July 1, 2018

Articles

Acute Appendicitis: Efficient Diagnosis and Management
Matthew J. Snyder; Marjorie Guthrie; Stephen D. Cagle

Allergy Testing: Common Questions and Answers
Ku-Lang Chang; Juan Carlos Guarderas

Evaluating Medical Decision-Making Capacity in Practice
Craig Barstow; Brian Shahan; Melissa Roberts

Departments

AAFP News: AFP Edition

Editorials: Short Courses of Oral Corticosteroids: Lack of Benefit and Potential Harms for Common Acute Conditions
Mark H. Ebell

Cochrane for Clinicians: Procalcitonin to Guide Antibiotic Therapy in Acute Respiratory Infections
Christopher E. Jonas; Francesca Cimino; Chad D. Hulsopple

Cochrane for Clinicians: Individual Behavioral Counseling for Smoking Cessation
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar

Medicine by the Numbers: Nebulized Hypertonic Saline for Bronchiolitis
Gholamreza Roodsari; Shahriar Zehtabchi

Photo Quiz: Asymptomatic Hyperpigmented Iris Lesion
Matthew Hawks; Charlie Collenborne

FPIN's Help Desk Answers: Effects of Prenatal Yoga on Labor Pain
Rebekah Byrne; Edwin Dennard

FPIN's Help Desk Answers: Staples vs. Sutures After Cesarean Delivery
Kinder Fayssoux; Ruyam Mahmood; Jenna Grindle; Scott Nass

Curbside Consultation: The Doorknob Phenomenon in Clinical Practice
Justin Faden; Gregg Gorton

Practice Guidelines: Bleeding with Anticoagulants: ACC Releases Expert Consensus Decision Pathway to Guide Management
Lisa M. Croke

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POEMs

Surgery Equal to No Surgery for Patients with Subacromial Shoulder Pain

Statins Effective for LDL 190 mg per dL or Higher, Regardless of Risk Level

PCI Equal to Sham PCI for Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Stable Angina Plus Severe CAD

Short Courses of Antibiotics as Effective as Longer Courses for Outpatient Infections

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Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary

Strength-of-Recommendation Taxonomy in AFP

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