Chronic wounds are common, disproportionately affect older adults, and are likely to be encountered by providers across all specialties and care settings. All providers should be familiar with basic wound prevention, identification, classification, and treatment approach, all of which are...
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Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease
Background: Among patients with stable coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia, whether clinical outcomes are better in those who receive an invasive intervention plus medical therapy than in those who receive medical therapy alone is uncertain.
Methods...
Efficacy of Gabapentin for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial
OBJECTIVE:
To examine whether gabapentin would be useful in the treatment of AUD, especially in those with the most alcoholwithdrawal symptoms.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:
This double-blind randomized clinical trial conducted between November 2014 and June 2018...
Management of Kidney Stones in 2020
Kidney stones are common, painful, and frequently recur. Although precise estimates of the incidence of symptomatic kidney stones for the entire US are unavailable, a Minnesota population-based study reported that between 1984 and 2012, the incidence of symptomatic kidney stones that required...
N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial
IMPORTANCE:
Clinical studies have been inconclusive about the effectiveness of N95 respirators and medical masks in preventing health care personnel (HCP) from acquiring workplace viral respiratory infections.
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the effect of N95 respirators vs medical ...