The 46th Annual Advances in Pediatrics is a one-day course for community Pediatricians provides an update of what is currently known about COVID-19 in the pediatric patient population both nationally and locally. The course is taught by 17 national and local experts. Each lecture based, active...
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46th Annual Advances in Pediatrics: Hot Topics in Pediatrics in the Era of COVID-19, Course #21005
Diagnosis and Management of Transient Ischemic Attack and Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Review
Importance: Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting nearly 800 000 individuals annually.
Observations: Sudden neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain ischemia with imaging evidence...
Understanding Suicide Risk And Prevention
KEY POINTS:
- Suicide rates have been rising during the past several years, but suicide is preventable.
- There are many known risk factors for suicide, but the predictive utility of any single risk factor is low, requiring a focus on population-level rather than...
Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation
Background: Mobile phone-based smoking cessation support (mCessation) offers the opportunity to provide behavioural support to those who cannot or do not want face-to-face support. In addition, mCessation can be automated and therefore provided affordably even in resource-poor...
Mild bleeding disorders in adults
About 11% of patients in primary care reported bleeding symptoms in a 2010 Canadian study.1 Mild bleeding disorders should be considered in patients with disproportionate bleeding (i.e., excessive postsurgical bleeding...
Existing methods of screening for substance abuse (standardized questionnaires or clinician’s simply asking) have proven difficult to initiate and maintain in primary care settings. This article reports on how predictive modeling can be used to screen for
Existing methods of screening for substance abuse (standardized questionnaires or clinician's simply asking) have proven difficult to initiate and maintain in primary care settings. This article reports on how predictive modeling can be used to screen for substance abuse using extant data in...
Association of Current Opioid Use With Serious Adverse Events Among Older Adult Survivors of Breast Cancer
Importance: National efforts to improve safe opioid prescribing focus on preventing misuse, overdose, and opioid use disorder. This approach overlooks opportunities to better prevent other serious opioid-related harms in complex populations, such as older adult survivors of...
The opioid crisis: a contextual, social-ecological framework
The prevalence of opioid use and misuse has provoked a staggering number of deaths over the past two and a half decades. Much attention has focused on individual risks according to various characteristics and experiences. However, broader social and contextual domains are also essential...
Challenges and Approaches to Population Management of Long-Term Opioid Therapy Patients
Purpose: Primary care is challenged with safely prescribing opioids for patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP), specifically to address risks for overdose, opioid use disorder, and death. We identify sociotechnical challenges, approaches, and recommendations in primary care...
Individualized approach to primary prevention of substance use disorder: age-related risks
Background: The misuse of legal and illegal substances has led to an increase in substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. Although primary prevention strategies have been successfully used to target chronic physical diseases, these strategies have been less effective...