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Canagliflozin Reduces Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalizations for Diabetic Patients
In type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, canagliflozin lowered the risk of cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalization. Patients with pre-existing heart failure may experience even greater benefit.
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Substance Abuse and Myocardial Infarction
Among patients ≤ 50 years of age with first myocardial infarctions, use of cocaine or marijuana increased the likelihood of an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and the subsequent risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
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Cannabidiol Oral Solution (Epidiolex)
Epidiolex is indicated for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome or Dravet syndrome in patients ≥ 2 years of age.
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A Negative Nares Screen for MRSA Helps Exclude MRSA Pneumonia
The authors of a meta-analysis determined that nares screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has a high specificity and negative predictive value for MRSA pneumonia.
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Vitamin D and Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Findings from a meta-analysis show vitamin D supplementation was associated with improved glycemic control in vitamin D-deficient or non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Tailored Anticoagulation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Intermittent anticoagulation guided by continuous assessment of arrhythmia status in patients with low-to-moderate risk did not result in any strokes or thromboembolic events over a relatively short follow-up period.
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Timing of Protein Intake Does Not Influence Muscle Mass or Strength
The timing of protein intake during or between meals does not play a role in anabolic response, muscle strength, or functional outcomes.
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Runs of VT, or Aberrant Conduction?
A 47-year-old man presented with a history of intermittent dizziness over the previous two days. He was hemodynamically stable at the time the ECG in the figure was obtained. How would you interpret the rhythm? Is there any clue to a possible etiology for this patient’s arrhythmia?
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Plazomicin Injection (Zemdri)
Plazomicin is indicated for the treatment of adults ≥ 18 years of age with complicated urinary tract infections.
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Sepsis-related Neurologic Dysfunction Strongly Associated With Long-term Mortality
In this multicenter, retrospective study, acute neurologic dysfunction was the organ dysfunction most strongly associated with short- and long-term mortality in patients surviving a sepsis hospitalization.