Clinical Resource Library Database
Use this searchable database to quickly find tools and resources to help you improve patient health.
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
Created by two dietitians, Intuitive Eating is a self-care eating framework that integrates instinct, emotion, and rational thought.
2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
This guideline is intended to provide patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure.
2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention & Federal Action Plan
The National Strategy outlines concrete recommendations for addressing gaps and meeting the needs of at-risk populations. It is accompanied by the first-ever Federal Action Plan which identifies 200 discrete actions to be initiated and evaluated over the next three years.
2025 ACC/AHA/AAPA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
This clinical practice guideline is a living, working document updating current knowledge in the field of high blood pressure aimed at all practicing primary care and specialty clinicians who manage patients with hypertension.
5 Things You Should Know About Diabetic Eye Disease
The National Eye Health Education Program created this quick fact sheet for patients to learn more about diabetic eye disease.
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5 Tips for Better Patient Nutrition Counseling
PAs are in a unique position to be leaders in nutrition management on behalf of their patients. Addressing nutrition in sensitive ways can have a significant impact on patients’ health. Here are five tips for PAs as they counsel patients on nutrition.
A clinician’s guide to pulmonary hypertension
Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, pulmonary hypertension has high morbidity and mortality. Early detection of pulmonary hypertension by primary care providers can play an important role in patient outcomes and survival.
A curious case of ovarian cysts
This article focuses on the clinical symptoms, ovarian growth characteristics, pathophysiology, potential complications, management options, and recurrence of benign mature cystic teratomas.
A current understanding of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder that affects more than 900,000 Americans. This article describes recognition and diagnosis of MS using the updated 2017 criteria, and offers an overview of epidemiology, prognosis, and treatment strategies.
A Framework for Physician Assistant Intervention for Overweight and Obesity
Published in JAAPA, this article shares the work of a six-member expert panel, including five practicing PAs, to develop a framework to effectively combat overweight and obesity.
A fresh look at memory loss
Frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disease affecting cognition and behavior in multiple devastating ways. This article highlights diagnostic features helpful in differentiating frontotemporal dementia from other dementias, most commonly Alzheimer’s disease.
A lethargic child with COVID-19 infection
This case report describes a 20-month-old girl with a clear history of COVID-19 exposure whose acute abdomen and lethargy were diagnosed as COVID-19 infection complicated by intussusception.
A man with a productive cough
The clinical presentation of active tuberculosis is nonspecific. This article describes a patient whose chronic cough was eventually diagnosed as reactivation tuberculosis.
A mnemonic for managing acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common respiratory disorders in the world. Pharmacologic management of an acute exacerbation of COPD can be guided by the mnemonic ABC, for Antibiotics and anticholinergics, Beta2 adrenergic agonists, and Combination therapies and corticosteroids.
A multilevel life course perspective on type 2 diabetes
This article describes type 2 diabetes from a multilevel life course perspective that can help clinicians find areas of possible intervention and understand the challenges patients face.