Primary Care

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Questions discussed in this category


Patients sometimes ask for annual urinalysis and ultrasound to monitor, but it is unclear if this is indicated.

The ASH 2020 guidelines have "recommended that adults with HbSS or HbSβ0 thalassemia be screened at least once for silent cerebral infarcts even ...

While building a trusting patient-physician relationship, what therapies could be discussed that may be aligned with naturopathic medicine? (i.e. L-gl...

Has your medical practice taken any steps either in community outreach or within the clinic to show support for this medically vulnerable population, ...


Papers discussed in this category


Am J Prev Med,

J Natl Med Assoc,

J Adv Nurs, 2015 Sep 09

Issues Ment Health Nurs, 2018 Apr 13

JAMA Netw Open, 2020 May 01

Emerg Infect Dis, 2020 Jul 08

American journal of hematology, 2023 May 12

The New England journal of medicine, 2014 Aug 21

Blood, 2010-11-04

Pediatric blood & cancer, 2014-05

British journal of haematology, 2015-05

Oman Med J, 2020 Nov 07

Pediatr Blood Cancer, 2020 Sep 08

Blood Adv,

Hemoglobin, 2021 May 24

Journal of the National Medical Association, 2009-10

Blood,