National Physicians Alliance: The Top 5 Ways To Improve Primary Care; Family Medicine
Submitted By Anonymous, Created 05/25/2011 - 17:20
- Don’t do imaging for low-back pain in the first six weeks unless certain red flags are present.
- Don’t routinely prescribe antibiotics for acute mild to moderate sinus inflammation unless certain symptoms last at least seven days or improve, then worsen.
- Don’t order annual ECGs or other cardiac screening for low-risk patients with no symptoms.
- Don’t perform Pap smears on patients younger than 21 years of age or in women who had a hysterectomy for benign disease.
- Don’t use DEXA screening for osteoporosis in women under age 65 years or men under 70 with no risk factors.
Source: National Physicians Alliance, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, May 23, 2011
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