Medical Practice

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American Family Physician January 15, 2005 Linda French	Dysmenorrhea The condition is the leading cause of recurrent short-term school absence in adolescent girls and a common problem in women of reproductive age. Empiric therapy can be initiated based on a typical history of painful menses and a negative physical examination.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005 Kucik & Clenney	Management of Epistaxis Family physicians frequently encounter patients with epistaxis (nasal bleeding). In rare cases, this condition may lead to massive bleeding and even death.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005 David Lyman	Undiagnosed Vitamin D Deficiency in the Hospitalized Patient Vitamin D deficiency among hospitalized patients may be more widespread than realized. Vague musculoskeletal complaints in these chronically ill patients may be attributed to multiple underlying disease processes rather than a deficiency in vitamin D.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005 Barry D. Weiss	Selecting Medications for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence Before prescribing medications for incontinence, physicians should determine the nature and cause of the patient's incontinence.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005 Liya Davydov	STEPS - New Drug Reviews Omalizumab is an immunomodulatory therapy for the control of symptoms in patients with moderate to severe allergic asthma uncontrolled with conventional therapy.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005 Paul Gross	Diary From a Week in Pactice A family physician talks to a 13-year-old patient about the results of his tox screen...Helps a 35-year-old patient quit smoking... Sees a young mother with AIDS... etc.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005 Jerry L. Old et al.	Imaging for Suspected Appendicitis Acute appendicitis is the most common reason for emergency abdominal surgery and must be distinguished from other causes of abdominal pain. Family physicians play a valuable role in the early diagnosis and management of this condition.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005 Brown, Lovato & Parker	Procedural Sedation in the Acute Care Setting Appropriate monitoring by trained personnel is the key to successful procedural sedation. These techniques should be used only by health care professionals skilled in managing complications, including cardiorespiratory compromise.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005 Brett Andrew Johnson	Insertion and Removal of Intrauterine Devices The intrauterine device (IUD) is an effective contraceptive for many women. The most common adverse effects of IUDs are cramping, abnormal uterine bleeding, and expulsion.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005 Theodore X. O'Connell et al.	Understanding and Interpreting Serum Protein Electrophoresis This lab examination is used to identify patients with multiple myeloma and other serum protein disorders. Electrophoresis separates proteins based on their physical proper-ties, and the subsets of these proteins are used in interpreting the results.
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