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Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation

DAVID Y. GAITONDE, DAVID L. COOK, IAN M. RIVERA

Chronic kidney disease can silently progress to advanced stages, and early detection is critical for initiating effective interventions. Multiple guidelines recommend at least annual screening with serum creatinine, urine albumin/creatinine ratio, and urinalysis for patients...

Palpitations: Evaluation in the Primary Care Setting

RANDELL K. WEXLER, ADAM PLEISTER, SUBHA V. RAMAN

Distinguishing cardiac from noncardiac causes is important because of the risk of sudden death in those with an underlying cardiac etiology. A thorough history and physical examination, followed by targeted diagnostic testing, can distinguish cardiac conditions from other...

Pigmentation Disorders: Diagnosis and Management

SCOTT PLENSDORF, MARIA LIVIERATOS, NABIL DADA

Pigmentation disorders are often benign, but they can be psychologically distressing to patients. Hyperpigmentation, which results from excess melanin production, may be caused by postinflammatory effect, melasma, solar lentigines, ephelides, and café au lait macules....

AAFP News Now: AFP Edition

AAFP News: AFP Edition

Legal Opinion Commissioned to Help Family Physicians Gain Hospital Privileges | AAFP Opts to Not Endorse New AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline | AAFP Releases Summary of Changes to 2018 Medicare Fee Schedule | New Medicare Beneficiary Numbers Coming Soon; CMS Resources Available

Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine

No: It Is Barely Ready for Testing

VINAY PRASAD, ADAM OBLEY

Precision medicine has, at times, been vaguely defined, or used to convey the age-old concept of tailoring tests and treatments to an individual patient. To be a truly new paradigm, however, a more meaningful definition must signify the use of -omic (e.g., genomic, proteomic,...

Putting Prevention Into Practice

Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

QUYEN NGO-METZGER, RYAN GOTTFREDSON

L.D., a 66-year-old generally healthy white man, presents for his annual physical. He has no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD); he has had consistent systolic blood pressure measurements of 140 mm Hg; he is not taking any medications; he does not smoke; he exercises...

Photo Quiz

Eye Changes After Recent Travel

NATHAN KITTLE, CHRISTINA LIERMAN, ANNA DECHANT

A man presented with fever, diarrhea, body aches, and vomiting shortly after returning from Puerto Rico.

Practice Guidelines

Preventive Pediatric Health Care: Updated Recommendations from the AAP

LISA HAUK

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its recommendations for preventive pediatric health care (Periodicity Schedule). These recommendations are intended for children receiving appropriate care from parents and with no health problems whose growth and...

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force FPIN's Help Desk Answers

Hypnosis for Surgical Pain

PATRICIA ADAM, ANDREA LARSON

Hypnosis provides small to moderate improvements in surgical pain and burn debridement pain in adults.

POEMs Letters to the Editor Information from Your Family Doctor

Chronic Kidney Disease: What You Should Know

The kidneys clean the blood by removing waste products, which then leave the body through the urine. The kidneys have an important role in balancing the body's fluids. They also help control blood pressure, keep bones strong, and make red blood cells.



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