Objective: The purpose of this assessment of the literature was to evaluate the etiology, incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, management, and recurrent risk in a subsequent pregnancy of restless leg syndrome (RLS) in pregnancy. Methods: Electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science) were searched from January 1980–February 2024. The only…
Objectives: Teaching is an integral part of the day-to-day responsibilities of physicians and physicians-in-training. We provide an overview across the medical education continuum of who is being trained how to teach, the methods of delivery used, and the effectiveness of the program in improving teacher confidence and teaching skills to…
Objectives: Female physicians’ reputations are more vulnerable, salaries are lower, and rates of burnout are higher compared with their male counterparts. Patient satisfaction metrics can affect reputation, reimbursement, incentives, and burnout. We hypothesized that patients may have gender-based expectations of primary care physicians (PCPs) that could differentially affect patient satisfaction…
Objectives: An elevated white blood cell (WBC) count may indicate malignancy, infection, and immune dysfunction. In diagnosing these conditions, physicians generally evaluate laboratory results compared with reference ranges based on healthy populations. Reference ranges for hospitalized patients are lacking. This study aims to define a normal reference range for WBC…
Objectives: Primary care internal medicine and family medicine physicians experience the second and sixth highest rates of burnout among all medical specialties. Direct primary care (DPC) is an understudied model of practice in which physicians are believed to have lower rates of burnout. In this study, we surveyed primary care…
This article explores the unique challenges faced by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) and proposes ways in which primary care physicians can improve ocular health in this patient population. The existing literature does not offer specific guidelines for vision screening in adults with IDDs in the primary care…
Objectives: Providing high-quality care to patients from diverse ethnic and linguistic backgrounds demands effective communication using interpreters and the ability to build patient–physician relationships. This study aimed to explore clinician perceptions of healthcare quality when using interpreter services and identify barriers to effective interpreter use in a family medicine clinic….
Objectives: Respiratory and cardiovascular catastrophes are feared complications in patients with mediastinal masses undergoing anesthesia. Only a few of these events in the adult population have been noted in rare case reports, however. We aimed to investigate the complications related to surgical resection or biopsy involving mediastinal masses in clinical…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the health literacy and quality of information on online Web sites about osteoporosis using the suitability assessment of materials (SAM) method. Methods: The search terms “osteoporosis” and “weak bones” were entered separately into three different search engines: Google, Bing, and Yahoo….
To the Editor: We appreciate the work of Pearce et al regarding the predictors of perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer.1 They found that patients with lower preoperative hemoglobin and higher intraoperative estimated blood loss (EBL) were at greater risk of needing a blood transfusion….
It is a routine expectation in clinical care that any medication be approved only for those indications for which it has been demonstrated to be both safe and effective, and this expectation is readily translatable to the domain of artificial intelligence (AI).1 Emerging positive experience with the initially approved indications…
In his seminal work After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre famously begins with a thought experiment he entitled “A Disquieting Suggestion.”1 In this introduction, MacIntyre asks his readers to imagine a world in which scientific inquiry previously was viewed as foundational to societal understandings of…
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