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JANUARY 22, 2024

The campaign started in the United States in 2012, in Canada two years later, and in the United Kingdom in 2016. Choosing Wisely UK was launched in 2016 by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to identify tests, treatments, and procedures of questionable value. 2016 ;50(13):826-8. What is the aim of choosing Wisely?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. 2016 Apr; 32(4): 227–231. Food and Drug Administration Approval of Artesunate for Severe Malaria: Enough to Achieve Best Practice? vivax , P. malariae , and the less common P. knowlesi and P. simium (Forgie 2022) P. vivax and P. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Tonsillitis – Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice US [Internet]. 2016 Aug;16(8):e139–52. 2016 Sep 1;170(9):848.

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MAY 29, 2023

Best practices advise not to routinely order an ESR to evaluate for inflammation in an undifferentiated patient and to instead order a CRP when evaluating for acute inflammation (4). 2016 Dec;115(6):317-21. The Open Infectious Disease Journal. PMID: 29094869. (4) 4) Choosing Wisely Campaign. 5) Lacy MD.

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