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Risk Factors Associated With Transition From Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain in US Patients Seeking Primary Care

Author/s: Stevans, Joel M., Delitto, Anthony, Khoja, Samannaaz, Patterson, Charity G., Smith, Clair N., Schneider, Michael J., Freburger, Janet K., Greco, Carol M., Freel, Jennifer A., Sowa, Gwendolyn A., Wasan, Ajay D., Brennan, Gerard P., Hunter, Stephen J., Minick, Kate I., Wegener, Stephen T., Ephraim, Patti L., Friedman, Michael", Jason M., Robert B.

Importance: Acute low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent, with a presumed favorable prognosis; however, once chronic, LBP becomes a disabling and expensive condition. Acute to chronic LBP transition rates vary widely owing to absence of standardized operational definitions, and...

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back pain primary care Low Back Pain opioids LBP SBT

Effect of Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Older Adults With Osteoarthritis Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Author/s: McCurry, Susan M., Zhu, Weiwei, Von Korff, Michael, Wellman, Robert, Morin, Charles M., Thakral, Manu, Yeung, Kai, Vitiello, Michael V.

Importance: Scalable delivery models of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an effective treatment, are needed for widespread implementation, particularly in rural and underserved populations lacking ready access to insomnia treatment.

Objective: ...

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Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy osteoarthritis Pain aged Elderly care older adults

Total knee replacement after high tibial osteotomy: time-to-event analysis and predictors

Author/s: Primeau, Codie A., Birmingham, Trevor B., Leitch, Kristyn M., Willits, Kevin R., Litchfield, Robert B., Fowler, Peter J., Marsh, Jacquelyn D., Chesworth, Bert M., Dixon, Stephanie N., Bryant, Dianne M., Giffin, J. Robert

BACKGROUND: An important aim of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is to prevent or delay the need for total knee replacement (TKR). We sought to estimate the frequency and timing of conversion from HTO to TKR and the factors associated with it.

METHODS: We...

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Knee Replacement Osteotomy Pain Knee osteoarthritis

A Battery of Easily Accessible, Simple Tools for the Assessment of Concussion in Children

Author/s: Brown, William D., Baird, Janette, Kriz, Peter K.

Objective: To determine whether a non-proprietary, novel testing battery can identify recently concussed children within 8 weeks of injury.

Study design: In total, 568 clinic outpatients aged 10-18 years were sorted into 3 groups: 316 had never been...

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adolescent brian child concussion diagnosis evaluation injury

Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Author/s: Shimabukuro, T., Nair, N.

On December 11, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, administered as 2 doses separated by 21 days....

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COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine coronavirus vaccines Pfizer Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA vaccine Anaphylaxis Allergic reactions

Cancer Prevalence and Risk Stratification in Adults Presenting With Hematuria: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Author/s: Takeuchi, Mitsuru, McDonald, Jennifer S., Takahashi, Naoki, Frank, Igor, Thompson, R. H., King, Bernard F., Kawashima, Akira

Abstract

Objective

To calculate the prevalence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UT-UC), and lower urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (LT-UC) in patients with gross asymptomatic microhematuria (AMH) and symptomatic microhematuria (SMH).

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cancer Hematuria Adults RCC Carcinoma, Renal Cell

Bupropion and Naltrexone in Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Author/s: Trivedi, Madhukar H., Walker, Robrina, Ling, Walter, Dela Cruz, Adriane, Sharma, Gaurav, Carmody, Thomas, Ghitza, Udi E., Wahle, Aimee, Kim, Mora, Shores-Wilson, Kathy, Sparenborg, Steven, Coffin, Philip, Schmitz, Joy, Wiest, Katharina, Bart, Gavin, Sonne, Susan C., Wakhlu, Sidarth, Rush, A.J., Nunes, Edward V., Shoptaw, Steven

BACKGROUND

The use of naltrexone plus bupropion to treat methamphetamine use disorder has not been well studied.

METHODS

We conducted this multisite, double-blind, two-stage, placebo-controlled trial with the use of a sequential parallel comparison design to evaluate the...

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Methamphetamine Use Disorder Bupropion naltrexone

Discriminating Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Requiring Treatment from Common Febrile Conditions in Outpatient Settings

Author/s: Carlin, Rebecca F., Fischer, Avital M., Pitlowsky, Zachary, Abel, Dori, Sewell, Taylor B., Landau, Erika G., Caddle, Steve, Robbins-Milne, Laura, Boneparth, Alexis, Milner, Josh D., Cheung, Eva W., Zachariah, Philp, Stockwell, Mellissa S., Anderson, Brett R., Gorelik, Mark

Objectives: To examine whether patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) demonstrated well-defined clinical features distinct from other febrile outpatients, given the difficulties of seeing acute care visits during the severe acute respiratory syndrome...

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kawasaki disease SARS-CoV-2 multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children myocarditis COVID-19 coronavirus

Development and Assessment of a Pictographic Pediatric Constipation Action Plan

Author/s: Reeves, Patrick T., Kolasinski, Nathan T., Shonna YIn, H., Alqurashi, Waleed, Echelmeyer, Sofia, Chumpitazi, Bruno P., Rogers, Philip L., Burklow, Carolyn S., Nylund, Cade M.

Objective: To assess the Uniformed Services Constipation Action Plan (USCAP) as an evidence-based, personalized, clinical action tool with pictograms to aid clinicians and families in the management of functional constipation.

Study design: The USCAP...

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Discharge Planning Functional Gastroenterology patient education Pictogram Validation

Clinical diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and vestibular neuritis

Author/s: Johns, Peter, Quinn, James

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benign paroxysmal positional vertigo vestibular neuritis

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