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Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma but are often irregular and inconsistent

Medical Xpress

Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma; however, they are often irregular and inconsistent leading to an increase in hospital readmissions, new research has found.

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Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Physician's Weekly

On average, participants were prescribed 9 different medications. The results showed that 21 clusters were enrolled, including 128 eligible individuals (62 in the intervention group and 66 in the control group), with 4 clusters later withdrawing. Most individuals were women, with a median age of 85 years. 95% CI = 0.84–6.2).

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Pilot trial tracks measurement of blood oxygen levels managed by COVID-19 patients at home

Medical Xpress

A study conducted by UMC Utrecht during the pandemic showed that patients can easily perform oxygen measurements themselves at home, they felt safe doing so and the number of GP or hospital visits did not increase.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Every year, thousands of medical school graduates go unmatched. If you’re a 4th year medical student who is unmatched at this point, my advice is the following: Focus on securing a one year preliminary or transitional year position! What if I fail to match into any position?

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

GeriPal

We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. So we measure things like hospitalizations and ed visits and the like, and those data are a bit weaker, but they’re also, you know, I think they need to be contextualized in what, why we would even want to reduce hospitalizations right.

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One I prepared earlier

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

I write a column in a medical newspaper every couple of months, and that absorbs my writing energy. But I thought about my friends and colleagues, my daily contacts and the faceless names on the hospital letters, and I thought about the pain and hurt in each of their hearts. I've been neglecting this blog.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

During our post-medical school residency years, we are trained by many different types of doctors including pediatricians, OB/GYNs, surgeons, psychiatrists, neurologists, ENTs and more. Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies.