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Point-of-Care Guides: Risk Stratification of Patients Presenting ...

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Jun 1, 2012 - A previous Point-of-Care Guide addressed risk stratification in patients with syncope and described two validated clinical decision rules. Shared variables between the two rules included abnormal findings on ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0601/p1047.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Predicting the Risk of Recurrence After ...

Dec 15, 2005 - A previous Point-of-Care Guide identified a clinical decision rule that estimates the likelihood of an abnormal biopsy for prostate cancer. One of the next questions facing the patient and his physician is the ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1215/p2511.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Evidence-Based Adjustment of Warfarin ...

May 15, 2005 - A previous Point-of-Care Guides article,1 presented several validated approaches to the initiation of anticoagulation therapy with warfarin. Once a patient is receiving warfarin, it is important to have a systematic ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0515/p1979.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: ...

Feb 1, 2004 - The first part of this two-part “Point-of-Care Guide” discusses how to use two validated clinical decision rules to determine the likelihood of pulmonary embolism.

www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0201/p599.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Risk Stratification of Children with ...

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Aug 1, 2012 - Bronchiolitis is a common and sometimes serious viral lower respiratory tract infection in young children.

www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0801/p275.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Evaluation of Chest Pain in Primary Care ...

Mar 1, 2011 - Chest pain can be caused by conditions that range from benign and self-limited (e.g., chest wall pain) to serious (e.g., anxiety disorder) or life-threatening (e.g., unstable angina, aortic dissection, pulmonary ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0301/p603.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Clinical Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children...

Jul 15, 2010 - Pneumonia remains a common source of morbidity and mortality in children. A key question in the diagnostic evaluation of children with acute respiratory illness is whether chest radiography should be performed to rule...

www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0715/p192.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux ...

May 15, 2010 - Diagnosis of GERD may be clinical (presentation with typical symptoms, such as heartburn); physiologic (evidence of abnormal pH levels in the distal esophagus); anatomic (evidence of esophagitis on endoscopy); or ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0515/p1278.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Predicting the Risk of Bleeding in Patients...

Mar 15, 2010 - When considering anticoagulation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism (VTE), physicians and patients must balance the benefits of anticoagulation with the risk of bleeding, ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0315/p780.html

Point-of-Care Guides: Estimating the Risk of Ovarian Cancer - ...

Sep 15, 2009 - Every year, 25,000 women in the United States (about one in 3,000 women older than 40 years) receive ovarian cancer diagnoses, and 14,000 die of the disease. Risk factors for ovarian cancer include family history of ...

www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0915/p632.html