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Prescribing Guidelines for Nicotine Dependence

Nearly all tobacco use begins in childhood and adolescence. The majority of adults who have ever tried a cigarette reported trying their first by the age of 18.

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Guidance for Prescribing a Spacer-Compatible Inhaled Steroid

This is a decision pathway that guides practices through barriers associated with patients obtaining a spacer-compatible inhaled steroid for treating asthma. It also includes standard prior authorization language to communicate with insurance companies.

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Screening Infants for Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the liver. Increased rates of intravenous drug use resulting in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among women of child-bearing age in Ohio and much of the United States have placed an increasing number of infants at risk for vertically acquired infection.

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Tick and Mosquito Diseases

Lyme disease and other tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses continue to increase and cause significant morbidity in Ohio. This is particularly true for children, who spend a lot to time outdoors during the spring and summer.

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Preventing Peanut Allergy

Given the large potential beneficial impact on a population level, the guidelines recommend that age appropriate peanut-containing foods be introduced to all infants prior to 11 months of age, and ideally closer to 6 months of age.

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Prescribing Guidelines for Acne

Goals of acne treatment include using the least aggressive, but most effective, regimen that targets the largest number of pathogenic factors and avoids the development of bacterial resistance.

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Managing Pediatric Molluscum Contagiosum

Most lesions of molluscum contagiosum can be treated by the primary care physician. However, some circumstances may warrant referral to a dermatologist.

Asthma Inhaled Corticosteroid Table

Each inhaled corticosteroid has comparative daily dosages listed along with typical dose frequencies, strengths available, device delivery methods, and Ohio Medicaid coverage notes.

Bronchiolitis

This clinical tool outlines how REST is the most effective approach to treating bronchiolitis.