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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We retrieved information on all ER visits and hospitalizations in internal medicine and surgical wards from 2017 to 2019 and mortality in 2019. The mean age was 81.2

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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Pre and Posttest Probability – Jack Penner

The Clinical Problem Solvers

For our first post, we are going to talk about two concepts that help us decide whether we treat, test for, or toss specific diagnoses (i.e., Let’s practice with a case: You are called to admit a 72 year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and knee replacement seven days prior who presents with acute, pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.

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