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- 1From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedUSPSTF issues draft guidance on statins for primary CVD prevention Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA...
- 2From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA 5-question monthly quiz to help you prepare for the family medicine (re)certification exam. This month: Adult immunizations...
- 3From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedMedical assistants identify strategies and barriers to clinic efficiency Katherine J. Gold, MD, MSW, MS; Kathryn M. Harmes, MD, MHSA...
- 4From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), produced by the thyroid gland, are crucial for maintaining metabolism. A deficit of thyroid hormone production--hypothyroidism--is a common endocrine disorder seen...
- 5From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThese agents are not first-line treatments for many of the conditions for which they are used. When they are used, there should be a plan in place for deprescribing. Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-hypnotics have been...
- 6From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCentral centrifugal cicatricial alopecia Candrice R. Heath, MD; Richard P. Usatine, MD...
- 7From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIt seemed clear that the growth was linked to a recent trip to a tropical location. But the true cause wasn't the one that was originally suspected. A HEALTHY WOMAN IN HER 60s presented to the clinic with a 1-month...
- 8From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIs bicarbonate therapy effective in preventing CKD progression? Haris Ahmad, DO; Theresa Wertin, MD; Yilin Zhang, MD; Jon 0. Neher, MD; Beth Auten, MA, MSLIS, AHIP...
- 9From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedILLUSTRATIVE CASE A 16-year-old girl with no chronic medical illness presents to your office with her parents after sustaining a head injury at a soccer game over the weekend. She collided with another player while...
- 10From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedNone of us like being wrong, especially about a patient's diagnosis. To help you avoid diagnostic errors for 4 difficult diagnoses, read and study the article in this issue of JFP by Rosen and colleagues. (1) They...
- 11From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSomatic symptom disorder in primary care: A collaborative approach Nataliya Pilipenko, PhD, ABPP...
- 12From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedMedical errors in all settings contributed to as many as 250,000 deaths per year in the United States between 2000 and 2008, according to a 2016 study. (1) Diagnostic error, in particular, remains a leading cause of...
- 13From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed52-year-old man * hematemesis * history of cirrhosis * persistent fevers * Dx? Nathan Yee, MD; Blake A. Mann, MD; Kristina A. Crothers, MD; Tyler J. Albert, MD...
- 14From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed> THE PATIENT 61-year-old woman > SIGNS a SYMPTOMS --Nausea --Paresthesia --Cold allodynia > THE CASE An active 61-year-old woman (140 lbs) in good health became ill during a sailing holiday in the Virgin...