Diagnostic testing.

abstract：:This article discusses the technique of cervical electrosurgical loop excision, which allows for treatment of premalignant conditions of the cervix. The primary goal of cervical loop excision is to provide a method of managing preneoplastic cervical conditions in a safe, effective manner while minimizing the chance of...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Newkirk GR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexuality is an important part of a person's life continuing into older age. Physiologic changes that occur with aging can affect sexual function and may be exacerbated by comorbid disease. To diagnose sexual dysfunction, providers must obtain a thorough history and physical examination, including psychosocial factors...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Morton L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychoactive drug use by teens is a common occurrence. This article examines the influences that promote and deter experimentation with and hazardous use of psychoactive substances. Clinical guidance is offered on how to assess and intervene with teens and their parents at various developmental phases and levels of in...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Liepman MR,Keller DM,Botelho RJ,Monroe AD,Sloane MA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders such as DeQuervain's tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and rotator cuff tendonitis have become increasingly common among working people in the United States. Extensive epidemiological investigation indicates that the adverse ergonomic exposures of force, repetition, vibratio...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Mani L,Gerr F

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-effectiveness and cost containment are becoming increasingly more important in medicine as health care costs continue to rise and as public attention continues to focus on these costs. This article examines the major issues and terminology of cost-effectiveness and cost containment in the context of primary care....

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Bishof RO,Nash DB

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently completed NHLBI sponsored multicenter double-blind Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Trial has provided the long sought-after proof that hyperlipidemia is a major CAD risk factor and that the incidence of CHD and its complications can be favorable modified by control of hyperlipidemia with appropriate die...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Kuo PT

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinusitis is common in children and adolescents, most frequently as a complication of a viral upper respiratory tract infection or allergic rhinitis. The diagnosis usually is suggested by symptoms of a viral upper respiratory tract infection persisting beyond 10 days without improvement or severe symptoms with fever a...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Newton DA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination is one of the most effective preventative health measures in modern times. It has positively affected the incidence and prevalence of a myriad of diseases, as well as improved both their morbidity and mortality. It is essential that health care providers understand the value of this intervention, promote c...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Wilde BB,Park DJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignancies of the male genitourinary system make up a significant proportion of current urologic practice. The primary physician plays an important role in the early detection and referral of patients with these problems. Early treatment offers the best chance of disease control. It is encouraging that some of the m...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Selman SH

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical management may be beneficial for certain types of cataracts, depending on the visual needs of the patient and concomitant ocular or systemic conditions. Surgical intervention and postoperative visual rehabilitation with the use of glasses or contact lenses has a high success rate, although the patient should b...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Kolder HE

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is based on educating readers and physicians about the use of footwear and orthotics for themselves and their patients, to treat diseases and enhance functionality in sports and daily life. ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Khan MN,Jacobs BC,Ashbaugh S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea in the returned traveler is common, but it is generally self-limited. Although the concern is often directed at the presence of an ongoing infection, postinfectious and noninfectious etiologies must be considered [table: see text] also. Answers to the clinical questions posed in this article will guide the cl...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Kolars JC,Fischer PR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sound without external stimuli may warn of serious conditions. Accurate history and physical examination along with ancillary testing, including audiograms, are essential in evaluation of these patients. Evaluation of sudden tinnitus may save hearing. Extra-auditory tinnitus may arise from respiratory, vascular, and m...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Alleva M,Loch WE,Paparella MM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rural populations have different demographics and health issues compared to their metropolitan counterparts, including higher mortalities from ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unintentional injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and suicide. Rural primary care physicians (PCPs) have a unique ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Deligiannidis KE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the most prevalent health challenge to the global health care industry. The goal of prevention is compression of morbidity and enhancement of quality of life through modification of lifestyle and environmental risk factors. Treatment of established cardiovascular disease is expensive and inef...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Sidani M,Ziegler C

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is among the most preventable and the most curable of the major chronic life-threatening diseases. As the cancer burden grows, it is evident that new approaches must be developed to more effectively manage the disease. Given their unique role, primary care physicians and health workers are critically important ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Grey N,Garces A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for the effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapy in reducing CHD risk continues to emerge. In primary prevention, clinical trials have demonstrated a benefit for middle-aged, high-risk men with high LDL cholesterol and, more recently, for men and women with "average" LDL and low HDL cholesterol. Although low H...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Green ML

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction of the eustachian tube is the underlying problem in all types of otitis media. Systemic antibiotics and careful follow-up are the treatment of choice for acute suppurative otitis media, whereas topical antibiotics with saline irrigation are used in patients with a chronic condition. Myringotomy and tube in...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Chui R

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing an integrated model of health care for refugees, asylees, immigrants, and special immigrant visa holders requires a multifaceted approach due to their unique and complex health care needs. This article provides an in-depth understanding of the components necessary to develop a model of care addressing the n...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Elmore CE,Compton R,Uhlmann E

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome and its clinical variants are a group of rapidly progressing, potentially debilitating neurologic disorders that may have significant morbidity/mortality if left unrecognized or untreated. The most common symptoms include ascending limb weakness and paralysis, which may progress to respiratory ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Ansar V,Valadi N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols for clinical exercise stress testing aid functional evaluation of cardiac impairment of ambulatory persons. Normal standards, criteria for functional impairment and exercise-enhanced prediction of risk of future cardiac events provide guidelines for clinical management. This review highlights development and...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Bruce RA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With Internet access available to all, patients are increasingly gaining access to medical information, and then looking to their primary care physician for interpretation. Physicians encounter an "information jungle"--there were 682,121 articles recorded in PubMed in 2005. If clinicians read two articles per day, in ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Miser WF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient surgery and anesthesia are offered as a means of reducing the costs of health care delivery. Certain principles for outpatient anesthesia are apparent. Inhalational anesthesia is preferred over many intravenous agents. If intravenous agents are used, the doses must be limited. Intravenous agents that are qu...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Barton MD

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion has provided patients who have diabetes with a system for achieving treatment targets with a lower incidence of severe hypoglycemia. Patients prefer the flexibility, convenience, and physiologic glycemic control of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Future insulin pumps ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： White RD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of pericarditis, cardiomyopathy, and acute myocarditis is presented. Clinical presentation, causes, physical signs, laboratory testing, and various imaging procedures are discussed. Established pharmacologic and mechanical therapies are reviewed. Short-term and long-term prognoses, when relevant, are discu...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Shammas NW,Padaria RF,Coyne EP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with congenital anomalies often represent a special diagnostic and management challenge. To provide optimal care for these children, one must employ a systematic approach to identify the likely pathogenic mechanism leading to the birth defects present. Determining how distinct anomalies relate to one another ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Falk MJ,Robin NH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly all the topics considered by medical ethics generally present themselves to those caring for cancer patients. Although most attention may be given to questions of resource allocation and limiting treatment, other issues are of equal importance. Providing respect and compassion for patients may be even more impo...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Smith DH,McCarty K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical decision making (MDM) contains tools that can contribute to the skill and expertise of physicians. MDM is especially useful for primary care physicians. Practicing in this clinical world is practicing in a world of great uncertainty--the world in which many of these tools were designed to be useful. ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Bergus GR,Hamm RM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease of addiction is upon us and it is obvious that the elderly are not immune. There is every reason to believe from early reports that the elderly respond favorably to treatment, perhaps more so than their younger counterparts. It is believed that treating chemical dependency as a primary disease rather than ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Haugland S

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature and treatment of the three major types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis--systemic, polyarticular, and pauciarticular--are presented. ...

journal_title：Primary care

authors： Alepa FP

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00