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Articles

Neck Pain: Initial Evaluation and Management

Marc A. Childress, Samantha Jayne Stuek

The broad differential diagnosis for neck pain requires an efficient but global assessment. Emphasis is typically placed on red flags that can assist in the early recognition and treatment of more concerning diagnoses, such as traumatic injuries, infection, malignancy,...

Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring

James J. Arnold, Breanna L. Gawrys

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring was developed to screen for signs of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, cerebral palsy, and impending fetal death during labor; it is appropriately used in high-risk labor. When used during low-risk labor, structured intermittent...

Acute Pyelonephritis in Adults: Rapid Evidence Review

Joel Herness, Amelia Buttolph, Noa C. Hammer

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidney and renal pelvis and should be suspected in patients with flank pain and pyuria. Urine culture should direct antibiotic therapy. Outpatient management is appropriate for uncomplicated cases; extended emergency...

Editorials

Benefits of Teaching Medical Students: Perspectives from a Community Physician Preceptor

Michael S. Burke

There is a need for more enthusiastic community family physician mentors to improve the shortage of medical students going into primary care and to reach the goal of 25% of students choosing family medicine by 2030.

AFP Clinical Answers

COVID-19, Acne Treatment, Threatened Miscarriage, Pilonidal Disease

Key clinical questions and their evidence-based answers directly from the journal’s content, written by and for family physicians.

Medicine by the Numbers

Fetal Fibronectin Testing in Threatened Preterm Labor

Dean A. Seehusen, Mark Schwade

Fetal fibronectin testing is a common clinical test, performed via cervicovaginal secretion swab after 22 weeks of pregnancy, and is used to identify women at increased risk for preterm delivery. Learn more about the benefits and harms of fetal fibronectin testing in...

Cochrane for Clinicians

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Premenopausal Patients and the Role of NSAIDs

Anne Mounsey, Rita M. Lahlou

NSAIDs are effective for reducing heavy menstrual bleeding in premenopausal patients with menorrhagia when compared with placebo.

Smoking Cessation with Text Messaging and App-Based Interventions

Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Ruchi M. Fitzgerald

Automated text messaging interventions are more effective than minimal smoking cessation support (absolute risk reduction [ARR] = 3%; 95% CI, 1% to 5%).

Photo Quiz

Hyperpigmentation of the Tongue and Buccal Mucosa

H.U. Rehman, Sarah Lohrenz

A 45-year-old woman with a 10-year history of primary adrenal insufficiency was admitted to the hospital for treatment of pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli infection, for which she was given intravenous antibiotics and fluids.

FPIN's Help Desk Answers

Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis

Susan E. Hansen, Neilson M. Mathews, Susan S. Mathieu, Veronica M. Brohm, Beth Auten

Electroacupuncture can be used to improve pain and physical function in adults with knee osteoarthritis.

POEMs

Rates of Adverse Effects of Treatment for Otitis Media Vary by Antibiotic and Dose

Henry C. Barry

Practice Guidelines

VTE in Patients with Cancer: Guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Michael J. Arnold

The American Society of Clinical Oncology has updated recommendations for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with cancer.

Letters to the Editor

Race-Based Treatment Decisions Perpetuate Structural Racism

Andrea Westby, Ebiere Okah, Jason Ricco

Reply: Kenneth W. Lin, Sumi Sexton

Information from Your Family Doctor

Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring

Fetal monitoring is a way for your doctor to know how your baby is doing during labor. The doctor and nurse use special equipment to listen to your baby's heartbeat and your contractions. There are two options: continuous electronic fetal monitoring or structured intermittent...



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