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Trends colliding: Aging comprehensive family physicians and the growing complexity of their patients

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To assist in workforce planning by updating trends in the characteristics of near-retirement comprehensive family physicians (FPs) and their patients since the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared these populations to pre-pandemic analyses (2008, 2013, and 2019). Setting Ontario.

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Elevated BAR Signals Poor Prognosis in Patients With CKD Admitted to ICU

Physician's Weekly

High blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio values in patients with CKD are linked to greater mortality, indicating its potential value as a prognostic indicator. Adjusted Cox regression analysis confirmed the increased 28-day mortality risk in patients with a higher BAR. Compared with tertile 1, tertile 2 had a 1.49

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ICU Statin Therapy Tied to Significant Sepsis Mortality Reduction

Physician's Weekly

Recent research showed that ICU statin therapy was associated with significantly lower 28-day all-cause mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis. Statin use is associated with significantly lower 28-day all-cause mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis, according to a study published online in Frontiers in Immunology.

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Modified Minerva orthosis proven helpful in pediatric patients following airway surgery

Medical Xpress

In 2008, the acute care orthotics team at Michigan Medicine received an order for a cervical orthosis (neck brace) from Glenn Green, M.D., a clinical professor of pediatric otolaryngology as well as a head and neck surgeon in Pediatric Otolaryngology at U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

  Whitnee Brown, a PMHNP and Doctor of Nursing Practice in Birmingham, Alabama, and her patient Lisa Roberts of Huntsville, shared their stories in support of the survey results, which can be viewed here.  This spring’s survey focused on antidepressants and how Americans view them.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

As an experienced physician leader, she is known for always going the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. ” Dr. She has held a variety of leadership positions within the organization dedicated to maintaining and advancing high-quality care that delivers value and superior outcomes for patients.