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Variation in bleeding risk estimates among online calculators: Cross-sectional study of apps used by and for patients with atrial fibrillation
CONCLUSION: Inconsistencies and a lack of precision were observed in annual risk estimates and risk stratification produced by Web and mobile bleeding risk calculators for patients with atrial fibrillation. Clinicians should refer to annual bleeding risks observed in major randomized controlled trials to inform risk estimates communicated to patients.PMID:35418403 | PMC:PMC9007121 | DOI:10.46747/cfp.6804e127
Source: Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien - April 14, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ryan Pelletier Jeff Nagge John-Michael Gamble Source Type: research

Health maintenance in women.
Abstract The health maintenance examination is an opportunity to focus on disease prevention and health promotion. The patient history should include screening for tobacco use, alcohol misuse, intimate partner violence, and depression. Premenopausal women should receive preconception counseling and contraception as needed, and all women planning or capable of pregnancy should take 400 to 800 mcg of folic acid per day. High-risk sexually active women should be counseled on reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections, and screened for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. All women should be screened for huma...
Source: American Family Physician - January 1, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Riley M, Dobson M, Jones E, Kirst N Tags: Am Fam Physician Source Type: research

Hypertension
is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Antihypertensive treatment substantially reduces the risk of heart failure, stroke, and myocardial infarction. Current guidelines recommend screening all adults for high blood pressure (BP). Lifestyle modifications to help control high BP include weight loss, exercise, moderation of alcohol intake, and a diet low in sodium and saturated fats and high in fruits and vegetables. Out-of-office BP monitoring should be used to confirm suspected white coat effect, especially in patients with apparent resistant hypertension.
Source: Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice - December 26, 2012 Category: Primary Care Authors: Katherine H. Winter, Laura A. Tuttle, Anthony J. Viera Source Type: research

Hypertension.
Abstract Hypertension is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Antihypertensive treatment substantially reduces the risk of heart failure, stroke, and myocardial infarction. Current guidelines recommend screening all adults for high blood pressure (BP). Lifestyle modifications to help control high BP include weight loss, exercise, moderation of alcohol intake, and a diet low in sodium and saturated fats and high in fruits and vegetables. Out-of-office BP monitoring should be used to confirm suspected white coat effect, especially in patients with apparent resistant hypertension. P...
Source: Primary Care - February 21, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Winter KH, Tuttle LA, Viera AJ Tags: Prim Care Source Type: research

Approach to the new oral anticoagulants in family practice: Part 2: addressing frequently asked questions.
CONCLUSION: Management of "what if" scenarios for patients taking NOACs have been proposed, but additional study is needed to address these issues, especially periprocedural management and bleeding. PMID: 25392439 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien - November 1, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Douketis J, Bell AD, Eikelboom J, Liew A Tags: Can Fam Physician Source Type: research

Long-term effect of population screening for diabetes on cardiovascular morbidity, self-rated health, and health behavior.
CONCLUSIONS: Invitation to screening for type 2 diabetes appears to have limited impact on population levels of cardiovascular morbidity, self-rated health status, and health behavior after 7 years. PMID: 25755036 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Family Medicine - March 1, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Simmons RK, Prevost AT, Williams KM, Kinmonth AL, Wareham NJ, Griffin SJ Tags: Ann Fam Med Source Type: research

The association between living alone and frailty in a rural Japanese population: the Nagasaki Islands study.
DISCUSSION: In the elderly population in rural Nagasaki, men living alone have a high risk of frailty. Screening and intervention to prevent frailty in this population is urgently needed. PMID: 26668831 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Primary Care - December 18, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Yamanashi H, Shimizu Y, Nelson M, Koyamatsu J, Nagayoshi M, Kadota K, Tamai M, Ariyoshi K, Maeda T Tags: J Prim Health Care Source Type: research

A study of risk factors and complications in elderly hypertensive subjects
CONCLUSION: Sedentary lifestyle (physically less active) and anthropometric measures like overweight and obesity, abnormal waist circumference, and abnormal waist hip ratio were all identified as remarkable risk for hypertension. Myocardial infarction (20%), stroke (14%), and heart failure (12%) were the chart buster complications of hypertension in the vulnerable geriatric population.PMID:34322417 | PMC:PMC8284235 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1959_20
Source: Primary Care - July 29, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: T Y Sri Hari T Y Sree Sudha Anjaly Mary Varghese K S B S Krishna Sasanka Pugazhenthan Thangaraju Source Type: research

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