Cochrane for Clinicians - Jun 1, 2006 - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 2006 - An antidepressant such as imipramine (Tofranil) or sertraline (Zoloft), possibly with the addition of an antipsychotic, is the preferred initial pharmacologic treatment for psychotic depression.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0601/p1935.html
Cochrane for Clinicians - Jun 1, 2006 - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 2006 - For adult patients who are taking a minimum maintenance dosage of inhaled corticosteroid for asthma, adding a long-acting beta2 agonist permits reduction of the dosage of inhaled corticosteroid by 253 mcg beclomethasone equivalent per day without worsening the patient's symptoms. In ...
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0601/p1935a.html
Cochrane for Clinicians - Dec 1, 2005 - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2005 - Three days of antibiotic therapy is as effective as longer courses for treatment of uncomplicated UTIs in women.
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1201/p2219.html
Cochrane for Clinicians - Dec 1, 2005 - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2005 - In patients with moderate or severe COPD, tiotropium reduces exacerbations, hospitalizations, and symptom scores and improves health-related quality of life compared with placebo and ipratropium (Atrovent). However, more study is needed to determine tiotropium’s role in the treatment of...
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1201/p2219a.html
Systemic Corticosteroids for Acute Exacerbations of COPD - Cochrane for Clinicians - ...
Aug 1, 2005 - Systemic corticosteroids improve symptoms of acute COPD exacerbations at three days and reduce the likelihood of treatment failure. There is no evidence that they reduce mortality or prevent recurrence at 30 days, but the existing studies may be too small to detect such a benefit. ...
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0801/p437.html
Home Oxygen Therapy for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ...
Sep 1, 2004 - There is good evidence that the addition of home long-term continuous oxygen therapy for COPD increases survival rates in patients with severe hypoxemia (i.e., O2 saturation of less than 90 percent or partial pressure of arterial oxygen [PaO2] of less than 8 kPa per 60 mm Hg) but not in...
American Family Physician : Cochrane for Clinicians
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0901/p864.html
Tiotropium (Spiriva) for COPD - STEPS - American Family Physician
Jun 15, 2004 - Tiotropium improves dyspnea, decreases COPD exacerbations and hospitalizations, decreases albuterol use, improves health-related quality of life and increases mean trough FEV1. Tiotropium was more effective than ipratropium and salmeterol in improving TDI scores. It was more effective ...
American Family Physician : STEPS
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0615/p2901.html
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Clinical Evidence Handbook - American Family ...
Sep 1, 2002 - What are the short- and long-term effects of maintenance drug treatment?
American Family Physician : Clinical Evidence Handbook
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0901/p845.html
COPD: Management of Acute Exacerbations and Chronic Stable Disease - American Family ...
Aug 15, 2001 - Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are treated with oxygen (in hypoxemic patients), inhaled beta2 agonists, inhaled anticholinergics, antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids. Methylxanthine therapy may be considered in patients who do not respond to ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0815/p603.html
American Thoracic Society Updates Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Practice ...
Mar 1, 2000 - The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has updated its statement on pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic respiratory impairment. The report outlines the scope of pulmonary rehabilitation and provides data on its benefits, patient assessment and the essential components of a ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0301/p1550.html
Chronic Bronchitis: Primary Care Management - American Family Physician
May 15, 1998 - Chronic bronchitis is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a cough productive of sputum for over three months' duration during two consecutive years and the presence of airflow obstruction. Pulmonary function testing aids in the diagnosis of chronic bronchitis by documenting the extent...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0515/p2365.html