The Journal of family practice
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A Multiple patient-specific and provider-perceived factors delay initiation of treatment in patients with hepatitis C. Patient-specific barriers to initiation of treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) include age, race, gender, economic status, insurance status, and comorbidities such as HIV coinfection, psychiatric illness, and other psychosocial factors. Provider-perceived patient factors include substance abuse history, older age, psychiatric illness, medical comorbidities, treatment adverse effect risks, and factors that might limit adherence (eg, comprehension level). Study limitations included problems with generalizability of the populations studied and variability in reporting or interpreting data associated with substance or alcohol use disorders (strength of recommendation: B, based on 2 prospective and 5 retrospective cohort studies).
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Case Reports
56-year-old man • increased heart rate • weakness • intense sweating • horseradish consumption • Dx?
► Increased heart rate ► Weakness ► Intense sweating ► Horseradish consumption.
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Over the past decade, the type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment landscape has evolved, allowing for more therapeutic options and the opportunity to tailor treatments to achieve patient treatment goals. In this video roundtable series, James LaSalle, DO; Lucia M. Novak, CRNP; and Lawrence Blonde, MD, MACE, FACP, discuss the mechanisms of action and clinical trial data for use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in the safe and effective primary care management of individuals with T2D and macrovascular disease.
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► Type 2 diabetes ► Neuropathy ► Bilateral foot blisters.