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Gastroenteritis in Children: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment

B. CLAIR ELIASON, RICHARD B. LEWAN

Although most cases of pediatric gastroenteritis in the United States are self-limited, severe gastroenteritis requires aggressive therapeutic intervention.

Current Status of Cardiac Rehabilitation

GERALD F. FLETCHER

Cardiac rehabilitation that includes high-intensity exercise and a fat-controlled diet benefits patients with coronary artery disease.

Epidural Analgesia During Labor

ROBERT D. VINCENT, JR., DAVID H. CHESTNUT

Epidural analgesia remains the most effective and flexible technique for providing pain relief during labor and delivery. Some controversy remains regarding the propensity of epidural analgesia to interfere with the progress of labor.

Acute Sinusitis: A Cost-Effective Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

L.J. FAGNAN

Acute bacterial sinusitis, which is diagnosed by assessing the patient's history, often will respond to shorter courses of first-line antibiotics than have been traditionally prescribed. Little evidence supports the use of ancillary treatments such as nasal corticosteroids...

Aminoglycosides: A Practical Review

UIS S. GONZALEZ, III, JEANNE P. SPENCER

Aminoglycosides are potent bactericidal antibiotics that are used for antimicrobial prophylaxis and for the treatment of bacteremia, endocarditis and severe infections of the abdomen and urinary tract. Resistance to these antibiotics is rare but increasing in frequency.

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Marc S. Berger, NANCY F. CRUM, KEVIN M. MURRAY

An 18-year-old man with a remote history of asthma presented to our office with the acute onset of dyspnea and retrosternal chest pain. The patient had been evaluated previously by another physician and treated with nebulized albuterol for a presumed asthma exacerbation....

Family Practice International

Anne D. Walling

(Great Britain—The Practitioner, June 1998, p. 434.) The most common causes of sensory neuroepithelium loss in the cochlea are congenital ear defects and meningitis. Cochlear implants were developed to overcome the profound deafness resulting from interruption of input to the...

Inside AFP

AAFP's Annual Clinical Focus

JANIS WRIGHT

Perhaps you have noticed the following logo that has been appearing on selected articles in AFP: This logo marks articles in the subject area of the AAFP's Annual Clinical Focus (ACF), a program designed to provide family physicians with state-of-the-art information on a...

AAFP News Now: AFP Edition

Newsletter

Rosemarie Sweeney, Verna L. Rose

Selected policy and health issues news briefs from AAFP News Now.

Quantum Sufficit

Quantum Sufficit

Monica A. Preboth, Shyla Wright

U.S. tuberculosis rates continue to fall. In 1997, 19,855 cases of tuberculosis were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; this represents a decline of 7 percent from 1996 and 26 percent from 1992. According to statistics published in Morbidity and...

Editorials

Complications of Epidural Analgesia During Labor

JAMES A. THORP

In this issue of American Family Physician, Vincent and Chestnut1 provide an excellent review of epidural analgesia for labor from the anesthesia perspective. Epidural analgesia is the most effective method for pain relief during labor, and it is relatively safe. As with all...

Single Daily Dosing of Aminoglycosides

ROBERT L. DEAMER

In this issue of American Family Physician, Gonzalez and Spencer1 update us on the current status of aminoglycosides, presenting new insight into their mechanism of action, and revisiting their clinical roles and the pharmacologic and therapeutic basis for single daily dosing...

Diary from a Week in Practice

Diary from a Week in Practice

While doing research for a presentation on removing foreign bodies from the ear and nose in children, WLL came across an old article in the May/June 1977 issue of the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology (p.369) that described a “new” technique, using dental...

Conference Highlights

Conference Highlights

Verna L. Rose

(31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research) Results of a study of 24,470 men who answered questions about smoking habits at multiphasic checkups from 1964 to 1973 indicate that men who smoke cigars have a twofold increase in cancers of the lung and of the...

Special Medical Reports

AHA Updates Guidelines for Carotid Endarterectomy

Sharon Scott Morey

The American Heart Association (AHA) has updated guidelines for carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Developed by the 16-member Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, the guidelines cover the following topics: management...

Clinical Briefs

Clinical Briefs

Verna L. Rose

Each year, more than 1 million persons under 20 years of age become pregnant, according to a statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) concerning counseling the adolescent about pregnancy options. The statement, published in the May 1998 issue of Pediatrics,...

Physician's Bookshelf

Physician's Bookshelf

ROBERT J. CARR, WILLIAM R. PHILLIPS, PATRICIA EVANS, TERENCE J. JOYCE

Book Reviews | Software Reviews | Also Received

Letters to the Editor

Pictures of Fatal Bedrail Entrapment

STEVEN MILES, KARA PARKER

Sickle Cell Trait and Sudden Death in Athletes

Tips from Other Journals

Review of Diagnosis and Treatment of TMJ Disorders

ANNE D. WALLING

Nonpharmacologic Steps to Improve Sleep in Older Adults

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Breast Feeding and Mothers Who Smoke: Infant Exposure

JEFFREY T. KIRCHNER

Administration and Dosage of a New Human Rabies Vaccine

BARBARA APGAR

Sequential vs. Simultaneous Antiretroviral HIV Therapy

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Prevention and Management of Diabetic Nephropathy

ANNE D. WALLING

Treatment Options for the Patient with Acne Vulgaris

ANNE D. WALLING

Comparison of Albuterol Dosage in Asthma Attacks

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Evaluating the Risk of Fetal Loss Following Amniocentesis

ANNE D. WALLING

Predicting Recovery from Post-Traumatic Vegetative State

ANNE D. WALLING

Induction of Labor at Term Following Membrane Rupture

BARBARA APGAR

Prostate Cancer Screening Beliefs and Recommendations

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

New AAP Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening in Children

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Effects of Missing the First Oral Contraceptives in a Cycle

BARBARA APGAR

Corticosteroid Use For the Treatment of Herpes Zoster

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Differentiating Benign and Malignant Lymph Nodes

BARBARA APGAR

Beta Blockers for Heart Failure Due to Coronary Artery Disease

RICHARD SADOVSKY

Methylprednisolone for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Garlic Therapy for Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia?

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Evaluating a Shorter Course of Therapy for Acute Otitis Media

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Continuous Fluconazole for Oropharyngeal Candidiasis

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Hypertension, Blood Pressure Levels and Aspirin Therapy

ANNE D. WALLING

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Hip Fracture

ANNE D. WALLING

Enalapril for Attenuating Renal Function Decline in Diabetes

RICHARD SADOVSKY

Extended Period of Excretion May Follow Rotavirus Infection

ANNE D. WALLING

Efficacy of a Vaccine for the Prevention of Lyme Disease

JEFFREY T. KIRCHNER

Five-Day vs. 10-Day Course of Cefuroxime for GABHS

RICHARD SADOVSKY

Detecting Protruding Aortic Plaques as a Source of Stroke

BARBARA APGAR

Estimation of Uterine Size by Bimanual Examination

ANNE D. WALLING

Use of Human Albumin in Critically Ill Patients

ANNE D. WALLING

Clinical Effects of Montelukast for Chronic Asthma in Children

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Information from Your Family Doctor

Caring for Acute Sinusitis

Sinuses are air spaces in the bones around your nose and eyes. The sinuses make your skull weigh less and improve the sound of your voice. They also make mucus, a fluid that helps warm the air you breathe and add moisture to it. Hair cells that are called cilia (sill-ee-ah)...



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