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Importance Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) accounts for nearly 2 million pediatric outpatient and 375 000 emergency department (ED) visits annually in the US. Guidelines recommend relying on physical examination findings, not imaging, to diagnose CAP in youths who can be...
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Reliability of Physical Examination Findings in Youths Diagnosed With Pneumonia
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Lumbar Belt for Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Importance Nonspecific low back pain is highly prevalent and disabling. Most current guidelines state that evidence is insufficient to recommend lumbar belts for this condition.
Objective To determine whether a soft and extensible lumbar belt reduces functional disability and pain in...
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Management of Shoulder Pain in Primary Care: A Review
Importance Shoulder pain is a common and disabling condition most often managed in primary care. This review provides an evidence-based update on the diagnosis and management of shoulder pain to support clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes.
Observations Shoulder pain...
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Management of Shoulder Pain in Primary Care
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Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that can occur through the lifespan and is characterized by immune-mediated enteropathy in response to dietary gluten.1 Celiac disease affects at least 1% of the global population. Important risk factors are a first-degree relative with celiac disease,...
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What Is Celiac Disease?
Celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by consumption of gluten in people with specific genetic markers. Celiac disease affects about 1% of people worldwide and people can start having symptoms at any age. Individuals at increased risk include those with a first-degree relative...
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Prevalence of Invasive Bacterial Infections Among Febrile Infants Aged 60 to 90 Days: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Importance The prevalence of invasive bacterial infections (IBIs), specifically bacteremia and bacterial meningitis, is not well established among febrile infants in the third month of life. International guidelines exclude or vary in management recommendations for this age group...
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes and Beyond: A Review
Importance Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), initially recommended primarily for people with type 1 diabetes, has rapidly expanded to patients with type 2 diabetes and, more recently, even to individuals without diabetes. This broadening use underscores the importance of critically examining...
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Evaluating and Treating Alcohol Use in Older Adult Patients
Clinical question
How do I evaluate and treat alcohol use in older
adult patients?
Bottom line
Although older adults generally drink less alcohol than
their younger counterparts,1 the consequences of use
are more severe. Older adults are more susceptible to...
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Radial Sided Wrist Pain: First Line Diagnostic Approach and Management of Selected Common Pathologies
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Objective To provide a clinical overview of selected common pathologies causing radial-sided wrist pain and to guide primary care physicians in the diagnostic approach and initial management of these conditions.
Sources of information A literature review was conducted using...
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