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Gout and Diuretics in Hypertensive PatientsFree
- January 26, 2012
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- General Medicine
Diuretic use raised risk for gout by several percentage points.
- Reviewing:
- McAdams DeMarco MA et al. Arthritis Rheum 2012 Jan; 64:121
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No Decline in Pulmonary Function with Marijuana Use
- January 26, 2012
- Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
- General Medicine
But the effects of heavy use still are unclear.
- Reviewing:
- Pletcher MJ et al. JAMA 2012 Jan 11; 307:173
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Firming up the Benefits of Cervical HPV DetectionFree
- January 26, 2012
- Anna Wald, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Compared with cytology alone, performing human papillomavirus DNA testing plus cytology led to fewer high-grade cervical lesions 5 years later.
- Reviewing:
- Rijkaart DC et al. Lancet Oncol 2012 Jan; 13:78
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Optimizing Delivery Times in Uncomplicated Twin Pregnancies
- January 26, 2012
- Allison Bryant, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Risk for fetal demise among monochorionic twins was 1.5% after 34 weeks' gestation; among dichorionic twins, no perinatal deaths occurred after 33 weeks.
- Reviewing:
- Breathnach FM et al. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Jan; 119:50
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Is Analysis of the Fetal Electrocardiogram Effective in Intrapartum Monitoring?
- January 26, 2012
- Diane J. Angelini, EdD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, NEA-BC
- Women's Health
Adding ST-waveform analysis to standard fetal monitoring significantly lowered incidence of operative vaginal deliveries but not neonatal metabolic acidosis.
- Reviewing:
- Becker JH et al. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Jan; 119:145
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Can Exercise Prevent Gestational Diabetes?
- January 26, 2012
- Diane J. Angelini, EdD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, NEA-BC
- Women's Health
Trial results do not provide a clear answer.
- Reviewing:
- Stafne SN et al. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Jan; 119:29
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Association of Lipid Subfractions and Cardiovascular Events in Women
- January 19, 2012
- Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH
- General Medicine
An analysis confirms the inverse relation between HDL cholesterol levels and adverse coronary events in women.
- Reviewing:
- Mora S et al. Ann Intern Med 2011 Dec 6; 155:742
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When Should Bone-Density Tests Be Repeated?Free
- January 24, 2012
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- General Medicine
A 15-year interval is reasonable in older women if baseline BMD is normal or only mildly osteopenic.
- Reviewing:
- Gourlay ML et al. N Engl J Med 2012 Jan 19; 366:225
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New and Established Troponin Assays Are Highly Sensitive and Specific for AMIFree
- January 20, 2012
- John A. Marx, MD, FAAEM
- Emergency Medicine
Use of either type of assay can safely exclude or confirm AMI within 3 hours of emergency department admission.
- Reviewing:
- Keller T et al. JAMA 2011 Dec 28; 306:2684
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Tinnitus Is Common in Children With and Without Hearing ImpairmentFree
- January 25, 2012
- F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Forty percent of children with normal hearing reported some form of tinnitus.
- Reviewing:
- Juul J et al. Arch Dis Child 2012 Jan; 97:28
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Pure-Tone Threshold Testing Detects Hearing Loss More Often Than School-Based "Rapid" Screens
- January 25, 2012
- Cornelius W. Van Niel, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
School-based hearing screening often does not detect noise-induced hearing loss.
- Reviewing:
- Sekhar DL et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2011 Dec; 165:1094