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A Novel Definition of Urinary Tract Infection across a National Primary Care Network [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Misdiagnosis and over-diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a leading cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use. Population Studied Providers participating in MaPCReN represented 306,394 patients with ≥1 visit between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021.

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Episode 37 – Clinical Unknown with Dr. Kwan, Dan, and Rabih – Diplopia

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Episode description Dr. Janice Kwan presents a clinical unknown to Dan and Rabih Download CPSolvers App here Schema #1 Schema #2 Show Notes Dr. Janice Kwan Janice Kwan is a general internist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Artificial intelligence Already, dentists employ software to get insights into clinical decision-making, but AI is changing the face of dentistry, just like it is in many other fields. For dentists, it’s transforming diagnosis, decision-making, and treatment planning.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. Experts even say the eye is an ideal place to start for the first clinical use of CRISPR. The drug helped decrease the initial healing from 5 days.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 2: Walk Softly

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. The diagnosis can be made clinically. Clinical Pediatric Dermatology 5 th ed, Elsevier, 2016, 382-401. The Mayo Clinic Experience With Psychogenic Purpura (Gardner-Diamond Syndrome).

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Two “Unresolvable” Prescribing/Dispensing Red Flags Unfurled

FDA Law Blog

The assertion that prescribing immediate-release opioids longer than two or three months is a red flag may have originated with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain. Deborah Dowell et al., 1, Recommendation 3. Recommendation 1.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. What’s the Diagnosis? Most patients are afebrile by the third day of treatment and clinically improved within two weeks. doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0032-2016. This is the second of the four cases.