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Atrial fibrillation: Ways to refine your care
- Author:
- Shobha Rao, MD
What’s best for your patient: rate or rhythm control? Aspirin or warfarin? These guidelines and tools can help you decide.
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Should you treat carriers of pharyngeal group A strep?
- Author:
- Dan Sepdham, MD
- Shobha Rao, MD
- Kristin Hitchcock, MSI
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: The jury is out as to whether you should treat asymptomatic carriers of group A streptococci (GAS), because no studies...
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What are the most effective ways you can help patients stop smoking?
- Author:
- Zille Huma Shah, MD
- Shobha Rao, MD
- Helen G. Mayo, MLS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Brief counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, antidepressants, and varenicline all work well. Physician intervention...
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What is the best treatment for hypertension in African Americans?
- Author:
- Shobha Rao, MD
- Manjula Cherukuri, MD
- Helen G Mayo, MLS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: In African Americans with hypertension, therapy is best initiated with the low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop...
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What is the best treatment for mild to moderate acne?
- Author:
- Shobha Rao, MD
- Mehreen A. Malik, MD
- Laura Wilder, MLS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: For mild comedonal acne, monotherapy with topical retinoids is the treatment of choice (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A...
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What is the best strategy for impaired glucose tolerance in nonpregnant adults?
- Author:
- Shobha Rao, MD
- Sonia Kakkar, DO
- Laura Wilder, MLS
EVIDENCE- BASED ANSWER: The best treatment strategy for impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) is lifestyle...
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What is the best way to treat patients with white-coat hypertension?
- Author:
- Shobha Rao, MD
- Chun-Tsai Liu, MD
- Laura Wilder, MLIS
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Evidence is conflicting regarding the risk of cardiovascular complications from white-coat hypertension. Some but not all...