Operationalizing Virtual Visits During a Public Health Emergency -- FPM
Jun 1, 2020 - Providing options for remote access to care can keep your practice running and your patients healthy when an infectious disease outbreak prevents you from seeing them in person.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/p5.html
Watch-and-Wait Strategy Is an Option for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax - POEMs - ...
Nov 15, 2020 - Conservative observation of patients presenting with a first primary spontaneous pneumothorax is as effective as immediate chest tube insertion in achieving full lung re-expansion at eight weeks.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1115/od3.html
Augmentation Therapy, Menstrual Bleeding, VTE, Pancreatic Cancer, Acute Kidney Injury -...
Nov 15, 2020 - 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/2020/1115/p587.html
Emotional Intelligence: Five Ways to Have Better Interactions and Improve Your Work ...
Oct 1, 2020 - These simple tools can help you respond effectively when you feel emotionally hijacked by difficult people or circumstances.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p9.html
Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Growth in Children with Persistent Asthma - ...
Oct 1, 2020 - Inhaled fluticasone (Flovent; 200 mcg per day) is associated with a greater linear growth velocity when compared with beclomethasone (400 mcg per day; an equivalent dose).
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1001/p404.html
Fecal Microbiota Transplant Effective for Irritable Bowel Syndrome - POEMs - American ...
Sep 15, 2020 - This is the largest and best study to date of fecal microbiota transplant for irritable bowel syndrome —with impressive results.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0915/p377.html
Would Medicare for All Be the Most Beneficial Health Care System for Family Physicians ...
Oct 1, 2020 - Expansion of Medicare or private insurance would not address the deeper problems in our health care system.
American Family Physician : Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1001/p392.html
Case Report: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a Child Presenting with Rash and ...
Sep 15, 2020 - Letters to the Editor from AFP reader regarding a case report of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child presenting with rash and fever.
American Family Physician : Letter
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0915/p325.html
Would Medicare for All Be the Most Beneficial Health Care System for Family Physicians ...
Oct 1, 2020 - We must use the lessons of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to better prepare for the next one and address the shortcomings in our health care system.
American Family Physician : Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1001/p389.html
Frostbite, Antiplatelet Therapy, Stuttering, Asthma, Cardioversion - AFP Clinical ...
Nov 1, 2020 - 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/2020/1101/p525.html
Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults - Putting ...
Sep 15, 2020 - M.S. is a 20-year-old man who presents for a preemployment physical examination. He states that he is single, has two or three drinks per month on social occasions, does not smoke, is sexually active, and does not use illicit drugs.
American Family Physician : Putting Prevention into Practice
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0915/p367.html
Diary of a Family Physician - Oct 15, 2020 - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2020 - First-person accounts from the front lines of family medicine.
American Family Physician : Diary of a Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1015/p460.html
Hyperpigmentation of the Tongue and Systemic Symptoms - Photo Quiz - American Family ...
Apr 15, 2020 - A woman presents with darkening of her skin, tongue, and lips.
American Family Physician : Photo Quiz
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0415/p499.html
C-Reactive Protein Is the Most Useful Biomarker for Diagnosis of Outpatient CAP - POEMs...
Oct 15, 2020 - This review found that the best evidence supports C-reactive protein as the most useful and accurate biomarker for diagnosing CAP in adults presenting with lower respiratory tract symptoms.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1015/od6.html
Practice Pearls - Sep-Oct 2020 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - Provide patient letters describing the diagnosis rather than the need for accommodation |Reduce pain of deltoid injection | Test your staff's phone etiquette by calling your own office |Prevent staff burnout due to COVID-19
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p43.html
Enlarging Leg Nodule - Photo Quiz - American Family Physician
Oct 1, 2020 - A patient presented with an enlarging, nonpainful, nonpruritic nodule just below the right knee where he sustained minor trauma twelve years earlier.
American Family Physician : Photo Quiz
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1001/p439.html
PID Treatment, Low Back Pain, Opioids, Plasma Injections, Sphygmomanometry - AFP ...
Oct 1, 2020 - 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/2020/1001/p398.html
Immunizations in Pregnancy: Updated Recommendations - Editorials - American Family ...
Aug 15, 2020 - Important new data on the immunology of immunization in pregnancy provide greater support for and information on the provision and timing of these immunizations.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0815/p205.html
Building an Outdoor Urgent Care Clinic During a Pandemic: One Clinic's Experience -- FPM
Oct 1, 2020 - When an infectious disease outbreak strikes, an outdoor clinic can reduce the risk of transmission and conserve personal protective equipment.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0900/p14.html
2020 National Residency Match Program Results: Where Does Family Medicine Stand and ...
Aug 15, 2020 - Although overshadowed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, results of the 2020 National Residency Match Program (The Match) are in.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0815/p202.html
AFP 2020: Reflections, New Fellows, Updates, and AFP Statistics - Editorials - American...
Oct 15, 2020 - This editorial highlights the top 20 AFP articles of 2019, provides an update on AFP's statistics for print circulation and website visits, and thanks our peer reviewers.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1015/p457.html
Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis - Point-of-Care Guides - American ...
Jun 15, 2020 - Which patients with symptoms of acute rhinosinusitis have bacterial infection?
American Family Physician : Point-of-Care Guides
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0615/p758.html
IBSchek for Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Diagnostic Tests: What Physicians Need to Know -...
May 1, 2020 - IBSchek is a blood test marketed to assist in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome with predominant diarrhea (IBS-D) or with mixed bowel habits (IBS-M) in adults.
American Family Physician : Diagnostic Tests: What Physicians Need to Know
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0501/p564.html
Persistent Asymptomatic Rash - Photo Quiz - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2020 - A soldier deployed to Afghanistan presented with an asymptomatic ulcerated lesion on the arm.
American Family Physician : Photo Quiz
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0915/p369.html
Primary Care–Based Interventions to Prevent Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement ...
Oct 15, 2020 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care–based behavioral counseling interventions to prevent illicit drug use, including nonmedical use of prescription drugs, in children, ...
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/1015/od1.html