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Urgent Updates are highlights of guidelines from other groups, reviewed by Urgent Care physicians. These highlights represent the actual intent of these articles and how they relate to the practice of Urgent Care medicine.
CDC Expects ‘Tripledemic’ Hospitalizations to Remain High This Year vs Prepandemic Levels The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on September 14th,
>> Read MoreUpdated Guidelines on Acute Dizziness, Vertigo in the Emergency Department The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine has released a new guideline on diagnosing and managing
>> Read MoreFDA Approves Canakinumab for Gout Flares The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved canakinumab (Ilaris) for the treatment of gout flares in adults
>> Read MorePrescribing Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physician Decision Making Over 29 million Americans have alcohol use disorder (AUD). Though
>> Read MoreWest Nile Infections Rising in the US West Nile Virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental US. And as of August 8,
>> Read MoreDual Treatment May Boost Efficacy in Chronic Migraine A new study suggests that combination therapy with anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies and onabotulinumtoxinA may be more effective than monotherapy
>> Read MoreSalmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef Investigators are working to identify the source of the ground beef in the multistate salmonella outbreak. The CDC issued an
>> Read MoreOpioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomized placebo-controlled trial OPAL was a triple-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial that
>> Read MoreTrends in Mortality From Poisonings, Firearms, and All Other Injuries by Intent in the US, 1999-2020 In this cross-sectional study of 3 813 894 deaths due to
>> Read More‘Impressive’ Results for Intranasal Ketamine in Chronic, Refractory Migraine Half of the study participants who used IN ketamine for chronic, treatment- refractory migraine in a
>> Read MoreCases of RSV in Older Adults Likely Underestimated in Studies A review published in Infectious Diseases and Therapy found that studies are likely to underestimate
>> Read MoreHere’s What to Know About Xylazine, aka Tranq, the Animal Tranquilizer Increasingly Found in Illicit Fentanyl Samples Veterinarians have used this sedative and pain reliever
>> Read MoreOutbreak of Suspected Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients who Underwent Surgical Procedures under Epidural Anesthesia in Matamoros, MexicoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
>> Read MoreMachine Learning for Diagnosis Of Myocardial Infarction Using Cardiac Troponin Concentrations Researchers developed machine learning models that integrate cardiac troponin concentrations at presentation or on
>> Read MoreFentanyl Deaths Have Spiked Among U.S. Children And TeensIn 2021, almost 70 000 US adults fatally overdosed on fentanyl. Little is known about the extent to
>> Read MorePediatric Lyme Disease: Systematic Assessment of Post-Treatment Symptoms and Quality of Life This study characterized long-term outcomes of pediatric patients with Lyme disease and
>> Read MoreAssociation of Treatment With Nirmatrelvir and the Risk of Post–COVID-19 Condition (PCC) In this cohort study of 281 793 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection and at least
>> Read MoreSars-Cov-2 Crosses Placenta And Infects Brains Of Two Infants Researchers have found for the first time that COVID infection has crossed the placenta and caused
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