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In children and adolescents with a distal forearm injury, the use of ultrasonography as the initial diagnostic imaging method was noninferior to radiography.
N Engl J Med 2023;388:2049-57.
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Fascinating: exercise such as dancing or jogging more effective than SSRIs for depression

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Is combining adenosine with modified Valsalva at the same time better than adenosine alone?
Combination therapy _seems_ to show superiority, but the differences are not statistically significant. Possibly due to a relatively small sample size.
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The strangest case of my primary care career began with an electronic patient request. I get these a lot. 99% are med refills, forms, or questions about symptoms. This was different. My patient felt fine. But, he was worried he’d be sent to jail… 1/13

Less time to first whole blood transfusion was associated with reduced death at 24 hours and 30 days, with a survival benefit seen as early as 1 hour after emergency department arrival. ja.ma/49lDngo