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HIV Infection in Adults: Initial Management

Ronald Goldschmidt, Carolyn Chu

One-half of the estimated 1.1 million people in the United States with HIV infection are not receiving effective antiretroviral therapy. HIV screening and diagnostic testing are essential for timely antiretroviral therapy initiation and transmission prevention because...

The Suicidal Patient: Evaluation and Management

David R. Norris, Molly S. Clark

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people 10 to 34 years and the 10th leading cause of mortality among adults overall. National rates of suicide are increasing, and how people are attempting suicide is becoming more lethal. Asking patients at high risk about...

Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis

Brian Shahan, Edwin Y. Choi, Gilberto Nieves

Urgent indications for lumbar puncture and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) include suspected central nervous system infection or subarachnoid hemorrhage. CSF analysis can also be useful in the evaluation of other neurologic conditions, such as spontaneous intracranial...

Editorials

Preventing Physician Suicide

Jennifer L. Middleton

Physicians who complete suicide are much less likely to have sought mental health care compared with nonphysicians, most commonly because of barriers to access and stigma in the medical community.

AFP Clinical Answers Cochrane for Clinicians

Active vs. Expectant Management in the Third Stage of Labor

Karl T. Clebak, Jason R. Croad, Andrew I. Lutzkanin

Very low-quality evidence suggests that active management of the third stage of labor reduces the risk of severe primary postpartum hemorrhage greater than 1,000 mL.

Diagnostic Tests

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Screening

Kathleen Barry, Chelsea Evans

There is currently not enough evidence to replace digital mammography with digital breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer screening in women at average or high risk.

Medicine by the Numbers

Treatment of Distal DVT

D. Jason Frasca, Kayla Leach-Frasca

A Cochrane review demonstrated that anticoagulation was effective and superior to observation for deep venous thrombosis; however, given the quality of the evidence, the benefits are unclear.

FPIN's Clinical Inquiries

Kinesiology Taping for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

Dan Kelley, Gary Kelsberg, Sarah Safranek

How effective is kinesiology taping (elastic tape applied to the knee to create patellar tension) for osteoarthritis pain of the knee?

Photo Quiz

Acute Neck Swelling in a Child

Nandhini Veeraraghavan, Hussein Bharwani, Hadra Habib

A five-year-old child presented with a midline swelling on his neck

POEMs Practice Guidelines Letters to the Editor


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