Fighting the flu: What we've learned about H1N1 and more Volume 109, Issue 4 Effective response to influenza requires background knowledge about the virus as well as up-to-date public health surveillance data. This issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal offers a better understanding of the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, prevention and management of both seasonal and H1N1 influenza -- essential elements of effective patient care. Click on the cover to the left to open the new virtual Journal and read any of the articles below. The virtual Journal requires Flash software. To download Flash, click here. View the archived Wisconsin Medical Journal volumes here.

EDITORIAL

‘The Flu’ (PDF)
John J. Frey, III, MD

COMMENTARY

Letters to the Editor (PDF)

A Summer in Research on Newborn Screening (PDF)
Abigail M. Bales, BS

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Seasonal Influenza in Primary Care Settings: Review for Primary Care Physicians (PDF)
Jonathan L. Temte, MD, PhD; Jacob P. Prunuske, MD, MSPH

Epidemiologic and Clinical Features Among Patients Hospitalized in Wisconsin with 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Virus Infections, April to August 2009 (PDF)
Amit S. Chitnis, MD, MPH; Shaun A. Truelove, MPH; Jean K. Druckenmiller, BS, CIC; Richard T. Heffernan, MPH; Jeffrey P. Davis, MD

Influenza-related Viral Myocarditis (PDF)
Shereif H. Rezkalla, MD; Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD

The Usefulness of Health Care Databases in Wisconsin for Identifying Hmong Patients with Cancer (PDF)
Mary Foote, MS; Jacqueline Matloub, MB, BS

CASE REPORTS

Cardiac Computed Tomography and Quadricuspid Aortic Valve: A Case Report (PDF)
Carrie B. Chapman, MD; Takushi Kohmoto, MD; Annie F. Kelly, MD; Frank Thornton, MD; Jon G. Keevil, MD

HEALTH INNOVATIONS

‘SWINEUPDATE’: Using EMR charting tools as a clinical decision support tool during the H1N1 outbreak (PDF)
Alexander Young, MD

YOUR PROFESSION

Dean’s Corner
Birthday Reflections for Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin (PDF)
Valerie J. Gilchrist, MD, Robert N. Golden, MD

From the Office of General Counsel
Five Things Every Physician Needs to Know About Freebies and Discounts (PDF)
Alyce C. Katayama, JD, Lisa A. Lyons, JD

MetaStar Matters
WHITEC: The Wisconsin Health Information Technology Center (PDF)
Jay A. Gold, MD, JD, MPH; Ashley Green

YOUR SOCIETY

Barriers to Research in Rural Wisconsin (PDF)
Alisha Fahley

YOUR PRACTICE

Instructions to Authors

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