a half and will be greatly missed. However, we look forward to working with her in her new position as Information, Research and Outreach Librarian at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Library on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. We also look forward to welcoming her as a new mother before the end of this year! For those who would like to wish her the best, her new email address is adelaide [dot] fletcher [at] ucdenver [dot] edu .

TWO NEW WEBSITES FOR P/SL!

Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center is pleased to announce two new websites for the convenience of its patients and their families:

Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children

Best Care for Me

Please take a look at them. They are organized in easy-to-use formats and contain a wealth of practical information.

NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY

Come see our new books at the library! Listed below are new books in Cardiology with handy links to the book description and/or the Table of Contents.

HURST'S THE HEART
by Fuster, O’Rourke, Walsh and Poole-Wilson
Hurst's The Heart - book description
Hurst's The Heart - Table of Contents

BRAUNWALD'S HEART DISEASE
by Libby, Bonow, Mann and Zipes
Braunwald's Heart Disease - book description

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY FOR PRACTITIONERS
by Myung K. Park
Pediatric Cardiology - book description
Pediatric Cardiology - Table of Contents

MOSS AND ADAMS' HEART DISESE IN INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
by Allen, Driscoll, Shaddy and Feltes
Heart Disease - book description
Heart Disease - Table of Contents

NEW SUMMER HOURS!

The Denver Medical Library will be open from now until Labor Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you have items to return after these hours, please deposit them in our pink drop-off box located outside the library by the building entry doors.

Search by PubMed ID or Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Ever notice those 8 or 10 digit numbers in your citations in PubMed? They're called PubMed IDs or PMIDs for short. Put one into the middle search box on our homepage and find out if we have the article in full text or in print at the library! It's just that simple.
It also works for a Digital Object Identifier or DOI. A DOI is a combination of letters, numbers and other symbols and it looks a lot like a web address. Here's an example from an article in Circulation: "10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.189185". Fortunately, it is usually found after the prefix "DOI:" so you know what it is. It us often found at the beginning of an article in full text, so look for it when you pick up a paper copy of a journal.

A New Way to Browse Journals

Because we have cancelled the print versions of many of our subscriptions, we have a new way for people to browse current journals - try our "Browse Table of Contents" link above the journal search box on our home page and see what you think.
How it works: click on the title of the journal you want to see the table of contents for and it will appear below. Click on the title again to make it dissappear so you can move on to the next title. Of campus clients with the portal may wish to login first using the link at the top of the page so that they can get the full text of articles.
Don't see your favorite title? There is a title request form at the bottom of the page.
Note: because the page has many scripts, it is very slow to load, so please be patient when you visit it for the first time!

Let us know what you think,

DML Staff

Clinical Evidence - Online at DML

We recently renewed our subscription to the decision-support tool Clinical Evidence from BMJ Publishing. Please note - Because our provider has changed, so has the process of accessing the resource: Go to http://www.denvermedlib.org/, and type "Clinical Evidence" in the Find a Journal box, and click Search. The resulting link will take you to the resource where you can then search for decision-support reviews on thousands of conditions.



Questions about using Clinical Evidence? Check out the Clinical Evidence user guide (PDF format - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Important information for Ovid users!

Do you use Ovid to access MEDLINE and other databases through the Denver Medical Library? If so, you should know about important changes to the Ovid interface in the coming weeks:

On February 5th, Ovid will switch from it's current interface to "OvidSP". OvidSP adds a new feature called "Basic Search" which is based on natural language - sort of like Google - and aims to help a searcher find a few very relevant articles. It is not intended to replace the traditional Ovid searching method which uses subject headings, which is still the best way to conduct a rigorous literature search.

From February 5th on, when you go to Ovid your screen will default to the "Basic Search" mode, but you can quickly switch to the interface you are used to by clicking on the gray "Ovid Syntax" tab on the right. From there the only thing that will have changed are the colors, fonts and some of the layout of the original Ovid interface, but it will essentially work the same.

Questions? Comments on the new interface? Let us know by calling 303-839-6670 or emailing us at info@denvermedlib.org.

New England Journal of Medicine

We continue to experience problems accessing the New England Journal of Medicine. We apologize again for any inconvenience to our users. Meanwhile, access issues with Blackwell titles have been resolved. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you need help.

Technical Difficulties

We are aware that there have been problems accessing some of our electronic Blackwell titles lately. We are also having trouble accessing the New England Journal of Medicine online. We are working as fast as we can to fix these problems and apologize for any inconvenience to our patrons. Please let us know if you are in urgent need of an article from Blackwell or NEJM and we will try to find a way to fill it for you. You can call the library at 303-839-6670 M-F 7a-5p.