Annals of internal medicine
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Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been accompanied by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncertainty about long-term effectiveness. ⋯ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Time-updated systolic blood pressure and the progression of chronic kidney disease: a cohort study.
Previous reports of the longitudinal association between achieved blood pressure (BP) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have not incorporated time-updated BP with appropriate covariate adjustment. ⋯ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.