Wikipedia:Choosing Wisely/American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Articles of interest

Articles relating to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine content
article	traffic in April 2014*	sources cited	change summary
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine	86
Opioids	5470	1	Persons performing any safety-sensitive task should not use opioids
Driving under the influence	27608	1	Workers should not use impairing substances while driving or operating heavy machinery
Forklift truck	16814	1	Health care providers should not recommend that workers who drive or use heavy equipment such as forklifts treat chronic or acute pain with opioids
Crane (machine)	36935	1	Health care providers should not recommend that workers who drive or use heavy equipment such as cranes treat chronic or acute pain with opioids
Heavy equipment operator	777	1
Heavy equipment	16516	1
Low back pain	30924	2	Workers who experience acute low back pain as a result of a work injury may be asked by their employers to have x-rays... testing is not indicated unless red flags are present
Projectional radiography	3714	2
Medical radiography	4119	2
Physical examination	14327	3	Employers should not routinely request that workers x-ray their lower backs as a condition for getting a job
Laborer	6445	3
Occupational safety and health	40506	3
Plantar fasciitis	75132	4	x-rays should not be used to screen for plantar fasciitis unless imaging is otherwise indicated
Polysomnography	12876	5	Polysomnography should not be routinely used to screen for sleep disorders in workers who complain of insomnia
insomnia	86964	5	Workers who complain of insomnia should not routinely have polysomnography to screen for sleep disorders

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References

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (February 2014), "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, retrieved 24 February 2014, which cites

1. • Weiss, MS; Bowden, K; Branco, F; et al. (2011). "Opioids Guideline". In Kurt T. Hegmann (ed.). Occupational medicine practice guidelines : evaluation and management of common health problems and functional recovery in workers (online March 2014) (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. p. 11. ISBN 978-0615452272.
2. • Talmage, J; Belcourt, R; Galper, J; et al. (2011). "Low back disorders". In Kurt T. Hegmann (ed.). Occupational medicine practice guidelines : evaluation and management of common health problems and functional recovery in workers (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. pp. 336, 373, 376–377. ISBN 978-0615452272.
3. • Talmage, J; Belcourt, R; Galper, J; et al. (2011). "Low back disorders". In Kurt T. Hegmann (ed.). Occupational medicine practice guidelines : evaluation and management of common health problems and functional recovery in workers (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. pp. 336, 373, 376–377. ISBN 978-0615452272.
4. • Haas, N; Beecher, P; Easly, M; et al. (2011). "Ankle and foot disorders". In Kurt T. Hegmann (ed.). Occupational medicine practice guidelines : evaluation and management of common health problems and functional recovery in workers (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. p. 1182. ISBN 978-0615452272.
5. • Lerman, SE; Eskin, E; Flower, DJ; George, EC; Gerson, B; Hartenbaum, N; Hursh, SR; Moore-Ede, M; American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Presidential Task Force on Fatigue Risk Management (Feb 2012). "Fatigue risk management in the workplace". Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 54 (2): 231–58. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e318247a3b0. PMID 22269988.

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