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Choosing Wisely: 10 practices to stop—or adopt—to reduce overuse in health care
The evidence-based recommendations presented here, made by the AAFP and other societies, can help you to avoid unnecessary testing and...
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Your role in early diagnosis & Tx of metastatic bone disease
This approach to the work-up and diagnosis will help you to ensure prompt treatment while maximizing your patient’s quality of life.
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A practical approach to knee OA
This review of the latest evidence on existing and emerging treatment options can help to inform your decision-making process as you endeavor to...
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A primary care guide to bipolar depression treatment
Manage uncomplicated cases following guidelines on medical therapy and with adjunctive psychotherapy. Refer complicated and severe cases to...
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Managing food allergy in children: An evidence-based update
What are the limits of skin-prick testing? Is prevention possible? And do most children outgrow food allergies? This review provides the evidence...
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A guide to managing disorders of the ear pinna and canal
This review will help you troubleshoot everything from infections and foreign bodies to trauma and neoplasm.
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It’s time to rethink your approach to C diff infection
Metronidazole is no longer the drug of choice for first-line therapy. And fecal microbiota transplantation has proven effective for certain...
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Dual antiplatelet Tx for stroke prevention: Worth the risk?
Here’s what the evidence tells us about the use of 2 regimens—clopidogrel + aspirin and ER dipyridamole + aspirin—to prevent secondary ischemic...
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Tips and tools for safe opioid prescribing
This review—with tables summarizing opioid options, dosing considerations, and recommendations for tapering—will help you provide rigorous Tx for...
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Acute rhinosinusitis: When to prescribe an antibiotic
Yes, the majority of antibiotics prescribed for acute rhinosinusitis are unnecessary, but when should you prescribe one and which one(s) should...
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Managing a woman with BRCA mutations? Shared decision-making is key
A collaborative assessment of options and trade-offs—perhaps using visual decision aids—can help.