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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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Pediatric Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection Incidence Increased in 2024

Physician's Weekly

children’s hospitals. per 1,000 hospitalizations). percent of pediatric CAP hospitalizations during the study period, peaking in July 2024 at 53.8 As assessed by length of hospitalization and percentage of patients admitted to an intensive care unit, M. Diaz, Ph.D., Among pediatric M.

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Could Be First-Line Therapy for C. Difficile

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) could be considered as first-line therapy for primary Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to a study published online June 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. percent of 51 patients receiving FMT versus 61.2 Additional C.

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Two-Hour Observation Probably Safe for Most Children With Anaphylaxis

Physician's Weekly

from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and colleagues conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study across 30 emergency departments involving children presenting to the emergency department with anaphylaxis to calculate the incidence rate and timing of repeat epinephrine dosing. Dribin, M.D.,

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Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

Physician's Weekly

from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data from March 1, 2020, to Aug. from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data from March 1, 2020, to Aug.

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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

The combination pill is the first and only FDA-approved triple combination medication for use as an initial therapy in patients who will likely need multiple drugs to achieve their ideal blood pressure numbers. The most common adverse event reported in patients treated with Widaplik was symptomatic low blood pressure.

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Mailed Self-Collection Kits Increase Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening

Physician's Weekly

from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues compared the effectiveness of mailed SC kits, with and without patient navigation, versus telephone reminders for increasing cervical cancer screening. percent in the SC with patient navigation group participated in cervical cancer screening.