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Problem Representation

The Clinical Problem Solvers

His past medical history is significant for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Final PR: “A middle-age male with HTN, diabetes, and recent travel to Brazil presenting with acute headache, myalgia, fever, and rash and found to have leukopenia, lymphopenia, and thrombocytopenia. 2018;33(11):2010-2014. J Gen Intern Med.

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Multifactorial Drivers of Cognitive Decline in Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

Significant associations were observed with age (OR = 1.06, P = 0.01), female sex (OR = 1.23, P = 0.05), and diabetes duration (OR = 1.07, P = 0.03). 2025.1617248/full The post Multifactorial Drivers of Cognitive Decline in Diabetes first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

We sought to analyse how prescribing trends have changed over time, utilising a dataset containing all prescriptions signed and dispensed in the UK by primary care facilities from January 2014 to November 2020. In addition, increased prescribing of a multitude of medications highlights groups particularly affected by the pandemic.