Annals of internal medicine
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Review Meta Analysis
Viscosupplementation for osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Viscosupplementation, the intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid, is widely used for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. ⋯ Arco Foundation.
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Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels are known to be consistently higher in black persons than in white persons at any given glycemic level. Whether the optimal diagnostic threshold of HbA1c should differ between blacks and whites is unclear. ⋯ None.
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Little is known about the influence of contextual factors on a physician's likelihood to prescribe antimicrobials for febrile respiratory illness (FRI). Context includes epidemiologic context (for example, a pandemic period) and personal context (for example, recent exposure to other patients with FRI). ⋯ NorthShore University HealthSystem.