93. Breakfast, Tramadol, and Knee Osteoarthritis

https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l42 skip breakfast- it doesn't help you 'lose weight'


https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2723074 Automated BP cuffs are the new rage and for good reason they are about equal to awake ambulatory blood pressure

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30653040 if you have a pt. going to surgery for their knee because of osteoarthritis-- let it be and DONT do an injection.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(18)30191-1/fulltext if you have a choice-- give apixaban


https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2719307 you can not pay physicians for readmission but then they will try and game the system and in the pt. misses out and dies more often-- oops

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2727448 tramadol increase mortality! WOW shocker-- maybe this isn't real but it is really is worthing making us stop to think.