Drugs for Conversion of Atrial Fibrillation - American Family Physician
Aug 1, 1998 - Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in patients visiting a primary care practice. Although many patients with atrial fibrillation experience relief of symptoms with control of the heart rate, some patients require restoration of sinus rhythm. External direct current (DC) ...
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Assessment of Abnormal Growth Curves - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 1998 - An important part of well-child care is the assessment of a child's growth. While growth in the vast majority of children falls within normal percentile ranges on standard growth curves, an occasional child demonstrates worrisome deviations in weight, height or head size. A single ...
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Diagnostic Evaluation of Urinary Incontinence in Geriatric Patients - American Family ...
Jun 1, 1998 - In most cases, the evaluation of urinary incontinence requires only a history, a physical examination, urinalysis and measurement of postvoid residual urine volume. The initial purposes of the evaluation are to identify conditions requiring referral or specialized work-up and to detect ...
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Prevention of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 1998 - Neonatal group B streptococcal infection is the primary cause of neonatal morbidity related to infection. It can often be prevented by identifying and treating pregnant women who carry group B streptococci or who are at highest risk of transmitting the bacteria to newborns. Increasing ...
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Diagnosis and Management of the Adnexal Mass - American Family Physician
May 15, 1998 - Adnexal masses are frequently found in both symptomatic and asymptomatic women. In premenopausal women, physiologic follicular cysts and corpus luteum cysts are the most common adnexal masses, but the possibility of ectopic pregnancy must always be considered. Other masses in this age ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0515/p2471.html
Chronic Bronchitis: Primary Care Management - American Family Physician
May 15, 1998 - Chronic bronchitis is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a cough productive of sputum for over three months' duration during two consecutive years and the presence of airflow obstruction. Pulmonary function testing aids in the diagnosis of chronic bronchitis by documenting the extent...
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Urinary Tract Infections in Children: Why They Occur and How to Prevent Them - American...
May 15, 1998 - Urinary tract infections (UTIs) usually occur as a consequence of colonization of the periurethral area by a virulent organism that subsequently gains access to the bladder. During the first few months of life, uncircumcised male infants are at increased risk for UTIs, but thereafter ...
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Hyperparathyroidism - American Family Physician
Apr 15, 1998 - Hyperparathyroidism is a common cause of hypercalcemia. The hypercalcemia usually is discovered during a routine serum chemistry profile. Often, there has been no previous suspicion of this disorder. In most patients initially believed to be asymptomatic, previously unrecognized ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0415/p1795.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
Evaluation and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Children - American Family ...
Apr 1, 1998 - Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections encountered by primary care physicians. Although UTIs do not occur with as great a frequency in children as in adults, they can be a source of significant morbidity in children. For reasons that are not yet ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0401/p1573.html
Management of Hospitalized Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - American Family ...
Mar 1, 1998 - Subopitmal glycemic control in hospitalized patients with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus can have adverse consequences, including increased neurologic ischemia, delayed wound healing and an increased infection rate. Poor glycemic control can also affect the outcome of ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0301/p1079.html
Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Deciding When to Treat - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 1998 - While screening patients for thyroid disease, physicians often find increased thyrotropin-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in patients whose free thyroxine (T4) levels are not below normal. This state, termed
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0215/p776.html
An Algorithm for the Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 1998 - The diagnosis of peripheral neuropathies can be frustrating, time consuming and costly. Careful clinical and electrodiagnostic assessment, with attention to the pattern of involvement and the types of nerve fibers most affected, narrows the differential diagnosis and helps to focus the ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0215/p755.html
Conjunctivitis - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 1998 - Conjunctivitis refers to any inflammatory condition of the membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the exposed surface of the sclera. It is the most common cause of
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0215/p735.html
Preventing Bacterial Endocarditis: American Heart Association Guidelines - American ...
Feb 1, 1998 - The American Heart Association recently revised its guidelines for the prevention of bacterial endocarditis. These guidelines are meant to aid physicians, dentists and other health care providers, but they are not intended to define the standard of care or to serve as a substitute for ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0201/p457.html
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Releases New Guidelines for the Treatment of ...
Jan 15, 1998 - Advertisement << Previous article Next article >> Jan 15, 1998 Issue Special Medical Reports National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Releases New Guidelines for the Treatment of Hypertension Am Fam Physician. 1998 Jan 15;57(2):362-366. Related Editorial Nearly half of 50 million...
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