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    Tinnitus: Diagnosis and Management

    Sarah N. Dalrymple, Sarah H. Lewis, Samantha Philman

    Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an objective internal or external source. Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disease, and although it is typically not associated with a dangerous condition, it can significantly affect an individual's quality of life....

    Out-of-Hospital Birth

    Gregory Lang, Edwin A. Farnell, IV, Jeffrey D. Quinlan

    The rate of out-of-hospital births has increased in recent years. Out-of-hospital (or community) birth can be planned or unplanned. Of those that are planned, most occur at home and are assisted by midwives. Patients who choose a planned community birth do so for multiple...

    Polycythemia Vera: Rapid Evidence Review

    Steven Fox, Leslie Griffin, Dominique Robinson Harris

    Polycythemia vera is one of three common myeloproliferative neoplasms and is characterized by erythrocytosis; it commonly has associated leukocytosis and thrombocytosis. It has a substantial negative impact on overall mortality and morbidity in the form of arterial and venous...

    Editorials

    Promoting Safety in Community-Based Birth Settings

    Lawrence Leeman, Jessica Taylor Goldstein

    The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine released a joint statement asserting that hospitals and community birth centers, with the...

    Medicine by the Numbers

    Oxytocin as First-line Uterotonic Therapy for Postpartum Hemorrhage

    Brian Ford, Rebecca Allen

    Oxytocin decreases the chances of a blood transfusion and has fewer adverse effects compared with misoprostol.

    AFP Clinical Answers

    Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Migraines in Children, Mucolytics for COPD, Paget Disease, ARDS

    Key clinical questions and their evidence-based answers directly from the journal’s content, written by and for family physicians.

    Cochrane for Clinicians

    Pessaries for Managing Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women

    Juan Qiu, Dongsheng Jiang

    Pessaries combined with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) probably improve pelvic organ prolapse symptoms in women and prolapse-specific quality of life compared with PFMT alone.

    Psychological Therapies for Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

    Madhavi Singh, Marina Jeffery

    Are psychological therapies safe and effective for women who experience intimate partner violence?

    Diagnostic Tests

    Flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring (FreeStyle Libre 14-Day System) for Self-Management of Diabetes Mellitus

    Hiu Ying Joanna Choi

    The use of FreeStyle Libre increases time in euglycemic range and decreases hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic time and events in adults with type 1 diabetes.

    Photo Quiz

    Linear Hyperpigmentation

    Clare L. Coda, John P. Woods

    A 26-year-old patient presented to urgent care with a worsening rash on the left forearm that developed four days earlier. The rash started after the patient spent a weekend at the beach. The rash was initially mildly erythematous but became hyperpigmented over the two days...

    FPIN's Clinical Inquiries

    Preoperative A1C Threshold in Patients with Diabetes

    Bernadette Kiraly, Alyssa Migdalski, Dominik Ose

    In patients with diabetes mellitus who are preparing for total joint replacement, what is the preoperative A1C goal to reduce postoperative periprosthetic joint infections?

    POEMs

    Eating Eggs Is Not Associated with Cardiovascular Disease

    Allen F. Shaughnessy

    Lipid Lowering Is Beneficial for Secondary Prevention but Not Primary Prevention in Patients 75 Years and Older

    Mark H. Ebell

    Exercise Is the Only Intervention to Provide Long-Term Improvement in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

    Henry C. Barry

    Continuous Glucose Monitoring Adds Little Benefit, Especially in Adults

    Allen F. Shaughnessy

    Practice Guidelines

    Chronic Kidney Disease in Diabetes: Guidelines from KDIGO

    Kamlesh Khunti, Ian H. de Boer, Peter Rossing

    The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) group, an international organization dedicated to nephrology clinical practice guidelines, has developed a new guideline for management of diabetes with chronic kidney disease.

    Letters to the Editor

    Case Report: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 Janssen Vaccination

    Allison Costello, Aakriti Pandita, Jessica Devitt

    Using DaTscan to Diagnose Parkinson Disease

    Kenneth Renwick

    Reply: Dana G. Carroll, Anne Halli-Tierney

    Information from Your Family Doctor

    Tinnitus

    Tinnitus (TIN-ih-tus) is a sound you may hear when there is not sound coming from a source outside your body. It is not usually a serious condition, but it can be annoying. Tell your doctor if you notice a sound you think might be tinnitus.

    Having a Baby Outside of a Hospital: What You Need to Know

    When you're having a baby, you can decide where to give birth. It is a personal choice, but you need good information to make the best choice. A hospital is the most common place, but there are other options. You should know the risks and benefits of each setting before you...



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