Author/s: Gandhi, R. T., Bedimo, R., Hoy, J. F.
Importance: Recent advances in treatment and prevention of HIV warrant updated recommendations to guide optimal practice.
Objective: Based on a critical evaluation of new data, to provide clinicians with recommendations on use of antiretroviral drugs for the treatment and prevention of...
Author/s: Sayed, D., Grider, J., Strand, N., Hagedorn, J. M., Falowski, S., Lam, C. M., Francio, V. T., Beall, D. P., Tomycz, N. D., Davanzo, J. R., Aiyer, R., Lee, D. W., Kaila, H., Sheen, S., Malinowski, M. N., Verdolin, M., Vodapally, S., Carayannopoulos, A., Jain, S., Azeem, N., Tolba, R., Chien, G. C. C., Ghosh, P., Mazzola, A. J., Amirdelfan, K., Chakravarthy, K., Petersen, E., Schatman, M. E., Deer, T.
Introduction
Painful lumbar spinal disorders represent a leading cause of disability in the US and worldwide. Interventional treatments for lumbar disorders are an effective treatment for the pain and disability from low back pain. Although many established and emerging interventional...
Author/s: Bedell, D., Sevcik, T., Daly, J. M., Levy, B. T.
Background: Childhood obesity affects 19.3% of children ages 2 to 19 years in the US, and 25.6% of Hispanic children. Study objectives were to (1) assess the feasibility of monitoring physical activity and daily caloric intake in children ages 3 to 6 years, (2) assess whether known obesity risk...
Author/s: Ho Gung, J., Mehrzad, R., Bhatt, R. A.
Background: Primary care physicians encounter many patients who present with lumps and bumps on their fingers, hands, and wrists. Some benign lesions including ganglion cysts, epidermal inclusion cysts, and giant cell tumors of the tendon sheath that are benign and can be managed by primary care...
Author/s: Sharma, P., Mishra, M., Dua, R., Saini, L. K., Sindhwani, G.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is an acute respiratory disease that can lead to respiratory failure and death. Although anticipated that patients with chronic respiratory diseases would be at increased risk...
Author/s: Ishani, A., Cushman, W. C., Leatherman, S. M., R. A., Woods, P., Glassman, P. A., Taylor, A. A., Hau, C., Klint, A., Huang, G. D., Brophy, M. T., Fiore, L. D., Ferguson, R. E., Diuretic Comparison Project Writing Group
Background: Whether chlorthalidone is superior to hydrochlorothiazide for preventing major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension is unclear.
Methods: In a pragmatic trial, we randomly assigned adults 65 years of age or older who were patients in the Department of...
Author/s: McColl, M. A., Gupta, S., McColl, A., Smith, K.
Objective: To describe prescribing patterns for 3 common complications associated with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to provide family doctors with strategies for optimizing the care of patients with SCI.
Sources of information: Results of a nationwide survey of prescription medication use...
Author/s: Shah, J., Fermo, O.
Purpose of review: Prescribed and non-prescribed cannabis use is common. Providers in specialties treating chronic pain – primary care, pain management, and neurology–will be coming across medical cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain, regardless of whether they are prescribers. It is...
Author/s: Warburton, D. E. R., Nicol, C. W., Bredin, S. S. D.
The primary purpose of this narrative review was to evaluate the current literature and to provide further insight into the role physical inactivity plays in the development of chronic disease and premature death. We confirm that there is irrefutable evidence of the effectiveness of regular...
Author/s: Frost, H. M., Bizune, D., Gerber, J. S., Hersh, A. L., Hicks, L. A., Tsay, S. V.
Objectives: The objective of the study was to compare the antibiotic treatment failure and recurrence rates between antibiotic agents (amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefdinir, and azithromycin) for children with uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM).
Study design: We completed a...