SAN FRANCISCO — Most musculoskeletal issues can be managed in primary care as they typically do not require complex imaging or immediate specialist referral, according to a speaker here.
Common musculoskeletal conditions include lateral hip pain, anterior knee pain, ankle inversion injuries, shoulder pain, stiff shoulders and lateral elbow pain, Joshua T. Goldman, MD, MBA, associate clinical professor in the division of sports medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, told attendees at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting.
Understanding how to diagnose and manage these conditions can

MUNICH — Winter deaths associated with influenza may be significantly undercounted, a team of Spanish researchers found.
The researchers conducted an observational study of 857 patients who died during four influenza seasons in Spain. Among them, 11% tested positive for influenza after death, but only 17% of those cases had been diagnosed while they were alive, and influenza was named as the cause of death in just 1.4% of cases.
These gaps, according to the researchers, suggest that influenza may contribute more to winter mortality than records show.
“The results of this pilot study were very

MIAMI — In this video from Sunshine Eye & Retina, William B. Trattler, MD, discusses the importance of checking corneal sensitivity to avoid missing neurotrophic keratitis.
“One of the big pros that I learned at this meeting is that I do need to check for corneal sensitivity more than I do currently,” Trattler, of the Center for Excellence in Eye Care, told Healio.