41simp.pdf
...In any given week, four out of five U.S. adults will use prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs, or dietary and herbal supplements. Nearly one-third of adults take five or more different medications.1 Given the volume of medications being taken, medication-related injuries...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0200/fpm20070200p41.pdf
47 roberts.qxd
...factor in rising medical liability premiums appears to be the size of the awards, rather than the frequency of lawsuits. In Wisconsin, the number of claims filed actually decreased from 348 in 1990 to 249 in 2001.2 In 1995, the national median for jury awards was $500,000 and the...
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501.pdf
...502 American Family Physician www.aafp.org/afp Volume 75, Number 4 February 15, 2007 Oral Lesions SORT: KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE Clinical recommendation Evidence rating References When treating recurrent herpes labialis with systemic antivirals such as acyclovir...
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515.pdf
...conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention showed that, in 1991, two thirds of three-year-olds had taken cough or cold medicine in the preceding 30 days.4 Because colds are common presentations in physi- cian offices, and cough and cold remedies are used almost...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0215/afp20070215p515.pdf
6 Easy Steps to Low-Cost Electronic Medical Record -- Family Practice Management
...of California-Davis Medical Group in Sacramento. Dr. Jerant is an assistant professor of clinical family medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, UC-Davis. The EMR system described in this article was developed by Dr. Jue, based partly on ideas developed by John...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0500/fpm20010500p33.pdf
60-Second Survey Gives Insight Into Unmet Social Needs
Researchers found that a brief survey administered to patients helped identify obstacles to maintaining good health.
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20190612minutesurvey.html
636.pdf
...February 15, 2006 Volume 73, Number 4 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 637 Chronic Plaque Psoriasis psoriasis from other conditions with similar appearances such as lichen simplex chroni- cus, nummular eczema, seborrheic dermati- tis, and tinea corporis. PLAQUES...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p636.pdf
647.pdf
...and Treatment ABI V. RAYNER, M.D., M.P.H., JAMES G. O’BRIEN, M.D., and BEN SCHOENBACHLER, M.D. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky V irtually all patients with dementia will develop changes in behav- ior and personality as the disease progresses.1...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p647.pdf
659.pdf
...cates approximately 3 percent of pregnancies and leads to one third of preterm births.1 It increases the risk of prematurity and leads to a number of other perinatal and neonatal complications, including a 1 to 2 percent risk of fetal death.2 Physicians caring for pregnant patients...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p659.pdf
669.pdf
...Pulmonary Disease: Diagnostic Considerations MARVIN DEWAR, M.D., J.D., and R. WHIT CURRY, JR., M.D. University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida T he global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasing; the disease is projected to be the...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p669.pdf
71h.pdf
...Diabetic Foot Infection MAZEN S. BADER, MD, MPH, Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Medicine, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada I n patients with diabetes, any foot infec- tion is potentially serious. Diabetic foot infections range in severity from superficial paronychia to...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/afp20080701p71.pdf
87h.pdf
...88 American Family Physician www.aafp.org/afp Volume 78, Number 1 July 1, 2008 However, other risk factors are responsible for an increasing number of COPD cases.8 These risk factors include advancing age, secondhand smoke exposure, chronic exposure to environmental or...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/afp20080701p87.pdf
93.pdf
...Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy LAWRENCE LEEMAN, MD, MPH, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico PATRICIA FONTAINE, MD, MS, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota H ypertensive disorders represent the most common medical...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/afp20080701p93.pdf
A Battle to Overcome "Diabulimia" - Close-ups - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2009 - The personal side of medicine told from the patient's perspective. The patient's story is followed by commentary from a physician and a list of resources.
American Family Physician : Close-ups
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0215/p263.html
A Better Day Tomorrow
...268 American Family Physician www.aafp.org/afp Volume 86, Number 3 ◆ August 1, 2012 COMMENTARY Understanding R.H.’s personal narrative has helped me provide better care. After learning the struggles R.H. and her family had been through, I began to see that her chronic medical...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0801/afp20120801p268.pdf
A Bubble Under the Tongue of a Child
...August 15, 2011 ◆ Volume 84, Number 4 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 441 An eight-year-old girl presented with swell- ing in the floor of her mouth that began 10 days prior. She denied any recent fever or illness. Physical examination revealed a nontender, bluish,...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0815/afp20110815p441.pdf
A Cancer-Finding Team - AFP 50 Years Ago - American Family Physician
Jun 15, 2000 - ...years of family medicine. This feature, titled A Cancer-Finding Team and written by Lowell S. Goin, M.D., is reproduced from the April 1950 issue of GP. The commentary was written by Jim Nuovo, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University...
American Family Physician : AFP 50 Years Ago
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0615/p3531.html
A Case of Medical Uncertainty
...March 1, 2012 ◆ Volume 85, Number 5 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 501 Case Scenario At the urgent care clinic where I work, a 38-year-old uninsured woman presented while en route from another part of the country. She expressed severe anxiety about muscle twitch- ing in...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0301/afp20120301p501.pdf
A Case of Medical Uncertainty - Curbside Consultation - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2012 - Medical uncertainty (i.e., not knowing how to proceed with a patient-related problem) can stem from any number of potential situations in daily clinical practice. The causes of uncertainty are many, but the feeling of stress or discomfort it creates is a familiar constant, though it may...
American Family Physician : Curbside Consultation
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0301/p501.html
A Changing Landscape for 'Diary' - Inside AFP - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2001 - ...continue to provide contributions to Diary, Dr. Larimore's departure means that there will be fewer Diary writers to fill up an increasing number of Diary pages—since the column, like AFP, has increased in frequency over the past decade. So we put our heads together and came up with...
American Family Physician : Inside AFP
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0215/p602.html
A Changing of the Guard for the "Radiologic Decision-Making" Series - Inside AFP - ...
May 1, 2000 - ...at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, and George R. Bergus, M.D., associate professor of family medicine and director of the family practice–psychiatry combined residency program at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City. The Radiologic Decision-Making series...
American Family Physician : Inside AFP
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0501/p2576.html
A Clinical Approach to Diagnosing Wrist Pain - American Family Physician
...November 1, 2005 Volume 72, Number 9 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 1753 A Clinical Approach to Diagnosing Wrist Pain TODD A. FORMAN, M.D., M.S.ED., The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California SCOTT K. FORMAN, M.D., Newport...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1101/afp20051101p1753.pdf
A Common Sense Approach to Perioperative Evaluation - Editorials - American Family ...
Nov 15, 2002 - ...Heart Association and the American College of Physicians. Perioperative cardiac complications, which affect a significant number of patients, cause substantial economic burden.2 Such complications are an important clinical and public health issue, and a simple, common-sense approach...
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/1115/p1824.html
A Comparison of Voice Recognition Programs -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - This installment in an ongoing series on using computers will compare three software programs for physician voice recognition/dictation.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p48.html
A Comprehensive Newborn Examination: Part I. General, Head and Neck, Cardiopulmonary
August 1, 2014 Scientific
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0901/afp20140901p289.pdf