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Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for the initial treatment of acute pyelonephritis in adults: a systematic review [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Acute pyelonephritis is a common diagnosis in the primary care and emergency settings. These include minimizing resource utilization and decreasing the risk of complications associated with IV antibiotics such as diarrhea. Setting Studies conducted in the ED, in urgent care centers or in outpatient clinics were included.

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Hypothyroidism Diet: Best & Worst Foods for Your Thyroid

AMMD

Whether you are managing a diagnosis of hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s, what you eat can either promote your healing or contribute to further dysfunction. Grass-fed meats provide critical nutrients such as zinc, iron, and B vitamins, all of which support thyroid hormone synthesis and conversion.

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Lupus Emergencies in Children and Adolescents

PEMBlog

In pediatric patients, complications can evolve rapidly and carry significant morbidity and mortality. Emergency medicine providers should maintain a high index of suspicion for these entities in children and adolescents with known or suspected SLE. Spot urine protein:creatinine ratio provides rapid assessment of proteinuria.

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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only. A recent analysis of the U.S.

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Reasoning during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. Would I’ve been able to reason my way to his underlying diagnosis from the initial data? I’m a huge fan of the diagnostic reasoning process.

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Navigating the Quademic: Clinical Differentiation of Influenza, RSV, COVID-19, and Norovirus in Pediatric Emergency Care

PEMBlog

Differentiating these pathogens based on clinical presentation is crucial for targeted management, minimizing unnecessary diagnostic tests, and optimizing healthcare resources. Common Complications : Otitis media : Diagnosis is supported by the presence of a bulging tympanic membrane with purulent effusion.

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Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

Donors, government ministries, agencies and academic partners regularly cascade requests for data that multiply and complicate the simple interaction into a complex, and often redundant, set of data requirements for the same singular interaction. Mobile phone penetration has finally exceeded 90% in low- and middle-income countries.