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American Family Physician
June 1, 2004
Dhaliwal, Cornett & Tierney |
Hemolytic Anemia While hemolysis can be a lifelong asymptomatic condition, it most often presents as anemia when erythrocytosis cannot match the pace of red cell destruction. Hemolysis also can manifest as jaundice, cholelithiasis, or isolated reticulocytosis.   |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000
John R. Brill & Dennis J. Baumgardner |
Normocytic Anemia ...Normocytic anemia is the most frequently encountered type of anemia. Anemia of chronic disease, the most common normocytic anemia, is found in 6 percent of adult patients hospitalized by family physicians.... |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2001
Joseph J. Irwin |
Anemia in Children Anemia in children is commonly encountered by the family physician. Multiple causes exist, but with a thorough history, a physical examination and limited laboratory evaluation a specific diagnosis can usually be established... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2004
Roche & Kobos |
Jaundice in the Adult Patient Jaundice in an adult patient can be caused by a wide variety of benign or life-threatening disorders. Organizing the differential diagnosis by prehepatic, intrahepatic, and posthepatic causes may help make the work-up more manageable. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000
Douglas L. Smith |
Anemia in the Elderly Anemia should not be accepted as an inevitable consequence of aging. A cause is found in approximately 80 percent of elderly patients. The most common causes of anemia in the elderly are chronic disease and iron deficiency... |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2002
Meredith L. Porter |
Hyperbilirubinemia in the Term Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common problems encountered in term newborns. Jaundice typically results from the deposition of unconjugated bilirubin pigment in the skin and mucus membranes... |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2006
Raghuveer Et Al. |
Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Infancy and Early Childhood: An Update Primary care physicians often are the first to be contacted by state and reference laboratories when neonatal screening detects the possibility of an inborn error of metabolism. Physicians must take immediate steps to evaluate the infant and should be able to access a subspecialty center. |
Nurse Practitioner
November 2009
Sandra M. Nettina |
A New Look at Vitamin B12 Deficiency Many patients, especially the elderly, have risk factors for vitamin deficiency. A wellness visit is the ideal time to include vitamin B 12 education, especially for those with risk factors for developing deficiency. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2002
Louis A. Kazal |
Prevention of Iron Deficiency in Infants and Toddlers The prevalence of nutritional iron deficiency anemia in infants and toddlers has declined dramatically since 1960. However, satisfaction with this achievement must be tempered because the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in one- to three-year-old children seems to be increasing. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2003
Oh & Brown |
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency is a common cause of macrocytic anemia and has been implicated in a spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders. The role of B12 deficiency in hyperhomocysteinemia and the promotion of atherosclerosis is only now being explored. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000 |
Putting Prevention into Practice Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia Among Children and Adolescents |
Managed Care
November 2006
Thomas Morrow |
Transgenic Drug Production Heads Back to the Farm The use of transgenic goats to produce a recombinant form of human antithrombin is much more efficient than using mammalian cell cultures. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2002 |
How to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants and Toddlers What is iron deficiency anemia?... Should I be worried about iron deficiency anemia?... Who should be tested for iron deficiency and when?... etc. |
