Osteoporosis: Part I. Evaluation and Assessment - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2001 - Osteoporosis afflicts 75 million persons in the United States, Europe and Japan and results in more than 1.3 million fractures annually in the United States. Because osteoporosis is usually asymptomatic until a fracture occurs, family physicians must identify the appropriate timing and ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0301/p897.html
Otitis Media: Rapid Evidence Review - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2019 - Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common diagnosis in childhood acute sick visits. By three years of age, 50% to 85% of children will have at least one episode of AOM. Symptoms may include ear pain (rubbing, tugging, or holding the ear may be a sign of pain), fever, irritability, ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0915/p350.html
Outpatient Management of COVID-19: Rapid Evidence Review - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2020 - Common presenting symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 include fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, and fatigue. However, patients may have a wide range of symptoms representing a spectrum of mild to severe illness. Symptoms in children tend to be milder and may include fever, cough, ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1015/p478.html
Outpatient Treatment of Systolic Heart Failure - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2004 - Optimal outpatient treatment of systolic heart failure has three goals that should be pursued simultaneously: (1) control of risk factors for the development and progression of heart failure, (2) treatment of heart failure, and (3) education of patients. Control of risk factors includes...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/1201/p2157.html
Paget Disease of Bone for Primary Care - American Family Physician
Aug 15, 2020 - Paget disease of bone is a benign disorder characterized by focal areas of increased bone turnover in one or more skeletal sites. It usually affects older adults, and men are at a higher risk than women. Any bone may be affected, but the disease has a high preference for the pelvis, ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0815/p224.html
Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection and Reflux - American Family Physician
Mar 15, 1999 - Urinary tract infections in children are sometimes associated with vesicoureteral reflux, which can lead to renal scarring if it remains unrecognized. Since the risk of renal scarring is greatest in infants, any child who presents with a urinary tract infection prior to toilet training ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0315/p1472.html
Perioperative Cardiac Risk Reduction - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2012 - Cardiovascular complications are the most common cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Noninvasive stress testing is rarely helpful in assessing risk, and for most patients there is no evidence that coronary revascularization provides more protection against perioperative ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0201/p239.html
Pituitary Adenomas: An Overview - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 2013 - Prolactinomas and nonfunctioning adenomas are the most common types of pituitary adenomas. Patients with pituitary adenomas may present initially with symptoms of endocrine dysfunction such as infertility, decreased libido, and galactorrhea, or with neurologic symptoms such as headache ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2013/0901/p319.html
Practical Steps to Smoking Cessation for Recovering Alcoholics - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 1998 - Smoking rates among persons with a history of alcohol abuse are triple that of the general public. Strong evidence indicates that the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease is higher in recovering alcoholics than in peers who smoke, but do not drink alcohol. Yet these persons often ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0415/p1869.html
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment - American Family Physician
Nov 15, 2002 - Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. An important subset of heart disease is perioperative myocardial infarction, which affects approximately 50,000 persons each year. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/1115/p1889.html
Preoperative Testing Before Noncardiac Surgery: Guidelines and Recommendations - ...
Mar 15, 2013 - Preoperative testing (e.g., chest radiography, electrocardiography, laboratory testing, urinalysis) is often performed before surgical procedures. These investigations can be helpful to stratify risk, direct anesthetic choices, and guide postoperative management, but often are obtained ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2013/0315/p414.html
Preparation of the Cardiac Patient for Noncardiac Surgery - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2007 - Approximately 20 to 40 percent of patients at high risk of cardiac-related morbidity develop myocardial ischemia perioperatively. The preferred approach to diagnostic evaluation depends on the interactions of patient-specific risk factors, surgery-specific risk factors, and exercise ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0301/p656.html
Preventing Falls in Older Persons - American Family Physician
Aug 15, 2017 - The American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society recommend that all adults older than 65 years be screened annually for a history of falls or balance impairment. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and American Academy of Family Physicians recommend exercise or ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0815/p240.html
Recognition and Management of Hereditary Hemochromatosis - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2002 - Hereditary hemochromatosis is the most common inherited single-gene disorder in people of northern European descent. It is characterized by increased intestinal absorption of iron, with deposition of the iron in multiple organs. Previously, the classic description was combined diabetes ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0301/p853.html
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Children - American Family Physician
Jan 15, 2011 - Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus that causes respiratory tract infections in children. In the North- ern Hemisphere, the peak infection season is November through April. By two years of age, most children will have had an RSV infection. Bronchiolitis, a lower ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0115/p141.html
Revised AAP Guideline on UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children - American Family ...
Nov 15, 2012 - In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a revision of its 1999 clinical practice guideline on urinary tract infections in febrile infants and young children two to 24 months of age. The new clinical practice guideline has several important updates based on evidence ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1115/p940.html
Right Care for Children: Top Five Do's and Don'ts - American Family Physician
Mar 15, 2019 - Underuse and overuse of medical interventions, failure to use interventions known to be effective, and provision of tests or interventions in which benefits do not exceed harms are types of low-value care. The Lown Institute’s Right Care Alliance Children’s Health Council identified ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0315/p376.html
Selecting Medications for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence - American Family ...
Jan 15, 2005 - In response to the growing population of older patients with incontinence, pharmaceutical companies are developing new drugs to treat the condition. Before prescribing medications for incontinence, however, physicians should determine the nature and cause of the patient's incontinence. ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0115/p315.html
Should Family Physicians Follow the New ACC/AHA Cholesterol Treatment Guideline? Yes: ...
Aug 15, 2014 - The recommendations appropriately focus treatment on those most likely to benefit.
American Family Physician : Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0815/p212.html
Specialized Nutrition Support - American Family Physician
Jan 15, 2011 - Specialized nutrition support should be offered to patients who are malnourished or at risk of becoming malnour- ished when it would benefit patient outcomes or quality of life. Improving the nutritional value of ingested food and tailoring intake to the patient’s preferences, ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0115/p173.html
Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Treatment - American Family Physician
Mar 15, 2018 - Stable coronary artery disease refers to a reversible supply/demand mismatch related to ischemia, a history of myocardial infarction, or the presence of plaque documented by catheterization or computed tomography angiography. Patients are considered stable if they are asymptomatic or ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0315/p376.html
Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT): A Patient-Centered Approach to Grading ...
Feb 1, 2004 - A large number of taxonomies are used to rate the quality of an individual study and the strength of a recommendation based on a body of evidence. We have developed a new grading scale that will be used by several family medicine and primary care journals (required or optional), with ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0201/p548.html
Subacute to Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2012 - Although a universally accepted definition is lacking, mild traumatic brain injury and concussion are classified by transient loss of consciousness, amnesia, altered mental status, a Glasgow Coma Score of 13 to 15, and focal neurologic deficits following an acute closed head injury. ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1201/p1045.html
Summary of the NIAID-Sponsored Food Allergy Guidelines - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 2012 - Patients with suspected food allergies are commonly seen in clinical practice. Although up to 15 percent of parents believe their children have food allergies, these allergies have been confirmed in only 1 to 3 percent of all Americans. Family physicians must be able to separate true ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0701/p43.html
Testosterone Therapy: Review of Clinical Applications - American Family Physician
Oct 1, 2017 - Testosterone therapy is increasingly common in the United States, and many of these prescriptions are written by primary care physicians. There is conflicting evidence on the benefit of male testosterone therapy for age-related declines in testosterone. Physicians should not measure ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/1001/p441.html