Jeremy Swisher, Zachary Sitton, Kimberly Burbank, Chris Nelson
The most common causes of acute monoarthritis include osteoarthritis, gout, pseudogout, and trauma. Septic arthritis is a less common cause, but it necessitates urgent intervention.
Kento Sonoda, Mako Wakabayashi
Health disparities in pain management tend to affect vulnerable populations. Clinicians must acknowledge the inequities and stigma surrounding chronic pain and need to provide culturally tailored pain management. First-line therapies include nonopioid drugs; long-term opioid...
Feven W. Getaneh, Rachael D. Sussman, Cheryl B. Iglesia
Nocturia (ie, awakening to void during the night) is clinically significant if it occurs two or more times per night. Lifestyle modifications and treatment of underlying comorbidities are first-line therapies. The addition of pharmacotherapy may be considered. Patients with...
Carl Bryce, Renee Gazda, Hadass Fuerst
North America has the highest global incidence of endometrial cancer, and the incidence and mortality rates are increasing. Abnormal uterine bleeding, especially postmenopausal bleeding, is the most common symptom.
Rebecca Caro, Paul Savel, Paul Isaiah Moss
The first step in the evaluation of short and tall stature in children is to record and plot growth measurements on a growth curve. Short stature is defined as height that is more than 2 standard deviations below the mean height for age; tall stature is defined as height that...
Kenneth W. Lin, Priscilla Auguste, Christopher W. Bunt, Michelle Nelson
With notable exceptions, past authors and editors of American Family Physician mostly treated race and ethnicity as sociopolitical constructs rather than inherent biologic traits.
Dan Merenstein
Global overuse of antibiotics increases antibiotic resistance and unnecessary medication-related adverse events; reducing inappropriate prescribing for acute rhinosinusitis is crucial to limiting the development and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Key clinical questions and their evidence-based answers directly from the journal’s content, written by and for family physicians.
Fatima Johari, Kelsey Sklar
Given the existing evidence, we have assigned a color recommendation of green (benefits greater than harms) for fidaxomicin compared with vancomycin for the treatment of C difficile infections.
Tara Devaraj, Karl T. Clebak, Zakary S. Newberry
Having a lower blood pressure target of 130/80 mm Hg for hypertension in people with chronic kidney disease compared with a higher blood pressure target of 140 to 160/90 to 100 mm Hg does not reduce total mortality, total serious adverse events, total cardiovascular events,...
Elizabeth Chiang, Rashmi Rode, Arindam Sarkar
When combined with adverse drug reaction reporting forms and reminder cards, educational interventions improve the overall reporting rate by health care professionals compared with standard spontaneous reporting. Improving hospital-based health care professionals’ access to...
Ellen Tran, Sarah Peterson, Dara Jolly, Jon O. Neher
Buprenorphine-naloxone can be used to treat opioid use disorder in pregnant patients. It has an obstetric safety profile similar to those of alternative treatments for this disorder and is associated with a lower rate of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome.
Jason Burchett
A 27-year-old man presented with a rash that was not painful or pruritic.
Rayyan Quip, Jennifer Wolf
A 44-year-old woman presented with pruritic hand lesions that had been present for several years.
Megan L. Hull, Megan Adelman
Lecanemab is an expensive treatment option with noteworthy potential risks and should be prescribed for select patients (ie, with early disease and confirmed amyloid plaque deposition) who understand the ratio of benefit to risk and who can afford it.
Alan Roth, Andy Lazris, Helen Haskell, John James
A collaboration between AFP and the Lown Institute promotes a vision of delivering health care that is based on the evidence, balanced in its approach, and focused on the patient.
Mark H. Ebell
How can patients at high risk for developing atrial fibrillation be identified?
Tyler J. Raymond, Elizabeth McCarthy Depavloff
When compared with in-office testing, the Simple 2 Test accurately detects gonorrhea and chlamydia in adults 18 years and older who desire at-home testing. It addresses stigma concerns and barriers that patients may encounter when seeking in-clinic screening and improves STI...
ANGELA RODGERS
First-person accounts from the front lines of family medicine.
Mark H. Ebell
Allen F. Shaughnessy
Mark H. Ebell
Mark H. Ebell
Michael J. Arnold
The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) have published guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of these infections.
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