Periodic Health Examination: A Guide for Designing Individualized Preventive Health Care in the Asymptomatic Patient
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1981)

Diagnosis and Treatment1 December 1981Periodic Health Examination: A Guide for Designing Individualized Preventive Health Care in the Asymptomatic PatientAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-95-6-729 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AbstractPresent data are not adequate evidence justifying annual complete examination of the asymptomatic patient at low medical risk. The American College of Physicians recommends that each internist develop individualized plans for patient examination. Such plans can be developed from the recommendations made in four published studies and summarized in graphic form.References1. FRAME P and CARLSON S. A critical review of periodic health screening using specific screening criteria. J Fam Pract. 1975;2:29-36, 123-9, 189-94, 283-9. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. BRESLOW L and SOMERS A. The lifetime health-monitoring program: a practical approach to preventive medicine. N Engl J Med. 1977;296:601-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SPITZER W chairman. Report of the Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Can Med Assoc J. 1979;121:1193-254. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. ACS report on the cancer-related health checkup. CA. 1980;30:194-240. Google Scholar5. FLETCHER S and SPITZER W. Approach of the Canadian Task Force to the periodic health examination. Ann Intern Med. 1980;92:253-4. Editorial note. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure Information*Members of the Medical Practice Committee for the 1980-1981 and 1981-1982 terms are as follows: Lawrence Scherr, M.D., Chairman, 1980-1981; Edwin P. Maynard, III, M.D., Chairman, 1981-1982; Richard Allyn, M.D.; Nicholas E. Davies, M.D.; Adrian L. Edwards, M.D.; John M. Eisenberg, M.D.; Robert V. Elliott, M.D.; Blair D. Erb, M.D.; Herbert C. Flessa, M.D.; Christopher C. Fordham, III, M.D.; John R. Gamble, M.D.; Paul F. Griner, M.D.; Rolf M. Gunnar, M.D.; Virgil Loeb, Jr., M.D.; Hope Lowry, M.D., Chairman, Health Practice Assessment Subcommittee, 1980-1981; Frank G. MacMurray, M.D.; George E. Magnin, M.D.; Samuel P. Martin, M.D.; James R. McPherson, M.D.; James M. Moss, M.D.; Donald E. Olson, M.D., Chairman, Health Practice Assessment Subcommittee, 1981-1982; Beverly C. Payne, M.D.; Seymour Perry, M.D.; Malcolm L. Peterson, M.D.; Albert D. Roberts, Jr., M.D.; Fenton Schaffner, M.D.; Henry E. Simmons, M.D.; Helen Smits, M.D.; Donald M. Switz, M.D.; Robert B. Talley, M.D. Lea Gamble provided ACP staff liaison for this project.▸From the American College of Physicians; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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