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For new entries into health care with low back pain

Type of Provider Impacts Health Care Utilization in LBP

For new entries into care with low back pain, health care use up with physiatry versus primary care
Patients taking β-blockers may face heightened risks of cardiovascular complications during non-cardiac surgeries

β-Blockers May Up Risk of Surgical Complications for Some

Heightened risks of cardiovascular complications seen during non-cardiac surgeries
For patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty

Increased BMI Protective Against Blood Transfusions

Findings among patients undergoing total hip, knee arthroplasty
Patients with ankylosing spondylitis have lower serotonin levels than healthy controls and patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Serotonin Levels Low in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Further decrease in patients receiving TNFα blockers; serum levels impact osteoblast-like Saos-2 cells
In order to minimize risk when practicing telemedicine

Providers Must Understand Legal Limits of Telemedicine

Providers should ensure they hold proper medical license and have medical liability coverage
Most patients with acute lateral epicondylitis recover without physical therapy and steroid injections

No Benefit Seen With Physical Tx in Acute Lateral Epicondylitis

For most, PT plus placebo or steroid injection similar to no treatment at all

September 2015 Briefing – Orthopedics

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Orthopedics for September 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Several strategies can be implemented in order to better use electronic health records for patient care and efficiency

Strategies Provided for Improving EHR Efficiency

Tips include educating staff about preferences and processes, using own templates to reduce editing
For patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain

Booster Massage Dose May Be Helpful in Chronic Neck Pain

Improvements in pain and dysfunction at 12 weeks for those receiving additional massages
Extra calcium may not protect aging bones after all. The findings appear online in two reviews published online Sept. 29 in The BMJ.

Calcium Supplements May Not Benefit Bone Health

Researchers find no evidence that increasing intake will prevent fractures