Like hypertension or tobacco screening, alcohol screening and brief intervention (alcohol SBI) is a clinical preventative service. It identifies and helps patients who may be drinking too much. It involves:
Risky alcohol use, defined as any level of alcohol consumption which increases the risk of harm to oneself or others, is both a substance use disorder and medical issue. Recognized as one of the leading preventable causes of death, risky alcohol use leads to over 88,000 deaths each year in the...
Overview
Overview
Patients with existing disease or major risk factors should be prescribed statins unless contraindicated.
Screening and treating hypertension can improve the health of patients and the population. Many patients don’t know that they have hypertension, are not on treatment or are not controlled.
Choose a treatment plan that fits the patient.
A comprehensive approach to cessation is more successful than any one mode of therapy. For patients ready to commit to quitting, use both behavioral interventions and pharmacologic therapy. Good evidence suggests that each of the following...
