Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
American Heart Association guideline on the management of blood cholesterol
In adults aged 20 years and older who are not on lipid-lowering therapy, measurement of a lipid profile is recommended and is an effective way to...
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Updated AHA recommendations favor nonstatin therapy for cholesterol control
Use of nonstatins has an increasing role as new clinical evidence mounts.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Screening for osteoporosis to prevent fractures: USPSTF recommendation statement
There is convincing evidence that bone measurement tests and clinical risk assessment tools are accurate for predicting osteoporotic fractures in...
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
USPSTF: Fall prevention in the elderly? Think exercise
Exercise interventions 3 times a week for 12 months prevent injurious falls with minimal adverse effects.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Clinical Guidelines: Testosterone therapy in men with hypogonadism
Low testosterone concentrations need to be confirmed before making the diagnosis and should be followed by checking FSH and LH.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke
CT rather than MRI is the go-to imaging technique with which to evaluate patients with early acute ischemic stroke.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Does this mean that most kids no longer have to try to touch their toes during their school physical? Or do they?
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Use of non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in the acute care, periprocedural settings
NOACs: Handle with care because only a few have a back door.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Testing for latent tuberculosis infection
The newest recommendations focus on when and for whom it is best to use the tuberculin skin test, Interferon Gamma Release Assay, or both.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Management of adults with syncope
Primary care providers should expect to have to undertake the initial evaluation of syncope in their offices. Not all fainters go to the ED.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Treatment of low bone density or osteoporosis to prevent fractures in men and women
This guideline update focuses on treatment with bisphosphonates (alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate, zoledronic acid) and denosumab.