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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. Objective To develop and validate a novel electronic medical records (EMR)-based UTI case definition that can be applied to elucidate and understand UTI treatment and practice patterns in primary care.

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Two “Unresolvable” Prescribing/Dispensing Red Flags Unfurled

FDA Law Blog

Our reader informed us of two additional prescribing/dispensing red flags that DEA has alleged are unresolvable that he wanted to share with the pharmacy community. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain United States, 2022 , 71 MMWR Recomm. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

As many as 40% of these children will receive a chest x-ray (CXR) during their ED visit despite clinical guidelines advising most of these tests are low value. Concerned parents, fueled by a mountain of medical information online, often arrive expecting tests rather than provider expertise to determine the presence or absence of pneumonia.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

I’m a dementia specialist, and so what I was experiencing was that many people were coming to see me to get a diagnosis of a very straightforward case of mild Alzheimer’s or moderate Alzheimer’s disease, whose doctors had told them there was nothing wrong with them or that their memory was better than my own, says the doctor.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Alex 13:24 Eric is pushing on the like, the clinical, practical stuff. That can be incredibly informative. I mean, I can informative. Eric 13:23 Go ahead, Alex.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

So, we use that information to formulate a treatment plan. But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. And then when we think about our interventions, we have sort of two categories. One, we term compensatory strategies, and the other are rehabilitative. Eric: Great.

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Difficult Conversations in Family Medicine Residency - Changing the Culture Around Abortion and Other Social Justice Issues [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument: Implementation of a social justice in medicine curriculum with an added focus on reproductive health and pregnancy diagnosis planning, including abortion. Results: Our intervention led to discussion about social justice issues including reproductive health and abortion in our family medicine residency.