Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) for Preventing Hospitalization for Heart Failure - STEPS - ...
Jul 15, 2020 - Dapagliflozin can be added to existing treatment to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes who have established CVD or are at high risk of CVD. It may also decrease the risk of renal disease progression and death from renal failure.
American Family Physician : STEPS
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0715/p115.html
Acetaminophen for Pain Relief in Osteoarthritis - FPIN's Help Desk Answers - American ...
Jul 15, 2020 - Acetaminophen is no better than placebo for relief of hip or knee pain due to osteoarthritis. Although acetaminophen does provide some pain relief, the effect is small and not clinically significant.
American Family Physician : FPIN's Help Desk Answers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0715/p113.html
Mailing gFOBT or FIT Directly to Patients Increases Uptake of Colorectal Cancer ...
Jul 15, 2020 - Mailed outreach significantly increases rates of colorectal cancer screening, with four tests needing to be mailed to screen one person.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0715/p117.html
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 2020 - This collection features AFP content on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and related issues, including acute and chronic COPD, spirometry, pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, corticosteriods, and pulmonary complications. This collection features AFP content on chronic ...
- Overview
- Screening and Prevention
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Point-of-Care Guides
- Patient Education, Self-Care
- Other AFP Content
American Family Physician : AFP By Topic
https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=32
Blood Product Transfusion in Adults: Indications, Adverse Reactions, and Modifications ...
Jul 1, 2020 - Millions of units of blood products are transfused annually to patients in the United States. Red blood cells are transfused to improve oxygen-carrying capacity in patients with or at high risk of developing symptomatic anemia. Restrictive transfusion thresholds with lower hemoglobin ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/p30.html
Vitamin D Supplementation and All-Cause Mortality - Medicine by the Numbers - American ...
Jul 1, 2020 - Observational studies have shown that those with low vitamin D levels have higher cancer and cardiovascular mortality. Read more to learn about the effect of vitamin D supplementation on all-cause mortality.
American Family Physician : Medicine by the Numbers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/od1.html
Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation - Cochrane for Clinicians - American...
Jul 1, 2020 - Patients using a combination of nicotine patch and fast-acting NRT are more likely to quit smoking than those on any single therapy alone (number needed to treat [NNT] = 29; 95% CI, 20 to 47).
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/p17.html
Role of Mucolytics in the Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis or COPD - Cochrane for ...
Jul 1, 2020 - Oral mucolytic agents may reduce the number of acute exacerbations in patients with chronic bronchitis or COPD (number needed to treat [NNT] = 8 over an average of nine months; 95% CI, 7 to 10).
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/p16.html
The Promise and Challenge of Home Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic - ...
Jul 1, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic presents family physicians with unique opportunities to work with home health providers to combat the pandemic, provide quality care, and ease the burden of fear among patients.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/p8.html
Family Physicians Play Key Role in Bridging the Gap in Access to Opioid Use Disorder ...
Jul 1, 2020 - Buprenorphine prescribing in primary care is a key bottleneck in the access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD). In a Medicare claims study including family medicine, internal medicine, general practice, and psychiatry, the largest share of buprenorphine prescribers were family...
American Family Physician : Graham Center Policy One-Pagers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/p10.html
PAULA’s Test for Lung Cancer Screening - Diagnostic Tests: What Physicians Need to Know...
Jul 1, 2020 - Because of insufficient evidence of benefit, no recommendations can be made regarding PAULA's test. Prospective cohort studies of a screening population and randomized controlled trials comparing cancer mortality outcomes using PAULA's test vs. low-dose CT and no screening are needed ...
American Family Physician : Diagnostic Tests: What Physicians Need to Know
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0701/p53.html
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management - American Family Physician
Jun 15, 2020 - Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that manifests as rapidly progressive dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxemia. Diagnostic criteria include onset within one week of a known insult or new or worsening respiratory symptoms, profound hypoxemia, ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0615/p730.html
Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement - U.S. ...
Jun 15, 2020 - The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for cognitive impairment in older adults.
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0615/od1.html
Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults - Putting Prevention into Practice -...
Jun 15, 2020 - L.C. is a 70-year-old Asian American woman who retired from teaching middle school five years ago. She lives independently and has a daughter and grandchildren who live within 30 miles of her. She presents for a follow-up visit to renew her hypertension medications. Her blood pressure ...
American Family Physician : Putting Prevention into Practice
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0615/p753.html
Anticoagulation in Older Adults - Lown Right Care: Reducing Overuse and Underuse - ...
Jun 15, 2020 - A collaboration between AFP and the Lown Institute promotes a vision of delivering health care that is based on the evidence, balanced in its approach, and focused on the patient.
American Family Physician : Lown Right Care: Reducing Overuse and Underuse
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0615/p748.html
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes Is Not Ready for Widespread Adoption -...
Jun 1, 2020 - Although continuous glucose monitoring may benefit patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, there is limited evidence that it offers similar benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes, regardless of whether they are taking insulin.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p646.html
No Short-Term Extra Benefit when Muscle Relaxants Are Added to Ibuprofen for Acute Low ...
Jun 1, 2020 - Adding a muscle relaxant to treatment with ibuprofen does not improve functional outcomes or pain, or lessen the number of people reporting moderate to severe back pain one week after starting treatment.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p695.html
For Three-Vessel Disease, but Not Left Main Disease, CABG Is Preferred Over PCI - POEMs...
Jun 1, 2020 - For patients with left main disease, PCI with a drug-eluting stent and CABG had similar all-cause mortality rates at 10 years. For those with three-vessel disease, CABG is associated with lower 10-year mortality.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p698.html
Supplemental MRI Screening in Women with Very Dense Breasts Reduces Interval Cancer ...
Jun 1, 2020 - Supplemental MRI screening for women with very dense breasts compared with mammography alone every two years significantly reduces the likelihood of an interval cancer, from 5 per 1,000 to 2.5 per 1,000 in the intention-to-treat population and to 0.8 per 1,000 in the per-protocol ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p695a.html
Supplemental Oxygen Therapy for Nonhypoxemic Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome - ...
Jun 1, 2020 - No conclusive evidence demonstrates that routine use of supplemental oxygen therapy is associated with clinical benefit or harm in nonhypoxemic patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI).
American Family Physician : FPIN's Clinical Inquiries
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p687.html
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive ...
Jun 1, 2020 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease characterized by hyperinflation of the lungs, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Learn more about the benefits and harms of using noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for exacerbation of COPD.
American Family Physician : Medicine by the Numbers
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/od1.html
Useful Signs and Symptoms for Diagnosing Hip Osteoarthritis - POEMs - American Family ...
Jun 1, 2020 - Although plain radiographs are often used to diagnose hip OA, the correlation between radiographic indicators of hip arthritis and hip pain is low.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0601/p696.html
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Recommendation Statement - U.S. Preventive ...
May 15, 2020 - The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked.
American Family Physician : U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0515/od1.html
Equivalent Pain Relief with Different Doses of Ibuprofen - POEMs - American Family ...
May 15, 2020 - Higher doses of ibuprofen for acute pain relief offer no more benefit at 60 minutes than a single 400-mg dose. The same has been shown for chronic treatment of osteoarthritis. A higher, anti-inflammatory dose is not needed.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0515/p631.html
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Putting Prevention into Practice - American ...
May 15, 2020 - A 65-year-old man with no significant medical history presents to your clinic for a wellness visit. His social history includes smoking periodically in his 20s, and his family history includes a father who died from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in his 60s. The patient wants to ...
American Family Physician : Putting Prevention into Practice
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0515/p621.html