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

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. The ER is open 24/7 and has the equipment and staff to handle life-threatening conditions at any time.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. Bruce: That would definitely be considered a macroaggression in 2023. And it was not uncommon for them to, absolutely, refuse to go to the hospital. There are some subtleties there.

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