Volume 28•Issue 4

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Introduction The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Ratings system pushes Medicare Advantage health plans to achieve ever greater attainments in key metrics, including adherence to hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitor (...

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Introduction The integration of virtual visits has been met with skepticism by many surgical specialties, including otolaryngology, due to the lack of a complete physical exam. Analysis of differences in the workup between patients triaged ...

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Background As rates of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) rise, national organizations have released new guidance for primary care–driven detection of ...

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Objective Virtually anything can be ranked; the US News and World Report (USNWR or US News) ranks the top 50 hospitals specializing in cardiology, heart, and vascular surgery. Here the authors propose validating the effectiveness of rankings by ...

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Introduction In 2018, the US Preventive Services Task Force updated cervical cancer screening recommendations to allow for screening every 5 years with primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in combination with cytology (cotesting) or every ...

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Introduction Understanding the lived experience of illness is important for empowering patients and informing health care practitioners. This study investigated the impact of a book-length comic memoir, My Degeneration: A Journey Through ...

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The prevalence of cannabis use has been increasing among both adolescents and adults worldwide. New trends in cannabis legalization and enhanced social media marketing have led to the availability of multiple high-potency cannabis products with ...

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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy is a primary glomerulopathy, with prevalence ranking highest in the Pacific region, followed closely by Europe, but rare in Africa. Although practice patterns likely have contributed to its prevalence, there are ...

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Pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (PDS) and atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) are rare mesenchymal tumors that share similar clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical characteristics. Careful histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen that ...

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Delusional parasitosis is a psychotic disorder that manifests as a belief that the skin is infested with parasites. This case report documents the association between COVID-19 infection and new-onset delusional parasitosis superimposed on ...