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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population: a 5% random sample of adult (19-64y) Quebec residents covered by the public drug insurance in 2014-2017 was used. 2) Hazard ratio for an adverse event (emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death). Outcome measures: 1) yearly prevalence and incidence of exposure to at least one high-priority DDI.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing. Difficulty breathing If throat swelling narrows your airway, you may hear a harsh, grating noise when breathing (stridor). This is a serious sign of airway obstruction and requires immediate care.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

This is back in, I don’t know, like 2014 maybe. That put me in the emergency room. [laughter] David 04:24 That’s what they all say. Eric, do you want me to go first? Eric 04:29 Yeah, go ahead, David. David 04:31 Yes. And I started to use cannabis, and it helped me get off all of my medications.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care. Did this primary palliative care intervention in the emergency room involving a. Eric 26:01 Curtis’s, he had a 2014 JAMA article on simulation. Eric 06:50 And Fernanda.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

And in 2014, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services temporarily lifted all prior authorization requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries seeking rehabilitative behavioral health services. .” But history suggests that would create new problems.