IS CONSUMPTION HEREDITARY?—A FAMILY HISTORY.

PFAPA syndrome: is it a family history?

Patients and methods In 2 of the participating centers (Lausanne-Geneva, Switzerland; Bordeaux, France), we questioned all parents during a phone call interview to complete the family history. We used the same questionnaire for a control group from a general pediatric consultation. We asked for positive family history of recurrent fevers, PFAPA and rheumatologic diseases. Patients and controls ...

Is the antibiotic era joint the history?

For the last few years, antibiotic resistance has become one of the major concerns within medical society. On one hand, pathogens have mostly acquired resistance against the major conventional antibiotics used in the treatment of microbial infections. These included even first-line antibiotics, which are critical in the treatment of severe infections. This catastrophic situation has occurred du...

Brief screening for family psychiatric history: the family history screen.

BACKGROUND Brief screens to collect lifetime family psychiatric history are useful in clinical practice and for identifying potential families for genetic studies. METHODS The Family History Screen (FHS) collects information on 15 psychiatric disorders and suicidal behavior in informants and their first-degree relatives. Since each question is posed only once about all family members as a gro...

Birth history is forever: implications for family medicine.

The rapidly growing number of adult survivors of preterm birth has necessitated and made possible for the first time large-scale investigations of long-term outcomes of preterm birth. Large epidemiologic studies have shown that the long-term sequelae are wide-ranging, including metabolic disorders, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, psychiatric disorders, and increased mortality risk. Clin...

Family history of breast cancer: how important is it?