Internal Medicine Alert – December 15, 2018
December 15, 2018
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Effect of Diet on Hippocampal Volume in a Population at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
MRI of the brain in community-dwelling people (average age, 60 years) revealed that a long-term, high-quality diet was associated with larger hippocampal volumes after an average interval of 11 years.
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Risk of Infective Endocarditis Revisited
In a comparison of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) and either bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) or mitral valve prolapse (MVP) vs. other IE patients at high or low-to-moderate risk of IE, BAV and MVP patients were more likely to exhibit viridans group streptococci infections of suspected odontogenic origin and cardiac complications at similar rates to high-risk patients.
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Costs and Consequences of Chronic Pain Among U.S. Adults
Annually, chronic pain accounts for an estimated $560 billion in direct medical costs, lost productivity, and disability programs. Identifying populations at risk is the first step for developing targeted interventions for pain management.
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Should Aspirin Be Used for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events?
The conclusion from a series of groundbreaking studies is that primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and death by using daily low-dose aspirin is not recommended and should be reserved for those instances in which secondary prevention has been demonstrated to be effective in randomized, clinical trials.
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Sufentanil Sublingual Tablets (Dsuvia) CII
Sufentanil sublingual tablets are for adults with acute pain that is severe enough to require an opioid analgesic for which different treatments have proven insufficient.
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What Does the Sinus P Look Like?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from a woman in her 50s who complained of intermittent chest discomfort in recent weeks. She was hemodynamically stable at the time this tracing was obtained. How might one interpret the ECG?