Hyperlipidemia

Red objectives: Primary clerkship (CFM 205)

Blue objectives: Advanced clerkship and SubInternship

Learning Objectives

Identify the recommended screening guidelines for hyperlipidemia.
Identify the risk factors for cardiovascular disease based on Framingham criteria.
Evaluate and discuss management options for hyperlipidemia based on ATP III criteria.

Resources

Rakel: Textbook of Family Medicine, ed 7. Chapter 39--Dyslipidemia

AAFP Monograph

Fields K, McBride P. Cholesterol: Managing Its Effect on Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Video CME program. Leawood,
Kan.: American Academy of Family Physicians, December 2003.

ATP III Guidelines

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3full.pdf

Supplemental Reading:

National Cholesterol Education Program

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm

Treatment of cholesterol abnormalities

Lockman AR, Tribastone AD, Knight KV, Franko JP. Treatment of cholesterol abnormalities.Am Fam Physician. 2005 Mar 15;71(6):1137-42.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050315/1137.pdf

AFP: Cholesterol Update Review

Safeer R, Ugalat P. Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Update. Am Fam Physician 2002;65:871-80.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/871.html

Women and cholesterol managment

Mosca LJ. Optimal management of cholesterol levels and the prevention of coronary heart disease in women. Am Fam Physician. 2002 Jan 15;65(2):217-26.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020115/217.pdf

C-Reactive Protein and LDL Levels

Ridker PM, et al. Comparison of C-reactive protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the prediction of first cardiovascular events. N Engl J Med November 14, 2002;347:1557-65.

Metabolic Syndrome

Deen D. Metabolic Syndrome: Time for Action. Am Fam Physician 2004;69:2875-82,2887-8.

Hypertriglyceridemia

Oh R, Lanier J. Management of Hypertriglyceridemia. Am Fam Physician 2007;75:1365-1371, 1372.

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