Encompasses the entire field and disciplines of internal medicine, as well as family medicine and general medicine. Addresses the wide-range of non-surgical diseases and disorders (diagnosis and treatment), pharmacological therapy, evidence-based practice, and interdisciplinary patient care.
Objectives: Patients with Medicaid compared with private insurance have increased difficulty gaining access to orthopedic care. How insurance status affects access to care for young athletes (football; from here, all "young athletes" are football players) with hip labrum tears has yet to be assessed. The purpose of this study was...
Heart failure (HF) is a global burden and, irrespective of age, sex, race, nationality, and geography, affects individuals across the world. Several reports mentioned that, globally, more than 64 million people, which accounts for 1% to 3% of the total global population, are living with HF. In the United States,...
Objectives: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common bloodborne infection in the United States and a leading cause of liver-related morbidity. Tennessee is among the top 10 states for a patient population living with HCV, and it is especially prevalent in the Appalachian counties. The purpose of this study...
Objectives: Safety-net hospitals are crucial in providing health care regardless of patients' financial means; however, individuals with social risk factors often face challenges in accessing post-acute rehabilitation services, leading to functional decline and extended hospital stays. The Bridge to Home program was developed to address these disparities by providing intensive...
Objective: The objective of our study was to determine the extent of publication bias of clinical trials pertaining to the treatment of coronary artery disease. Specifically, studies are more likely to be published if the results are positive and have a higher citation rate. Methods: The US National Library of...
Objective: Cannabis use is increasing among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, often for symptom relief; however, its impact on disease activity remains unclear. This pilot study assessed whether cannabis use was associated with differences in flare frequency or duration among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or...
Objectives: Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicated that despite a higher prevalence of obesity in Hispanic women than non-Hispanic White women, their hypertension prevalence did not differ. Obesity and large upper arm (UA) circumference can affect the accuracy of BP readings. Anthropometric data were...
Objectives: Although healthcare disparities between rural and urban populations are documented, access to pulmonary subspecialty care in rural regions is not well characterized. This study aimed to quantify rural-urban disparities in access to pulmonology, pulmonary critical care medicine (PCCM), and sleep medicine physicians in Georgia. Methods: The Georgia Composite Medical...
Objective: Severe alcohol withdrawal (SAW) is a common cause of hospital admission in the United States. There has been increased interest in phenobarbital use for SAW treatment. We aimed to investigate variability in alcohol withdrawal management protocols at different hospitals within a geographic region, with a focus on phenobarbital use....
Objectives: Helicobacter pylori is the strongest risk factor for non-cardia gastric adenocarcinoma, the cancer with the greatest racial disparity in US cancer mortality. The 2017 American College of Gastroenterology guidelines recognized that local H pylori antibiotic resistance data are often unavailable in the United States, highlighted increasing clarithromycin resistance, and...
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