AAP Releases Practice Guideline on Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of ...
Apr 15, 2015 - This guideline on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of bronchiolitis in children one to 23 months of age from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updates a previous guideline published in 2006.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0415/p578.html
Cultural Competence Education for Health Care Professionals - Cochrane for Clinicians -...
Apr 15, 2015 - Low-quality evidence suggests that training health care professionals in patient-centered communication improves the engagement of patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in their health care. Interventions that were primarily educational appeared to be ineffective.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0415/p523.html
Pitfalls of Direct-to-Consumer Vascular Screening Tests - Editorials - American Family ...
Apr 15, 2015 - As concerned primary care physicians, we should take a more active role in educating the public and our patients about the risks of nonindicated screening tests before those purchases are made. Harms of downstream testing or treatment for a positive test result are real and significant.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0415/p518.html
No Benefit to Screening with CTA for Asymptomatic CAD in Adults with Diabetes - POEMs -...
Apr 15, 2015 - Using coronary CTA to screen for CAD in adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and no indication of existing CAD does not improve outcomes more than standard care.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0415/p566.html
Options for Unintended Pregnancy - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 2015 - ...Previous: Stroke: How to Recognize It and What to Do About It Next: Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Recommendation Statement View the full table of contents >> Home / Journals / afp / Vol. 91/No. 8(April 15, 2015) / Options for Unintended Pregnancy...
American Family Physician : Patient Handout
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0415/p544-s1.html
Introducing Medicine by the Numbers: A Collaboration of The NNT Group and AFP - ...
Apr 1, 2015 - The NNT is a useful concept that helps convey the importance of an intervention in various populations. The NNT assigns a bottom-line number to the relative strength of an intervention, and helps put it in perspective. Toward that end, we are happy to announce a partnership with ...
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0401/p434.html
House Calls: What to Do When Your Patients Are Snowed In
House Calls: What to Do When Your Patients Are Snowed In
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/house_calls_what_to_do.html
AHA/ASA Release Guideline on Stroke Prevention in Women - Practice Guidelines - ...
Mar 1, 2015 - The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) have released a guideline to help physicians identify women with increased risk of stroke and initiate appropriate preventive measures. The guideline includes recommendations on pregnancy and stroke; cerebral ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0301/p330.html
Improving Quality by Doing Less: Overtreatment - Editorials - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2015 - The third in a series of AFP editorials that addresses the related issues of over-screening, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment. Overtreatment is an important harm that commonly follows overscreening and overdiagnosis.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0301/p289.html
Lung Cancer Screening Is Cost-Effective, but Only If Done Correctly - POEMs - American ...
Mar 1, 2015 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) gave lung cancer screening a B recommendation on the basis of the reductions in disease-specific mortality and all-cause mortality seen in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). The NLST does not consider cost or cost-effectiveness in ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0301/p328.html
Infertility: What Women Should Know - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2015 - ...Previous: AHA/ASA Release Guideline on Stroke Prevention in Women Next: Cancer Risk Should Prompt Hepatitis B Surveillance for Patients View the full table of contents >> Home / Journals / afp / Vol. 91/No. 5(March 1, 2015) / Infertility: What Women Should Know...
American Family Physician : Patient Handout
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0301/p308-s1.html
Should Family Physicians Screen for Testosterone Deficiency in Men? No: Screening May ...
Feb 15, 2015 - Testosterone testing leads to testosterone treatment, which is inappropriate for the vast majority of patients. Testosterone treatment should be reserved for patients who are truly hypogonadal.
American Family Physician : Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0215/p226.html
Common Questions About the Initial Management of Hypertension - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2015 - Hypertension is the most common chronic condition treated by family physicians. Elevated blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, and death. Treatment of hypertension reduces the risk of these events. Several ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0201/p172.html
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors vs. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers - FPIN's ...
Feb 1, 2015 - ACE inhibitors should be used in patients with hypertension because they reduce all-cause mortality, whereas ARBs do not.
American Family Physician : FPIN's Clinical Inquiries
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0201/p193.html
Benzodiazepines and Alzheimer Disease - AFP Journal Club - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2015 - Benzodiazepine exposure over the preceding five years seems to be associated with an increased likelihood of an Alzheimer disease diagnosis. A dose-response gradient also seems to exist.
American Family Physician : AFP Journal Club
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0201/p191.html
Treating Newly Diagnosed High Blood Pressure - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2015 - ...Treatment is important because having high blood pressure increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart failure. How is it detected? Your doctor can measure your blood pressure with a blood pressure cuff that goes around your arm. What causes it? No one knows for sure....
American Family Physician : Patient Handout
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0201/p172-s1.html
AHA and ASA Release Guideline for Prevention of Future Stroke in Patients with Stroke ...
Jan 15, 2015 - The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) have updated their guideline on prevention of future stroke in patients with a history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Currently, the average annual rate of future stroke in these patients is at a ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0115/p136.html
Antidepressants and Psychological Therapies Are Effective for IBS - POEMs - American ...
Jan 15, 2015 - Antidepressants and psychological therapies are effective in treating the symptoms of IBS. This study, an update of a similar systematic review and meta-analysis completed five years ago, found the same level of effectiveness for both treatment approaches as the previous analysis, ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0115/p134.html
Increasing HDL Level Ineffective at Decreasing Cardiovascular Events - POEMs - American...
Jan 15, 2015 - Being the good cholesterol is not the same as being the useful cholesterol. Drug therapy aimed at increasing HDL cholesterol levels, when added to statin treatment, does not decrease patients' likelihood of experiencing a cardiovascular event or of dying earlier.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0115/p133.html
Colon Cancer Screening: What You Should Know - American Family Physician
Jan 15, 2015 - ...Previous: AHA and ASA Release Guideline for Prevention of Future Stroke in Patients with Stroke or TIA Next: Wound Care View the full table of contents >> Home / Journals / afp / Vol. 91/No. 2(January 15, 2015) / Colon Cancer Screening: What You Should Know...
American Family Physician : Patient Handout
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0115/p93-s1.html
Schizophrenia - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2014 - Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic disease, with a global prevalence of less than 1%. It affects all ethnicities and is slightly more common in men. Patients with schizophrenia commonly experience debilitating social and occupational impairments, but some are able to function ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1201/p775.html
Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Recommendation ...
Nov 1, 2014 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians engage in shared, informed decision making with women who are at increased risk of breast cancer about medications to reduce their risk. For women who are at increased risk of breast cancer and at low risk of ...
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1101/od1.html
Niacin Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Vascular Disease - POEMs - ...
Nov 1, 2014 - This large, adequately powered trial did not find any clinically meaningful benefit to the use of niacin in patients who are already taking a statin, even with several study design features that should bias the result in favor of niacin. Niacin should not be prescribed to reduce the ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1101/p660a.html
Bariatric Surgery Plus Intensive Medical Therapy Is Better Than Medical Therapy Alone ...
Oct 15, 2014 - Bariatric surgery in conjunction with intensive medical therapy results in significantly enhanced glycemic control at three years compared with medical therapy alone, as well as better weight control, less use of glucose-lowering medications, and improved quality of life.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1015/p579.html
JNC8 Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Adults - Practice Guidelines - ...
Oct 1, 2014 - Hypertension is one of the most important preventable contributors to disease and death in the United States, leading to myocardial infarction, stroke, and renal failure when it is not detected early and treated appropriately. The Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) recently ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1001/p503.html
JNC 8: Relaxing the Standards - Editorials - American Family Physician
Oct 1, 2014 - The Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) recently issued the most anticipated hypertension guideline in some time. The most significant change in the JNC 8 guideline is relaxation of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure goals for adults 60 years and older. As a result of the new...
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1001/p449.html
No Benefit to Prolonged Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement - ...
Oct 1, 2014 - Prolonging dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin plus clopidogrel (Plavix) for more than one year after the placement of a drug-eluting stent confers no clinical benefit.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1001/p502.html
Cardiac Risk Assessment -- FPM
Oct 1, 2014 - The Cardiac Risk Assist app allows health care professionals to calculate 10-year and lifetime risks for atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease.
Family Practice Management : SPPACES: App Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0900/p32.html
Make It Easy: Convenient Communication Can Boost Patient Adherence
Make It Easy: Convenient Communication Can Boost Patient Adherence
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/make_it_easy_convenient_communication.html
Top 20 Research Studies of 2013 for Primary Care Physicians - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2014 - In 2013, we performed monthly surveillance of more than 110 English-language clinical research journals, and identified approximately 250 studies that had the potential to change the practice of family physicians. Each study was critically appraised and summarized by a group of primary ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0915/p397.html
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 2014 - Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney disease. Enlarging cysts within the kidneys are the clinical hallmark of the disease. Renal manifestations include varying degrees of kidney injury, urinary tract infections, kidney stones,...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0901/p303.html
ACE Inhibitors Decrease Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diabetes, ARBs Do Not - ...
Sep 1, 2014 - In patients with diabetes, ACE inhibitors decrease cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. ARBs do not. Both drug classes decrease heart failure incidence. Although both drug classes have been available for almost 15 years, there is only one study of 250 patients that directly ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0901/p326.html
Cardiovascular Effects of NSAIDs - FPIN's Clinical Inquiries - American Family Physician
Aug 15, 2014 - Aspirin does not elevate blood pressure. Among nonselective NSAIDs, ibuprofen increases the risk of hypertension and stroke. Diclofenac does not increase the risk of hypertension, but does increase the risk of stroke. Naproxen (Naprosyn) does not increase the risk of hypertension or ...
American Family Physician : FPIN's Clinical Inquiries
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0815/od2.html
ACC/AHA Release Updated Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce ASCVD...
Aug 15, 2014 - The Blood Cholesterol Expert Panel from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) issued an updated evidence-based guideline in 2013 that addresses the use of fixed doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) to reduce the risk of ASCVD in ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0815/p260.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
2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guideline Greatly Increases Number Eligible for Statin ...
Aug 15, 2014 - The new guideline from the ACC/AHA increases the number of adults between 40 and 75 years of age who are eligible to take statins by 12.8 million. The largest increases were among adults who would take statins for primary prevention and for adults between 60 and 75 years of age. The ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0815/od6.html
Should Family Physicians Follow the New ACC/AHA Cholesterol Treatment Guideline? Not ...
Aug 15, 2014 - The recommendations should have paid more attention to the inherent uncertainties in risk estimates and the importance of individual patient circumstances and preferences.
American Family Physician : Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0815/p223.html
Skin in the Game: Shared Decision-making May Boost Patient Buy-in to Care Plan
Skin in the Game: Shared Decision-making May Boost Patient Buy-in to Care Plan
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/skin_in_the_game_shared.html
Heads Up: School Sports Season Is Upon Us
Heads Up: School Sports Season Is Upon Us
AAFP News : AAFP Leader Voices | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/heads_up_school_sports_season.html
Delirium in Older Persons: Evaluation and Management - American Family Physician
Aug 1, 2014 - Delirium is defined as an acute, fluctuating syndrome of altered attention, awareness, and cognition. It is common in older persons in the hospital and long-term care facilities and may indicate a life-threatening condition. Assessment for and prevention of delirium should occur at ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0801/p150.html
New Anticoagulants vs. Warfarin in Atrial Fibrillation: No Clear Winner - POEMs - ...
Jul 15, 2014 - In this meta-analysis, newer anticoagulants appear to be slightly more effective than warfarin in the short term (two years) in preventing strokes of all kinds in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, they are no more effective than warfarin in preventing ischemic strokes, and ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0715/p110a.html
ACP Releases Guideline on Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment of Stage 1 to 3 Chronic ...
Jul 15, 2014 - Based on a systematic evidence review, this guideline from the American College of Physicians (ACP) presents recommendations on screening, monitoring, and treatment of stage 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease in adults.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0715/p121.html
What You Didn't Learn in Medical School: Prescribing a Dose of Yourself
What You Didn't Learn in Medical School: Prescribing a Dose of Yourself
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/prescribing_a_dose_of_yourself.html
AAFP News - Jun 15, 2014 - American Family Physician
Jun 15, 2014 - Selected policy and health issues news briefs from AAFP News.
American Family Physician : AAFP News: AFP Edition
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0615/p936.html
Neglected Parasitic Infections: What Every Family Physician Needs to Know - American ...
May 15, 2014 - Neglected parasitic infections, including Chagas disease, toxocariasis, cysticercosis, and toxoplasmosis, affect millions of persons in the United States. Relatively few resources have been devoted to surveillance, prevention, and treatment of these diseases. Chagas disease primarily ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0515/p803.html
Fewer Major Bleeds with Edoxaban Than with Warfarin, but Treatment Benefit Unclear - ...
May 15, 2014 - Edoxaban provides similar effectiveness and a somewhat lower rate of major gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding than warfarin. It is worth reading the supplemental appendices to this report for a look at the subgroups. For almost all subgroups, low-dose edoxaban caused less major ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0515/p827.html
Apixaban (Eliquis) for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation - STEPS - American ...
Apr 15, 2014 - Apixaban is at least as effective as aspirin or warfarin for preventing strokes in high-risk patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, especially those who cannot or will not take warfarin. It is slightly less likely to cause major bleeding and may have better compliance because it...
American Family Physician : STEPS
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0415/p672.html
Care of the Homeless: An Overview - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 2014 - Homelessness affects men, women, and children of all races and ethnicities. On any given night, more than 610,000 persons in the United States are homeless; a little more than one-third of these are families. Homeless persons are more likely to become ill, have greater hospitalization ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0415/p634.html
Chronic Daily Headache: Diagnosis and Management - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 2014 - Chronic daily headache is defined as the presence of a headache on 15 days or more per month for at least three months. The most common types of chronic daily headache are chronic migraines and chronic tension-type headaches. If a red flag for a secondary cause of headache is present, ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0415/p642.html
AAP Releases Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in ...
Apr 15, 2014 - Approximately 6% to 7% of children presenting with respiratory symptoms have acute sinusitis. This practice guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which updates the 2001 guideline, discusses diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children one to 18 ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0415/p676.html