No studies have addressed the question of whether metformin reduces development of diabetes among adolescents who are obese. Metformin treatment in adolescents who are obese can modestly reduce risk factors for type 2 ...

Surgery within 24 hours of hip fracture is a critical step in reducing complications, and may decrease mortality compared with conservative care (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, cohort studies). Give patients heparin ...

No, COX-2 inhibitors, as a class, do not worsen renal function for those without renal disease. Celecoxib is the only COX-2 inhibitor available, and it is associated with a lower risk of renal dysfunction and hypertension when compared with controls...

Patients on warfarin + antiplatelet/NSAID regimens are likely to benefit from the gastroprotective effect of PPIs. For patients taking warfarin alone, it's a different story. PRACTICE CHANGER: Prescribe a proton pump ...

This issue of eMedRef provides to clinicians an overview of the injuries that may occur during dancing.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the hip while dancing.

after potential strangulation. These risk factors include advanced age, limited access to emergency care, significant concomitant illness, inability to recognize symptoms of bowel incarceration, and poor operative risk (American Society...

that influenced physicians' choices. Family, partners, and loan forgiveness were experiences that influenced practice type and location. Professional support and integration into the community were experiences influencing retention....

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of knee meniscal injuries.

There are no studies that have shown any antidepressant to be absolutely safe for use during any stage of pregnancy. The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) during ...

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the shoulder while dancing.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on injuries that may occur to the foot and ankle while dancing.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the spine while dancing.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the injuries that may occur to the knee and thigh while dancing.

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on injuries to the elbow, wrist and hand that may occur during dancing.

Tricyclic antidepressants, duloxetine, pregabalin, oxycodone, and tramadol are all effective for the symptomatic treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic reviews of randomized ...

Q Which patients with metabolic syndrome benefit from metformin? Evidence-based answer: Patients at highest risk for progression to diabetes benefit from metformin. In patients with metabolic syndrome who are in the ...

physicians like Galen Bishop struggled with their organizational minded counterparts, like George Catlett, over the ethical soul of American medicine. Should medicine be an exclusive, well-regulated, morally certified gentlemen's practice? Or, should...

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of varicella zoster occurring in pregnant women.

. An interdisciplinary team conceptualized nine interview questions over weekly group sessions and fictitious but typical acute and chronic physician's documentation (progress notes) was created by two family medicine physicians (JLB and RJK). An analysis of hour long...