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Family Practice Notebook Updates, FPN Updates

  • See Also
  1. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2024
  2. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2023
  3. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2022
  4. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2021
  5. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2020
  6. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2019
  7. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2018
  8. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2017
  9. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2016
  10. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2015
  11. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2014
  12. Family Practice Notebook Updates 2013
  • Updates
  • January 2025
  1. Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction (cv, chf)
    1. Updates
  2. Pediatric Hypertension (cv, peds)
    1. Updates
  3. Aprocitentan (cv, pharm)
    1. Added this Endothelin Receptor Antagonist, limited fourth line agent for Refractory Hypertension
    2. Requires REMS program enrollment to prescribe (Teratogenic)
  4. Endothelin Receptor Antagonist (cv, pharm)
    1. Added this class used primarily for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  5. Exercise Stress Test (cv, procedure)
    1. Updated various stress tests
  6. Subungual Melanoma (derm, hemeonc)
    1. Updates
  7. Keloid (derm, hyperplasia)
    1. Updates to Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar
  8. Cutaneous Sporotrichosis (derm, id)
    1. Updates
  9. GLP-1 Agonist (endo, pharm)
    1. Added equivalent dosing for GLP-1 Agonists (to aid switching between agents)
  10. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (er, exam)
    1. Updates regarding Pediatric Resuscitation
  11. Listeria monocytogenes (gi, id)
    1. Updates
  12. Liver Function Test Abnormality (gi, lab)
    1. Updates to this and related topics
  13. Stress Ulcer (gi, pud)
    1. Updates regarding prophylaxis indications (need more than Mechanical Ventilation alone)
  14. Premenstrual Disorder (gyn, psych)
    1. Updates
  15. Direct Oral Anticoagulant Score (hemeonc, exam)
    1. Added
  16. Sickle Cell Anemia (hemeonc, hgb)
    1. Updates regarding Penicillin prophylaxis
  17. Pediatric Anemia (hemeonc, peds)
    1. Updates
  18. Anthrax (id, Bacteria)
    1. Updates
  19. Bacillus Cereus (id, Bacteria)
    1. Added
  20. Coryneform Bacteria (id, Bacteria)
    1. Added
  21. Corynebacterium diphtheriae (id, Bacteria)
    1. Updates
  22. Clostridium (id, Bacteria)
    1. Updated Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium perfringens
  23. Rhodococcus equi (id, Bacteria)
    1. Added
  24. Streptococcus (id, Bacteria)
    1. Updates to Streptococcus, Group A Streptococcus, Group B Streptococcus
    2. Added Streptococcus Viridans Group
  25. Staphylococcus (id, Bacteria)
    1. Updates to Staphylococcus Aureus and MRSA
    2. Added Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Staphylococcus Saprophyticus
  26. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (id, immunize)
    1. Significant updates that simplify overall Pneumococcal Vaccine protocols
    2. All adults age 50 years and older are now vaccinated with 1 dose of PCV20 or PCV21
    3. Immunocompromised Adults age 18 to 50 years are also vaccinated with PCV20 or PCV21
    4. Children are still vaccinated with Primary Series with PCV20 until PCV21 is approved
  27. Quinine Toxicity (id, pharm)
    1. Added
  28. Advanced Airway in Children (lung, procedure)
    1. Updated failed airway in age <8 years: surgical Tracheostomy vs Needle Cricothyrotomy
  29. Cerebral Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage (neuro, cv)
    1. Updates
  30. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (neuro, cv)
    1. Updates
  31. Duke Abdominal Assessment Scale (nicu, exam)
    1. Added as part of NEC evaluation
  32. Stress Fracture (ortho, Fracture)
    1. Updates
  33. Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty (ortho, surgery)
    1. Updates
  34. Peppermint Oil (pharm, alternative)
    1. Updates
  35. Alcohol Withdrawal (psych, cd)
    1. Updates
  36. Septic Joint (rheum, id)
    1. Updates
  37. Pediatric Abdominal Pain (surgery, peds)
    1. Updates
  38. Priapism (urology, penis)
    1. Correction in Phenylephrine preparation, thanks to Nick Yarbrough, Emergency PharmD