Topical Corticosteroids: Choice and Application

Stephen K. Stacey, Mark McEleney

Topical corticosteroids are an essential tool for treating inflammatory skin conditions. These medications are classified by strength and the risk of adverse effects such as atrophy, striae, rosacea, telangiectasias, purpura, and other cutaneous and systemic reactions. The...

Common Fractures of the Radius and Ulna

Deepak S. Patel, Siobhan M. Statuta, Natasha Ahmed

Fractures of the radius and ulna are the most common fractures of the upper extremity. The mechanism of injury is often sudden axial loading onto the radius or ulna, usually from a fall onto an outstretched hand with wrist extension. Patients with radius and ulna fractures...

Pain Management in Labor

Andrew Smith, Elise LaFlamme, Caroline Komanecky

Adequate analgesia during labor can increase a patient's sense of empowerment and control, which is associated with improved maternal satisfaction with childbirth. Individual patient priorities for labor pain management should be explored as a part of routine prenatal care....

The KIDs List: Medications That Are Potentially Inappropriate in Children

Rachel S. Meyers, Robert C. Hellinga, David S. Hoff

The Key Potentially Inappropriate Drugs in Pediatrics (KIDs) List is an open access, evidence-based reference aimed at improving medication safety in children.

Depression, HPV Immunizations, Coccidioidomycosis, Upper GI Bleeding, Headaches

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

Helping Ambivalent Patients Make Healthy Decisions About COVID-19

Alan Glaseroff, Ann Lindsay, Helen Haskell, John James

A collaboration between AFP and the Lown Institute promotes a vision of delivering health care that is based on the evidence, balanced in its approach, and focused on the patient.

Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults with Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Recommendation Statement

The USPSTF recommends offering or referring adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors to behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity.

Screening for High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents

Iris Mabry-Hernandez, Symone M. Baker

This PPIP quiz is based on the recommendations of the USPSTF.

Visual Disturbance and Skin Rash

Edward Margolin, Yuri Chaban, Trishal Jeeva-Patel, Kirill Zaslavsky, Deepa Yoganathan

A patient presented with progressive bilateral visual blurring and a maculopapular rash on the trunk.

Canadian Syncope Risk Score: A Validated Risk Stratification Tool

Erica S. Meisenheimer, Tyler S. Rogers, Aaron Saguil

Which adults presenting to an emergency department with syncope should be hospitalized?

Bempedoic Acid (Nexletol) for the Treatment of Hyperlipidemia and Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Elizabeth Lawrence, Tracy Johns

Bempedoic acid is labeled as add-on therapy to diet and maximally tolerated statin for the treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Medications for Smoking Cessation: Guidelines from the American Thoracic Society

MaryAnn Dakkak

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) published guidelines for medication initiation in tobacco-dependent adults based on a systematic review.

Clinical Considerations for the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia

Ishak Elkhal, Bruce A. Warden

Reply: Robert C. Oh, Evan T. Trivette

Evidence-Based Use of Opioids

Matt Perez

Alan Roth, Andy Lazris

Oral and Dental Injury Prevention in Children and Adolescents

Hugh Silk

Managing Pain in Labor

There is no way to know what your labor will be like. Pain during childbirth is different for everyone. Some women need little or no pain relief. Others find that pain medicine gives them better control over their labor and delivery. Women who regularly take opioid...