Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. 1.31) and hospitalizations (aIRR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.54-1.02).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. Post-rotation, 64% of residents felt more comfortable diagnosing OUD. Notable, 92.9%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtually-delivered health professions education model, designed to improve patient care by enhancing primary care capacity in specialty topics. Conclusion The burden of rheumatic disease is rising. Conclusion The burden of rheumatic disease is rising.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

A novel, portable assay can deliver TB diagnoses in under an hour at low cost using samples of blood, saliva, or sputum, according to a recent study. This rapid and inexpensive lab-in-tube assay approach thus represents one means to address the need for point-of-care TB diagnostics useable in low-resource settings,” the authors concluded.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Hypertension Canada recommends home blood pressure monitors (HBPM) for diagnosing and managing hypertension. there appears to be reasonable utility for using a T-Connector to qualitatively declare a HBPM to be inaccurate for its user. However, 29% of HBPMs are inaccurate by 10 mmHg or more. Population Adults who own a HBPM.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Who do we have with us today?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Compare the incidence of post-COVID conditions (PCC) by pre-pandemic diagnosed by the type of disability. Study Design and Analysis: This is a retrospective observational study of primary care visits during the 2019-2022 study period. 95% CI 0.51, 0.7)

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