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AFP Clinical Answers/American Family Physicians (AFP)

 

■ What is the preferred anticoagulante for long-term prevention of recurring VTE in patients with cancer

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (12): 740

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/1215/p740.html

 

■ Is prophylactic vaccination against HPV safe and effective in preventing infection and cervical cancer precursors?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (12): 737

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0801/p140.html

 

■ What is the USPSTF recommendation on screening for ovarian cancer?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (10): 606

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0515/p606.html

 

■ What should you stop screening for cervical cancer?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (6): 331

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0915/p331.html

 

■ What are guideline recommendations for surveillance of breast cancer survivors for cancer recurrence?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (7): 400

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/1001/p400.html

 

■ What are the effectiveness and harms of treatments for uterine fibroids, and what is the risk of findings unexpected leiomyosarcoma?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (7): 400

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/1001/p400.html

 

■ What should you stop screening for cervical cancer?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (6): 331

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0915/p331.html

 

■ Who should be offered couseling to reduce their risk of skin cancer?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (3): 152

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0201/p152.html

 

■ When should colonoscopy be performed in the colorectal cancer survivor

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (8): 478

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0415/p478.html

 

■ How should testicular cancer be diagnosed?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (7): 424

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0401/p424.html

 

■ Should we screen for thyroid cancer?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (7): 424

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0401/p424.html

 

■ What is the AAFP recommendation for prostate cancer screening in men?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (3): 152

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0201/p152.html

 

■  Dr Paulo Fernando Leite

Consultório: Rua Padre Rolim 815/sala 601 – Belo Horizonte/MG/Brasil

Tel: 33245518

CRMMG: 7026

Email: pfleite1873@gmail.com

Blog Internet Médica – www.internetmedica.com.br

Data: Março 2021

AFP Clinical Answers/American Family Physicians (AFP)

 

■ How effective are interventions to prevent and treat C. difficile infection?

Am Fam Physician 2020, vol 99 (5):285

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0101/p10.html

 

■ Which noninvasive diagnostic test provides the most accurate diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection?

Am Fam Physician 2020, vol 101 (3):143

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0201/p143.html

 

■ Should clinicians screen and treat H.pylori infection before initiating long-term therapy with NSAIDs to reduce the risk of peptic ulcer disease?

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/1215/p740.html

 

■ What noninvasive interventions improve functional dyspepsia symptoms?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (6): 331

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0915/p331.html

 

■ How effective is metformin in the treatment of NAFLD and nonalcoholic steatohepatis?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (5): 273

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0901/p273.html

 

■ Is patients with vague gastrointestinal symptoms which test can help rule out Crohn´s disease?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 100 (3): 140

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0801/p140.html

 

■ What is an effective treatment for mild dehydration in children with gastroenteritis?

Am Fam Physician 2020, vol 100 (5): 273

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0901/p273.html

 

■ Is the probiotic L. rhamnosus GG safe and effective for the treatment of acute gastroenteritis in young children?

Am Fam Physician 2020, vol 101 (1): 10

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0101/p10.html

 

■ How does intravenous antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis in adults compare to initial appendectomy?

Am Fam Physician 2019, vol 99 (11): 675

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0601/p675.html

 

■  Dr Paulo Fernando Leite

Cardiologia/Prevenção Cardiovascular

Consultório: Rua Padre Rolim 815/sala 601 – Belo Horizonte/MG/Brasil

Tel: 33245518

CRMMG: 7026

Email: pfleite1873@gmail.com

Blog Internet Médica – www.internetmedica.com.br

Data: março 2021