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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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Fever, petechiae, and joint pain
Our patient’s signs and symptoms developed one week after being bitten by a rat that she was feeding to her son’s pet snake.
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Monitoring Home BP Readings Just Got Easier
If you've ever lamented the high inaccuracy of in-office BP readings, this is for you: A simple new rule can help you sift through home BP...
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Monitoring home BP readings just got easier
This novel method of identifying patients with uncontrolled hypertension correlates well with ambulatory BP monitoring.
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Should you bypass anticoagulant “bridging” before and after surgery?
Skipping perioperative use of LMWH in low- and moderate-risk patients on warfarin for atrial fibrillation doesn’t increase their risk of stroke or...
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Helmets for positional skull deformities: A good idea, or not?
Probably not. Helmets appear to be no more effective than waiting for natural skull growth to correct the shape of an infant’s head.
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Low-dose penicillin for recurrent cellulitis?
Giving patients with leg cellulitis low-dose penicillin helps prevent recurrence, this study shows—but optimal dose and duration are still unknown...
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Is self-swabbing for STIs a good idea?
It is. There is no down side to self-collection, this study suggests.
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Optimal timing for peripheral IV replacement?
There’s no downside to switching from routine to clinically indicated replacement of peripheral IV catheters. And your patients will appreciate...
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Rethinking antibiotics for sinusitis—again
Previous evidence rejected the need for antibiotics to treat acute rhinosinusitis, unless the symptoms were severe. A new study finds little...
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Treating pulmonary embolism at home?
For select patients, acute PE can be managed safely and effectively without hospitalization.