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Prior Choices of Between-Study Heterogeneity in Contemporary Bayesian Network Meta-analyses: an Empirical Study.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Network meta-analysis (NMA) is a popular tool to compare multiple treatments in medical research. It is frequently implemented via Bayesian methods. The prior choice of between-study heterogeneity is critical in Bayesian NMAs. This study evaluates the impact of different priors for heterogeneity on NMA results. We identified all NMAs with binary ou...

What is the Prevalence of Low Health Literacy in European Union Member States? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Many studies have shown that low health literacy (HL) is associated with several adverse outcomes. In this study, we systematically reviewed the prevalence of low HL in Europe. PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were searched. Cross-sectional studies conducted in the European Union (EU), published from 2000, investigating the prevalence of low HL in adults...

Prognosis as Health Trajectory: Educating Patients and Informing the Plan of Care.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Life and Limb: a Case of COVID-19-Associated Multisystem Thrombosis and Review of the Literature.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Managing Acute Pain in Patients Taking Medication for Opioid Use Disorder: a Rapid Review.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Managing acute pain in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) on medication (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) can be complicated by patients' higher baseline pain sensitivity and need for higher opioid doses to achieve pain relief. This review aims to evaluate the benefits and harms of acute pain management strategies for patients taking O...

Benefits and Harms of Long-term Opioid Dose Reduction or Discontinuation in Patients with Chronic Pain: a Rapid Review.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Many clinicians are reevaluating the use of long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) for chronic pain in response to the opioid crisis and calls from organizations including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to limit prescribing of high-dose opioids. However, this practice change is occurring largely in the absence of data regarding patient outco...

Surviving and Thriving as Physicians in General Internal Medicine Fellowship in the Twenty-First Century.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

General internal medicine (GIM) fellowships play an important role in the development of physician scientists and clinical educators, as well as leaders in academic medicine. Nevertheless, the challenges of developing another novel aspect to one's career, along with balancing coursework, research productivity, clinical duties, and personal life dur...

The Importance of Learning Health Systems in Addressing the Opioid Crisis.

Published in Journal of general internal medicine

Interventions and research to address the US opioid crisis have, for the most part, targeted opioid use, misuse, and addiction specifically. While such a focus can lead to useful innovations in the care of opioid use disorder, the fact that many persons with opioid use disorder use multiple substances (both over their life course and simultaneously...

Food Insecurity Is Associated with Behavioral Health Diagnosis Among Older Primary Care Patients with Multiple Chronic C...

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Peer Review at JGIM.

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