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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Dipstick Urinalysis for the Diagnosis ...

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May 15, 2013 - Approximately two-thirds of women who present with classic symptoms of acute UTI have bacterial infection of the bladder. Dipstick urinalysis moderately improves the accuracy of clinical symptoms in establishing or ...

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Clinical Indicators of Obstructive ...

May 1, 2011 - Clinical indicators (e.g., sex, snoring severity, history of apnea, age, menopausal status, waist-to-hip ratio, body habitus) can predict OSA as diagnosed using overnight polysomnography or sleep study.

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Effective Therapies for Intermittent ...

Sep 15, 2011 - Supervised exercise programs are recommended to produce clinically significant improvements in walking distance in patients with stable intermittent claudication.

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Diagnosing Von Willebrand Disease - ...

Jun 15, 2010 - The diagnosis of vWD requires two clinical criteria: (1) a personal history, family history, or physical evidence of mucocutaneous bleeding and (2) a qualitative or quantitative decrease in functional activity of von ...

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: FPIN's Clinical Inquiries - August 15,...

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Aug 15, 2012 - The evaluation of hip pain in patients 65 years and older should include a history and physical examination, followed by pertinent imaging studies.

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Metformin Use in Adolescents - April ...

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Apr 15, 2013 - There are no studies evaluating whether metformin prevents or delays the onset of diabetes in adolescents who are obese. In adults, metformin is as effective as lifestyle interventions in preventing increases in A1C ...

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma...

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Mar 15, 2013 - There is no evidence that it is beneficial to screen for hepatocellular carcinoma in symptomatic patients with HCV.

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Pharmacologic Therapy for Vitamin D ...

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Feb 15, 2013 - Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) supplementation should be used for vitamin D repletion because it may be more effective in preventing nonvertebral fractures.

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Cardiovascular Risk of Combined Oral ...

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Dec 15, 2012 - Because of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the use of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) should be considered carefully in women who smoke and in those with hypertension or hyperlipidemia.

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FPIN's Clinical Inquiries: Infectious Etiologies of Acute Otitis ...

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Nov 15, 2012 - There is no preferred method for establishing the infectious etiology of acute otitis media (AOM). Bacterial or viral pathogens are found in most cases. Bacterial pathogens are more common than viruses in middle ear ...

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