Approach to Frailty in Older Adults
Approach to Frailty in Older Adults Claus Hamann Kenneth L. Minaker Care of older adults embraces a five-phase continuum: (a) successful aging with no overt diseases (occurs in a small…
Caring for the Adolescent Patient
Caring for the Adolescent Patient Laurence J. Ronan Primary care physicians whose practices involve mostly older adults need to know the basics of adolescent preventive care because many adolescents will…
Herbal Supplements Commonly Used as Complementary or Alternative Therapy
Herbal Supplements Commonly Used as Complementary or Alternative Therapy Ernie-Paul Barrette In 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed removing herbal therapies from the over-the-counter market, but a…
Approach to Drug Use Disorders
Approach to Drug Use Disorders E. Nalan Ward The person suffering from a drug use disorder poses diagnostic and management challenges to the primary care clinician and represents one of…
Pain Management: Approach to the Patient with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain
Pain Management: Approach to the Patient with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Mihir M. Kamdar Shane J. Volney Eric L. Krakauer Chronic pain is an important problem not only for primary care…
Approach to Eating Disorders
Approach to Eating Disorders Elizabeth A. Lawson Nancy A. Rigotti Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa (the binge-purge syndrome), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (i.e., eating disorder that does not meet…
Management of Obesity
Management of Obesity Carolyn Crimmins Hintlian W. Scott Butsch Obesity has been a major health problem in industrialized societies and is becoming a global epidemic. In the United States, more…
Approach to the Patient with Insomnia
Approach to the Patient with Insomnia Jeffrey B. Weilburg Insomnia is a problem of major proportions. Up to 50% of US adults complain of transient difficulty with sleep, and between…
Approach to Difficult Patient Interactions
Approach to Difficult Patient Interactions Fremonta Meyer Ilana M. Braun Although the frequency of difficult patient encounters specifically in primary care practices is unknown, up to 30% of patients in…
Approach to Patients with Somatic Symptom Disorders or Health Anxiety
Approach to Patients with Somatic Symptom Disorders or Health Anxiety David A. Lovas Nicole L. Herschenhous Ilana M. Braun A patient with severe health anxiety or medically unexplained symptoms poses…
