Hyperlipidemia

This collection features AFP content deemed current by the AFP online medical editor on hyperlipidemia and related issues, including dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, kidney disease, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, statins, and triglyceride levels. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

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Last Update: 10/15/2012

Screening and Diagnosis Prevention Treatment Editorials and Letters

Improving Practice Patient Education, Self-Care Other AFP Content

Screening and Diagnosis

• NHLBI Expert Panel Releases Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children [Practice Guidelines] (10/15/2012)
• Screening for Lipid Disorders in Adults [Putting Prevention into Practice] (12/01/2009)
• AAP Clinical Report on Lipid Screening in Children [Practice Guidelines] (04/15/2009)
• Screening for Lipid Disorders in Adults: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (12/01/2009)
• Which Lipoprotein Measurements Are Clinically Useful? [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries] (02/01/2007)
• AHA and NHLBI Review Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome [Practice Guidelines] (09/15/2006)

Prevention

• Statins for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention [Cochrane for Clinicians] (10/01/2011)
• AHA Releases Scientific Statement on Cardiovascular Health in Childhood [Practice Guidelines] (02/01/2003)

Treatment

• Pharmacologic Treatment of Hyperlipidemia (09/01/2011)
• Primary Prevention of CVD: Treating Dyslipidemia [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (05/15/2011)
• Considerations for Safe Use of Statins: Liver Enzyme Abnormalities and Muscle Toxicitiy (03/15/2011)
• NCEP Issues Interim Guidelines on Management of Cholesterol [Practice Guidelines] (10/15/2004)
• Management of Hypertriglyceridemia (05/01/2007)
• Statins for Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease [Cochrane for Clinicians] (01/01/2010)
• AHA Publishes Statement on Drug Therapy for Lipid Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents [Practice Guidelines] (03/01/2008)
• AHA and NHLBI Review Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome [Practice Guidelines] (09/15/2006)
• Best Alternatives to Statins for Treating Hyperlipidemia [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries] (10/01/2007)
• Amlodipine/Atorvastin (Caduet) for Preventing Heart Disease [STEPS] (03/15/2006)
• Ezetimibe/Simvastatin (Vytorin) for Hypercholesterolemia [STEPS] (11/15/2005)
• Colesevelam (WelChol) for Reduction of LDL Cholesterol [STEPS] (07/15/2005)
• Ezetimibe for Hypercholesterolemia. [STEPS] (10/15/2003)
• Dietary Therapy for Children with Hypercholesterolemia (02/01/2000)

Editorials and Letters

• Should Family Physicians Routinely Screen for Hypercholesterolemia in Children? No: Universal Screening has Uncertain Benefits and a High Risk of Harms [Editorials] (10/15/2012)
• Should Family Physicians Routinely Screen for Hypercholesterolemia in Children? Yes: The Evidence Supports Universal Screening [Editorials] (10/15/2012)
• Should We Treat Moderately Elevated Triglycerides? Yes: Treatment of Moderately Elevated Triglycerides Is Supported by the Evidence [Editorials] (02/01/2011)
• Should We Treat Moderately Elevated Triglycerides? No: Reducing Moderately Elevated Triglycerides Is Not Proven to Improve Patient Outcomes [Editorials] (02/01/2011)
• For Hyperlipidemia, Go Where the Evidence Takes You: Give a Statin and Nothing Else [Editorials] (11/01/2010)
• The Role of Nonstatin Therapy in Managing Hyperlipidemia [Editorials] (11/01/2010)
• Hyperlipidemia Treatment in Children: The Younger, the Better [Editorials] (09/01/2010)
• Screening for Hyperlipidemia in Children: Primum Non Nocere [Editorials] (09/01/2010)
• First-Line Therapies for Lowering Trigylceride Levels [Letters to the Editor] (02/15/2008)
• Statins in Primary Prevention: Uncertainty in Women, Elderly [Letters to the Editor] (03/15/2006)

Improving Practice

From Family Practice Managment

AAFP's Journal of Practice Improvement

• An Organized Approach to Chronic Disease Care (05/01/2011)
• Free Medical Applications for Your PDA (04/01/2005)

Patient Education, Self-Care

From FamilyDoctor.org

AAFP's Patient Education Resource

• High Cholesterol
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Stroke

Other AFP Content

• Raising HDL Cholesterol Level Slightly Beneficial [POEMs] (06/01/2005)