Internal Medicine Alert – May 15, 2016

May 15, 2016

• Association of Seafood Consumption and Brain Mercury Levels with Brain Neuropathology

  Although moderate seafood consumption was correlated with higher brain levels of mercury, these levels were not correlated with brain neuropathology.

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• Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Skin Abscesses After Incision and Drainage

  A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, clinical trial found that a seven-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole following incision and drainage (I&D) resulted in a higher rate of cure for skin abscesses compared to I&D and placebo.

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• Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia

  In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.

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• Infliximab-dyyb for Injection (Inflectra)

  Infliximab-dyyb offers another, possibly less expensive, option for treatment of a number of autoimmune conditions.

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• Clinical Briefs

  In this section: comparing blood pressure monitoring techniques; DPP4 agents and heart failure; identifying at-risk groups for hypoglycemia.

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• ECG Review: SVT in a 13-Year-Old Patient

  The ECG in the figure below was obtained from an otherwise healthy 13-year-old boy. He was alert and hemodynamically stable at the time this ECG was recorded. How should one interpret this tracing?

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