JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Association Between Hospitalization With Community-Acquired Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Pneumonia and Prior Receipt of Influenza Vaccination.
Few studies have evaluated the relationship between influenza vaccination and pneumonia, a serious complication of influenza infection. ⋯ Among children and adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, those with laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated pneumonia, compared with those with pneumonia not associated with influenza, had lower odds of having received influenza vaccination.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Early Physical Therapy vs Usual Care in Patients With Recent-Onset Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Low back pain (LBP) is common in primary care. Guidelines recommend delaying referrals for physical therapy. ⋯ Among adults with recent-onset LBP, early physical therapy resulted in statistically significant improvement in disability, but the improvement was modest and did not achieve the minimum clinically important difference compared with usual care.