Chronic anal pain is diffi cult to diagnose and treat, especially with no obvious anorectal cause apparent on clinical examination. This review identifi es 3 main diagnostic
categories for chronic anal pain: local causes, functional
anorectal pain, and neuropathic pain syndromes....
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Chronic anal pain: A review of causes, diagnosis, and treatment
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Pool Toes: Case Report and Review of Pool-Associated Pedal Dermatoses
Pool swimmers are susceptible to pedal dermatoses. The causes for these conditions are asteototic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, friction-induced injury, infections, keratoderma, pruritus, thermal injury, ultraviolet radiation exposure, and urticaria. The specific dermatoses include aquagenic...
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Risedronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women
Background: Osteoporosis is an abnormal reduction in bone mass and bone deterioration leading to increased fracture risk. Risedronate belongs to the bisphosphonate class of drugs which act to inhibit bone resorption by interfering with the activity of osteoclasts. This is an update of a Cochrane...
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Palliative care: An update for internists
All clinicians should maintain basic skills in general palliative care to help address the needs of patients and families. Because keeping up with the information provided by the growing palliative care literature can be challenging, we conducted a detailed search via Medline for palliative care...
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Zero Suicide
The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under the care of health and behavioral health systems are preventable. For systems dedicated to improving patient safety, Zero Suicide presents an aspirational challenge and practical framework for system-wide...
Care of Patients With New, Continuing, or Recurring Symptoms After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection
As the pandemic of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection continues, there is another pandemic that shadows it—the growing population of people who have new, continuing, or recurring symptoms long after initial infection. Many refer to this condition as “long COVID,” and the National Institutes of Health's...
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Comparison of Amitriptyline and US Food and Drug Administration–Approved Treatments for Fibromyalgia A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Importance: Amitriptyline is an established medication used off-label for the treatment of fibromyalgia, but pregabalin, duloxetine, and milnacipran are the only pharmacological agents approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat fibromyalgia.
Objective: To investigate...
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Evaluating the Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Importance: The association between statin-induced reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and the absolute risk reduction of individual, rather than composite, outcomes, such as all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or stroke, is unclear.
Objective: To...
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Association of Influenza Vaccination With Cardiovascular Risk: A Meta-analysis
Importance: Influenza infection is associated with increased cardiovascular hospitalization and mortality. Our prior systematic review and meta-analysis hypothesized that influenza vaccination was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events.
Objective: To evaluate, via an...
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Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Importance: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in the US, accounting for more than 1 in 4 deaths. Each year, an estimated 605 000 people in the US have a first myocardial infarction and an estimated 610 000 experience a first stroke.
Objective: To update its...
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