Bipolar Disorders: Evaluation and Treatment - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - Bipolar disorders are common, recurrent mental health conditions of variable severity that are difficult to diagnose. Affected individuals have higher rates of other mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and comorbid chronic medical illnesses. New diagnostic criteria and ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p227.html
Asthma - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on asthma and related issues, including allergens, beta agonists, chronic cough, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, inhalers, and wheezing. This collection features AFP content on asthma and related issues, including allergens, beta agonists, ...
- Overview
- Screening and Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Complications and Special Situations
- Editorials and Letters
- Improving Practice
- Patient Education, Self-Care
- Other AFP Content
- Other Resources from AAFP
American Family Physician : AFP By Topic
https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=3
Health Maintenance and Counseling - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on health maintenance and counseling and related issues, including dietary and nutrition guidelines, health maintenance in children, lifestyle counseling, and physical activity. This collection features AFP content on health maintenance and ...
- Overview
- Children and Adolescents
- Adults
- Editorials and Letters
- Improving Practice
- Patient Education, Self-Care
- Other AFP Content
American Family Physician : AFP By Topic
https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=64
Frailty: Evaluation and Management - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - Frailty, which is a geriatric syndrome that affects 5% to 17% of older adults, is a state of increased vulnerability across multiple health domains that leads to adverse health outcomes. Frail older adults are at increased risk of falls, disability, hospitalizations, and death. Frailty ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p219.html
Health Maintenance for Women of Reproductive Age - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - Health maintenance for women of reproductive age includes counseling and screening tests that have been demonstrated to prevent disease and improve health. This article focuses mainly on conditions that are more common in women or have a unique impact on female patients. Family ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p209.html
Geriatric Care - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on geriatric care and related issues, including assistive devices, elder mistreatment, failure to thrive, fall prevention, geriatric assessment, house calls, impaired visual acuity, and nursing home care. This collection features AFP content on ...
- Overview
- Screening and Prevention
- Specific Issues
- Improving Practice
- Patient Education, Self-Care
- Other AFP Content
American Family Physician : AFP By Topic
https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=55
Immunizations (excluding Influenza) - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - This collection features AFP content on child and adult immunizations (excluding influenza) and related issues, including travel immunizations and specific immunizations (hepatitis A and B, herpes zoster, human papillomavirus, meningococcus, pertussis, pneumococcus, rotavirus, smallpox,...
- Overview
- Specific Immunizations
- Editorials and Letters
- Improving Practice
- Patient Education, Self-Care
- Other AFP Content
- Other Resources from AAFP
American Family Physician : AFP By Topic
https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=63
Performance-Enhancing Drug Use in Recreational Athletes - Editorials - American Family ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Family physicians may be surprised to learn the number of their patients who use performance-enhancing drugs, either deliberately to improve athletic performance or unknowingly through contaminated dietary supplements.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p203.html
Lemborexant (Dayvigo) for the Treatment of Insomnia - STEPS - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - Lemborexant (Davigo) is labeled for adults with insomnia to improve with sleep onset and maintenance.
American Family Physician : STEPS
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p241.html
Screening for High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: U.S. Preventive Services...
Feb 15, 2021 - The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for high blood pressure in children and adolescents.
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/od1.html
ACIP Approves 2021 Adult and Child/ Adolescent Immunization Schedules - Practice ...
Feb 15, 2021 - The 2021 adult and child/adolescent immunization schedules have been approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p250.html
Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia: Updated Guidelines from the Wilderness Medical ...
Feb 15, 2021 - The Wilderness Medical Society has published updated guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of exercise-associated hyponatremia.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p252.html
Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate for Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Children and Adults - ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Patients who received intravenous magnesium sulfate for acute asthma exacerbation in the emergency department had decreased hospital admissions and no serious adverse effects.
American Family Physician : Medicine by the Numbers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p245.html
Severely Pruritic, Whip-like Dermatitis - Photo Quiz - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - A patient presented with fever, headache, cough, sore throat, and a widespread pruritic rash two days after ingestion of shiitake mushrooms.
American Family Physician : Photo Quiz
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p243.html
Breast Cancer Screening, Plantar Warts, IUD Insertion, Osteoporosis, Anal Fissures - ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Key clinical questions and their evidence-based answers directly from the journal’s content, written by and for family physicians.
American Family Physician : AFP Clinical Answers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p207.html
Compression Reduces Recurrent Cellulitis in Patients with Chronic Leg Edema - POEMs - ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Adding compression to patient education reduces the likelihood of recurrent cellulitis in patients with chronic leg edema.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p247.html
Bariatric Surgery Associated with Decreased All-Cause Mortality and Lower Rates of ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Based on population registry data, bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cause mortality and a lower risk of developing many subsequent obesity-related conditions.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p248.html
Diary of a Family Physician - Feb 15, 2021 - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2021 - First-person accounts from the front lines of family medicine.
American Family Physician : Diary of a Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p240.html
Negative Colonoscopy Result Predicts No Colon Cancer for More Than 10 Years - POEMs - ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Following a high-quality colonoscopy (adequate bowel preparation, full visualization, and high rates of detection by the colonoscopist), patients at average risk with no neoplasm found on examination had the same rate of developing colorectal cancer or dying from it in the 10- to ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p247a.html
Fewer Subsequent Strokes with Ticagrelor Plus Aspirin than with Aspirin Alone - POEMs -...
Feb 15, 2021 - For patients with mild to moderate acute nonembolic ischemic stroke, treatment with ticagrelor plus aspirin for 30 days resulted in fewer subsequent strokes but similar overall disability and an increase in severe bleeding compared with aspirin alone.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p249.html
Case Report: Back Pain as a Presenting Symptom of Systemic Mastocytosis - Letters to ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Feb 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Case Report: Back Pain as a Presenting Symptom of Systemic Mastocytosis Am Fam Physician. 2021 Feb 15;103(4):200-201. To the Editor: A 51-year-old man with a history of hypertension, depression, and anxiety presented with low back pain at rest...
American Family Physician : Letter
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p200a.html
Broad Screening Is Needed for All Patients at Risk of Syphilis - Letters to the Editor ...
Feb 15, 2021 - << Previous article Next article >> Feb 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Broad Screening Is Needed for All Patients at Risk of Syphilis Am Fam Physician. 2021 Feb 15;103(4):199-200. Original Article: Syphilis: Far from Ancient History Issue Date: July 15, 2020 Available at:...
American Family Physician : Letter
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p199.html
Case Report: Back Pain as a Presenting Symptom of Systemic Mastocytosis - Letters to ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Feb 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Case Report: DKA with Lower-than-Expected Blood Glucose in the Setting of SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Am Fam Physician. 2021 Feb 15;103(4):200. To the Editor: A 45-year-old patient presented to the emergency department after three days of generalized...
American Family Physician : Letter
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p200.html
Case Report: Limitations of Virtual Care in Older Adults with Functional and Cognitive ...
Feb 15, 2021 - Feb 15, 2021 Issue Letters to the Editor Case Report: Limitations of Virtual Care in Older Adults with Functional and Cognitive Impairment Am Fam Physician. 2021 Feb 15;103(4):201. To the Editor: An 85-year-old patient with hypertension, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular...
American Family Physician : Letter
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0215/p201.html
Using cognitive reframing to encourage behavior change -- FPM
Negative experiences can lead to negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. But cognitive reframing can stop the pattern.
Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/cognitive_reframing.html