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The Newborn Examination: Part I. Emergencies and Common Abnormalities Involving the Skin, Head, Neck, Chest, and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems

MAMTA FULORIA, SHELLEY KREITER

The newborn examination facilitates early identification of anomalies and health problems that require immediate intervention. Appropriate consultation should be obtained for newborns with craniosynostosis accompanied by restricted brain growth or hydrocephalus, cephaloceles,...

Influenza in the Nursing Home

BRIAN J. KINGSTON, CHARLES V. WRIGHT, JR.

Nursing home residents are at increased risk of complications from influenza. Vaccination of residents and staff is the primary method of preventing illness, but prophylaxis with antiviral medications is also effective.

Medical Care for Obese Patients: Advice for Health Care Professionals

More than 60 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, with the prevalence of obesity nearly doubling during the past two decades; therefore, physicians will care for an increasing number of overweight and obese patients, many with multiple medical...

Peritonsillar Abscess: Diagnosis and Treatment

TERRENCE E. STEYER

Peritonsillar abscess is the most common deep infection of the head and neck in adults. Many cases of peritonsillar abscess can be diagnosed and treated by a family physician who has appropriate training.

Inside AFP

Selections from BMJ's Clinical Evidence Enhance EBM Approach in AFP

Janis Wright

Joining AFP's list of selections drawn from systematic evidence reviews is a new series sexcerpted from the BMJ Publishing Group'sClinical Evidence. On page 99 is the first in a series of chapters excerpted from BMJ's collection of systematic reviews of evidence supporting...

Newsletter

Newsletter

Rosemarie Sweeney, Matthew Neff

New Regulation Requires Physician Supervision of Anesthesia Care | Congress Provides Budget for FDA in Fiscal Year 2002 | STOP Stroke Act to Increase Awareness, Improve Quality of Care | HRSA Child Health Report Shows Reduction in Birth Rate Among Adolescents | New Family...

Quantum Sufficit

Quantum Sufficit

Heather McNeill, Sarah Morgan

You may be seeing more patients with a long-ignored but serious problem: unconsummated marriage. The topic was presented at WONCA 2001, the conference of the World Organization of Family Doctors, reports Family Practice News. Treatment centers are disappearing because of the...

Editorials

Evidence at the Point of Care

JAY SIWEK, STUART BARTON

We are delighted to launch a new series1 in American Family Physician, brought to our readers via a unique collaboration with the BMJ Publishing Group. AFP will feature selected excerpts from Clinical Evidence, a regularly updated collection of evidence-based systematic...

Diary from a Week in Practice

Diary from a Week in Practice

God appeared at my office today. Based on appearance alone, you might not have guessed it was the Almighty. She looked to be in her mid-70s and was a bit disheveled. She rocked back and forth on the examination table and fingered the white paper covering it.

Cochrane for Clinicians

Can Reduced or Modified Dietary Fat Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?

CHARLES B. EATON

Reducing or modifying the amount or type of fat in a patient's diet and replacing it with polyunsaturated fats will not significantly reduce the risk of death from all causes of cardiovascular disease but could reduce the risk of an important cardiovascular disease event by...

Clinical Evidence Handbook

Heart Failure

ROBERT SAMUEL MCKELVIE

What are the effects of nondrug treatments in heart failure? What are the effects of drug and invasive treatments in heart failure? What are the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in people at high risk of heart failure? What are the effects of...

Photo Quiz

A Swollen, Draining Thumb

ALLAN J. PARUNGAO, STEPHEN MILNER

Photo Quiz presents readers with a clinical challenge based on a photograph or other image.

Practice Guidelines

The 2002 Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule and Progress Toward Elimination of Thimerosal

RICHARD KENT ZIMMERMAN

The 2002 Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule is now available. The format of the 2002 schedule differs somewhat from the 2001 schedule; it is based in large part on the modifications developed by the Minnesota Department of Health.

Clinical Briefs

Clinical Briefs

Joanne E. Chatfield

AAP Report on Shaken Baby Syndrome | Statement on Use of Infant Walkers

Letters to the Editor

Guidelines and Management of HIV-Infected Persons

Kirk Chan-Tack

Garlic and Hypercholesterolemia

Women in Medicine: Challenges in Part-Time Residencies

SARAH LESKO

Tips from Other Journals

Predicting Smoking Cessation with Bupropion Therapy

KARL E. MILLER

Does This Patient Really Have a Penicillin Allergy?

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Eliminate or Reduce Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma?

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Effect of Out-Of-Hospital Electrocardiography

RICHARD SADOVSKY

Improving the Effectiveness of Papanicolaou Testing

ANNE D. WALLING

Physical Activity Screening Measures for Adolescents

KARL E. MILLER

Breast, Pelvic Exams Before Hormonal Contraception

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

Hallux Valgus: Wait and See, Orthosis, or Surgery?

GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN

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