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Development and external validation of the FluScoreVax risk score for influenza that incorporates vaccine status (EAST-PC) [Acute respiratory infections]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To develop and externally validate a simple risk score for influenza diagnosis based only on vaccination history and patient-reported symptoms. Outcome measures: In each study patient-reported symptoms were recorded and PCR used to diagnose influenza. Calibration was assessed by plotting observed versus expected.

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Fever FAQs (contd.)- Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Rao Doctor

One of the primary tools used in diagnosing fever is the thermometer, an instrument that measures body temperature. recent travel, exposure to infectious diseases, vaccination status, and any ongoing medical conditions or medications. Fever is a common indication that the body is fighting off infection.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

EKGs Discounted lab services Laceration repairs Small skin lesion removal Medication dispensing Seeking to provide primary care services that are intended to prevent and treat general issues and diagnose non-urgent conditions. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider

GeriPal

Lon: Let me add to that with a bit of a disclosure, and that is we are NIA funded to develop amyloid vaccines, and I do that and I endorse that. I said, “Let’s give a try to amyloid vaccines that will essentially bust plaques in people who are asymptomatic, maybe even in people who don’t have plaques.”

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

These measures are taken before any evidence of disease or injury is present and are designed to prevent health problems from occurring in the first place. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed. They have eradicated or dramatically reduced many diseases that once caused widespread suffering and death.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

PEMBlog

If you think that there’s an abscess, you can diagnose it clinically by a localized area of induration or fluctuance or use an ultrasound. The lesion’s been present greater than two to three days and changing or getting worse, and there’s a history of a previous incision and drainage in that patient. Nah, not really.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore pertussis, also known as whooping cough – a disease that remains a public health challenge despite widespread vaccination efforts. Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2023–24 School Year.

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