Weekly Update 176

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Questioning Medicine

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Compression stocking to prevent cellulitis? NOT SO FAST! Vitamin D still doesn't work even for depression. Hip fractures are on teh decline and it is not because of drugs. A scribe cost money, but how much? What about doing an LP with anticoagulants, it is probably safer than you think. What do you do with kidney stones? Finally, there is a lot of medical waste, so stop ordering MRIs for low back pain! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33058700/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32989711/https://www.auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU.0000000000001318https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771609https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-0428https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2768887https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768978https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1917197