DIANE R. ZANGER, ALLEN J. SOLOMON, BERNARD J. GERSH
Determining the level of risk is important early in the course of coronary artery disease to identify patients who require percutaneous or surgical treatment and patients who will benefit most from medical therapy.
DAVID M. BURKHART
Most children with acute gastroenteritis can be managed safely and cost-effectively with only pediatric oral rehydration solutions. Hospitalization and an extensive work-up are rarely required.
A.E. EYLER, MARIAN COHEN
Family physicians can play a crucial role in detecting domestic violence and preventing further injury.
JOHN R. HUBBARD, SHARONE E. FRANCO, EMMANUEL S. ONAIVI
Because of the long half-life of marijuana, persons who use it may be predisposed to adverse incidents and cognitive difficulties for days after the feeling of acute intoxication fades.
HOWARD B. TANDETER, PESACH SHVARTZMAN, MAX A. STEVENS
The application of decision rules for the selective use of radiographs in patients with acute knee injuries may reduce health costs without increasing adverse outcomes.
MATTHEW C. RIDDLE
Clear targets for glycemic control have been established, and new oral agents are now available. Because different classes of agents have additive therapeutic effects but independent side effects, combinations of agents may be highly effective.
Janis Wright
On this day in mid-November, as we finish the last issue of AFP that will enter the mail stream before our calendars register zero zero, we're beginning to sense the reality of the ending millennium. Now that Y2K is a little over a month away, many of us wonder just what will...
Rosemarie Sweeney, Verna L. Rose
On November 3, the Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala published the “Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information” in the Federal Register. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Congress was...
Jessica Greene
What are the top drugs prescribed by family physicians? According to Scott-Levin, Premarin was the most commonly prescribed drug between June of 1997 and June of 1998, accounting for 4.4 percent of the total family practice retail market. With almost 13 million prescriptions,...
JODEAN NICOLETTE, JIM NUOVO
In this issue of American Family Physician, Eyler and Cohen1 provide two illustrative cases of domestic violence and intervention techniques, but they transcend the paradigm of this major public health issue by presenting a case in which the patient is the perpetrator.
MARY ELLEN AVERY
Many of today's experienced clinicians grew up with the belief that clear liquids by mouth are appropriate in the treatment of vomiting and diarrhea. We have recommended a variety of liquids, such as tea, cola syrup from the local soda fountain diluted in water, chicken broth...
CAG recently learned another helpful trick from our nurse practitioner, Lori White. A one-week-old infant presented with head lice acquired from his sisters, who had just started school. To avoid any medications that might be toxic, Lori suggested applying petroleum jelly to...
Marc S. Berger, GLENNA P. HENDRICKS
Photo Quiz presents readers with a clinical challenge based on a photograph or other image.
Matthew Neff
(51st Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians) The majority of family physicians are unprepared to advise their patients about herbal products and supplements, and are unaware of the prevalence of their use even though more than one half of...
Anne D. Walling
(Australia—Australian Family Physician, August 1999, p. 773.) Men consult physicians only about one half as frequently as women. Cultural and personal reasons for this discrepancy include difficulty in admitting stress or symptoms, low priority for health compared with work...
ERIC A. VOTH
Physicians regularly face the ethical dilemma of determining whether the prescribing habits of a colleague are appropriate, and must then decide how to deal with that person. Such situations can engender hostility and resentment among colleagues and are rarely easily handled.
Monica Preboth
The Committee on Quality Improvement of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Committee on Clinical Policies and Research of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), in conjunction with experts in neurology, emergency medicine and critical care, research...
Monica Preboth
The Committee on Quality Improvement, Subcommittee on Febrile Seizures, of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has developed a practice parameter on the long-term treatment of neurologically healthy infants and children between six months and five years of age who have...
Gastroenteritis can cause vomiting and diarrhea (very frequent, watery bowel movements). This illness is very common in children.
Yes. When you're chemically dependent on marijuana, it means you crave it and you need to take more and more to get the same effect. You may have withdrawal symptoms when you stop using it. Because marijuana is a lot stronger than it used to be, you're also more likely to...
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