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| 1307 | Evidence-Based Prenatal Care: Part I. General Prenatal Care and
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Routine prenatal interventions are controversial, but fetal heart auscultation, urinalysis, and assessment of maternal weight, blood pressure, and fundal height generally are recommended. Women should be offered screening for anemia and ABO and Rh blood typing during the first prenatal visit. All women should be offered prenatal serum marker screening for neural tube defects and aneuploidy. Folic acid supplementation is recommended to prevent neural tube defects.  |
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Patient information: "Pregnancy: Keeping Yourself and Your Baby Healthy,” p. 1321 |
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Editorial: "Prenatal Care: Examining the Evidence for an Evolving Paradigm,” p. 1264 |
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| 1327 | Evaluation of the Patient with Muscle Weakness
A comprehensive evaluation of patients with muscle weakness includes a thorough examination and coordinated laboratory, radiologic, electrodiagnostic, and pathologic studies. |
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| 1339 | Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults
The clinical evaluation of gastrointestinal bleeding depends on the hemodynamic status of the patient and the suspected source of the bleed. Several diagnostic tools are available depending on these variables. |
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| 1353 | Methadone Treatment for Pain States
Methadone may be used to treat cancer and neuropathic pain states. It may be an appropriate replacement for other opioids when side effects have limited further use. |
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| 1301 | Cochrane for Clinicians
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| 1369 | Putting
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• Screening for Thyroid Disease |
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| 1375 | FPIN's
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• St. John's Wort for Depression |
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| 1261 | Letters to the Editor
• Patient Autonomy: Reflections from a Developing Country • Defending the Use of EBM and Shared Decision Making • Case Report: Insect Bite Reveals Botfly Myiasis in an Older Woman online letters
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| 1245 | Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy in AFP | ||||
| 1257 | Clinical Quiz | ||||
| 1269 | CME Calendar | ||||
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| 1385 | Levels-of-Evidence Labels in AFP | ||||
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education (CME) activity. See "Clinical Quiz," p.
1257.
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