Acute and Chronic Paronychia - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2008 - Paronychia is an inflammation of the folds of tissue surrounding the nail of a toe or finger. Paronychia may be classified as either acute or chronic. The main factor associated with the development of acute paronychia is direct or indirect trauma to the cuticle or nail fold. This ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0201/p339.html
Advantages of the No-Scalpel Vasectomy Technique - FPIN's Clinical Inquiries - American...
Jun 15, 2012 - NSV should be used instead of the standard incisional method.
American Family Physician : FPIN's Clinical Inquiries
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0615/od1.html
Aesthetic Procedures in Office Practice - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2009 - Since the approval of botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, and lasers for cosmetic use, minimally invasive aesthetic procedures have rapidly become the treatments of choice for age-related facial changes.
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/1201/p1231.html
Botulinum Toxin Injection for Facial Wrinkles - American Family Physician
Aug 1, 2014 - Botulinum toxin injection for treatment of facial wrinkles is the most frequently performed cosmetic procedure in the United States, and it is one of the most common entry procedures for clinicians seeking to incorporate aesthetic treatments into their practice. Treatment of frown lines...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0801/p168.html
Breast Cyst Aspiration - American Family Physician
Nov 15, 2003 - The breast mass is a clinical problem commonly encountered by family physicians. Fine-needle and core biopsy techniques require training and cytopathologist support. In contrast, breast cyst aspiration using a 21- or 22-gauge needle is a simple, cost-effective, minimally invasive ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/1115/p1983.html
Cerumen Impaction - American Family Physician
May 15, 2007 - Cerumen is a naturally occurring, normally extruded product of the external auditory canal. It is usually asymptomatic, but when it becomes impacted it can cause complications such as hearing loss, pain, or dizziness. It also can interfere with examination of the tympanic membrane. ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0515/p1523.html
Cryosurgery for Common Skin Conditions - American Family Physician
May 15, 2004 - Cryosurgery is a highly effective treatment for a broad range of benign skin problems. With appropriate instruction and supervised experience, family physicians can master the technique quickly. Cryosurgery is best suited for use in patients with light skin and for treatment of lesions ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0515/p2365.html
Cutaneous Cryosurgery - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2012 - Cutaneous cryosurgery refers to localized application of freezing temperatures to achieve destruction of skin lesions. It can be used to treat a broad range of benign and premalignant skin conditions, and certain malignant skin conditions, with high cure rates. Cellular destruction is ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1215/p1118.html
Cutaneous Cryosurgery for Common Skin Conditions - American Family Physician
Apr 1, 2020 - Cryosurgery is the application of freezing temperatures to achieve the destruction of tissue. Cutaneous cryosurgery has become a commonly performed outpatient procedure because of the combination of its safety, effectiveness, low cost, ease of use, lack of need for injectable ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0401/p399.html
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injection of the Shoulder Region - American Family Physician
Mar 15, 2003 - The shoulder is the site of multiple injuries and inflammatory conditions that lend themselves to diagnostic and therapeutic injection. Joint injection should be considered after other therapeutic interventions such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physical therapy, and ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0315/p1271.html
External Cephalic Version - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 1998 - External cephalic version is a procedure that externally rotates the fetus from a breech presentation to a vertex presentation. External version has made a resurgence in the past 15 years because of a strong safety record and a success rate of about 65 percent. Before the resurgence of ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0901/p731.html
Fishhook Removal - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 2001 - Fishing is a common recreational sport. While serious injuries are uncommon, penetrating tissue trauma involving fishhooks frequently occurs. Most of these injuries are minor and can be treated in the office without difficulty. All fishhook injuries require careful evaluation of ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0601/p2231.html
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Screening for Colorectal Cancer - American Family Physician
Jan 15, 1999 - Flexible sigmoidoscopy is an important screening procedure because of its ability to detect early changes in the distal colon. The 60-cm flexible sigmoidoscope provides excellent visualization with minimal discomfort to patients. Successful sigmoidoscopy requires adequate patient ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0115/p313.html
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Screening for Colorectal Cancer - American Family Physician
Mar 15, 1999 - ...3). Typically, two of these semilunar folds are located on the patient's left side, and one is located on the right side. However, the number and location of these folds may vary.12 View/Print Figure FIGURE 3. Rectal folds. FIGURE 3. Rectal folds. The translucency of the rectal...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0315/p1537.html
Foreign Bodies in the Ear, Nose, and Throat - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2007 - Foreign bodies in the ear, nose, and throat are occasionally seen in family medicine, usually in children. The most common foreign bodies are food, plastic toys, and small household items. Diagnosis is often delayed because the causative event is usually unobserved, the symptoms are ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1015/p1185.html
Hypothermia for Neuroprotection in Adults After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - ...
Sep 1, 2010 - Compared with standard care, therapeutic hypothermia with conventional cooling methods improves the rate of survival to hospital discharge and neurologic outcome in patients successfully resuscitated after cardiac arrest.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0901/p477.html
Interventional Radiology: Indications and Best Practices - American Family Physician
May 1, 2019 - Interventional radiology employs image-guided techniques to perform minimally invasive procedures for diagnosis and treatment. Interventional radiology is often used to place central venous catheters and subcutaneous ports, with some evidence of benefit over surgical placement. Arterial...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0501/p547.html
Joint and Soft Tissue Injection - American Family Physician
Jul 15, 2002 - Injection techniques are helpful for diagnosis and therapy in a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions. Diagnostic indications include the aspiration of fluid for analysis and the assessment of pain relief and increased range of motion as a diagnostic tool. Therapeutic indications ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0715/p283.html
Laceration Repair: A Practical Approach - American Family Physician
May 15, 2017 - The goals of laceration repair are to achieve hemostasis and optimal cosmetic results without increasing the risk of infection. Many aspects of laceration repair have not changed over the years, but there is evidence to support some updates to standard management. Studies have been ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0515/p628.html
Lipoma Excision - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2002 - Lipomas are adipose tumors that are often located in the subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck, shoulders, and back. Lipomas have been identified in all age groups but usually first appear between 40 and 60 years of age. These slow-growing, nearly always benign, tumors usually present ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0301/p901.html
Misoprostol Alone is Associated with High Rate of Successful First-Trimester Abortion -...
Jul 15, 2019 - Misoprostol alone was associated with a nearly 80% success rate in the first trimester of pregnancy on meta-analysis.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0715/p119.html
Musculoskeletal Injections: A Review of the Evidence - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2008 - Injections are valuable procedures for managing musculoskeletal conditions commonly encountered by family physicians. Corticosteroid injections into articular, periarticular, or soft tissue structures relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and improve mobility. Injections can provide ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/1015/p971.html
Newborn Circumcision Techniques - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 2020 - Newborn male circumcision is a common elective surgical procedure for the removal of foreskin covering the glans penis. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Academy ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p680.html
Office Management of Bartholin Gland Cysts and Abscesses - American Family Physician
Apr 1, 1998 - Bartholin gland cysts and abscesses are common problems in women of reproductive age. Although the cysts are usually asymptomatic, they may become enlarged or infected and cause significant pain. Often the clinician is tempted simply to lance the cyst or abscess, since this technique ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0401/p1611.html
Office Spirometry: Indications and Interpretation - American Family Physician
Mar 15, 2020 - High-quality, office-based spirometry provides diagnostic information as useful and reliable as testing performed in a pulmonary function laboratory. Spirometry may be used to monitor progression of lung disease and response to therapy. A stepwise approach to spirometry allows for ease ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0315/p362.html
Pain Medications Before IUD Placement - FPIN's Help Desk Answers - American Family ...
Jan 15, 2020 - Topical lidocaine preparations including gels, creams, and sprays may modestly decrease pain with tenaculum placement but not during IUD insertion.
American Family Physician : FPIN's Help Desk Answers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0115/p119.html
Point-of-Care Ultrasonography - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2020 - Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is performed by a physician at the bedside and is standard practice in obstetric, emergency, and musculoskeletal medicine. When compared with formal sonography, POCUS is equivalent in screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm and as accurate in ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0301/p275.html
Procedural Sedation in the Acute Care Setting - American Family Physician
Jan 1, 2005 - Many patients require sedation during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Ideally, procedural sedation minimizes the patient's awareness and discomfort while maintaining the patient's safety. Appropriate monitoring by trained personnel is the key to successful procedural sedation. ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0101/p85.html
Regional Anesthesia For Office Procedures: Part I. Head and Neck Surgeries - American ...
Feb 1, 2004 - Although local anesthesia usually is used in surgical procedures, field or nerve blocks can provide more effective anesthesia in some situations. In a field block, local anesthetic is infiltrated around the border of the surgical field, leaving the operative area undisturbed. In field ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0201/p585.html
Shave and Punch Biopsy for Skin Lesions - American Family Physician
Nov 1, 2011 - Shave and punch biopsies are essential procedures for physicians who manage skin conditions. These office-based procedures can diagnose questionable dermatologic lesions, including possible malignancies. Approaches include the superficial shave biopsy, saucerization excision, punch ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/1101/p995.html
Staples vs. Sutures After Cesarean Delivery - FPIN's Help Desk Answers - American ...
Jul 1, 2018 - Patients believe that staples and subcuticular sutures provide similar cosmetic outcomes after cesarean deliveries. However, the risk of wound complications (e.g., infection, separation, hematoma, seroma) is doubled with staples.
American Family Physician : FPIN's Help Desk Answers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0701/p50.html
Tap Water vs. Sterile Saline for Wound Irrigation - Medicine by the Numbers - American ...
Aug 1, 2015 - Studies show that there was no significant difference and none were harmed by using tap water. Find out more.
American Family Physician : Medicine by the Numbers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0801/od1.html
The Gomco Circumcision: Common Problems and Solutions - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 1998 - Circumcision performed using the Gomco clamp is usually quick and effective, and results in very little bleeding. However, every clinician performing circumcision occasionally has concerns or questions regarding the procedure. Some of the more common concerns regarding the use of the ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0915/p891.html
Topical Preparations for Wound Healing - FPIN's Clinical Inquiries - American Family ...
Jun 15, 2014 - Topical silver should not be used for treatment of nonburn wounds because it does not hasten healing. Medical-grade topical honey can be used to reduce healing time for partial-thickness burns, but it produces no effect on lacerations, surgical wounds, chronic wounds, or vascular ...
American Family Physician : FPIN's Clinical Inquiries
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0615/p978.html
Transcervical Amnioinfusion - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 1998 - Amnioinfusion is being used to treat intrapartum problems known to be associated with fetal compromise, including prophylactic treatment of oligohydramnios during labor and after premature rupture of the membranes, treatment of severe variable decelerations during labor and reducing the...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0201/p504.html
Vacuum Extraction: A Necessary Skill - Editorials - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2000 - ...state unequivocally that vacuum should be applied intermittently—on during contractions, off between contractions—and for a specified number of pulls, minutes or pop-offs. One randomized, controlled trial12 using the M-type cup helps answer this question, showing no difference in...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0915/p1269.html
Vacuum-Assisted Vaginal Delivery - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2008 - The second stage of labor is a dynamic event that may require assistance when maternal efforts fail to effect delivery or when there are nonreassuring fetal heart tones. Therefore, knowing how to perform an operative vaginal delivery with forceps or vacuum is vital for family physicians...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/1015/p953.html
Vasectomy Techniques - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 1999 - Vasectomy can be performed by means of various techniques, although each vasectomy technique requires isolation and division of the vas and operative management of the vasal ends. Removal of at least 15 mm of vas is recommended, although division of the vas without removal of a segment ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0701/p137.html
Vasectomy: An Update - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2006 - Vasectomy remains an important option for contraception. Research findings have clarified many questions regarding patient selection, optimal technique, postsurgical follow-up, and risk of long-term complications. Men who receive vasectomies tend to be non-Hispanic whites, well ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/1215/p2069.html
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