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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
No Excess Risk for Cardiac Events with ADHD Medications in Adults
- January 10, 2012
- Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
- General Medicine
Results support the FDA decision against a black box warning on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drugs.
- Reviewing:
- Habel LA et al. JAMA 2011 Dec 28; 306:2673
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Intraosseous vs. Intravenous Access for Adults with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestFree
- January 6, 2012
- Daniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH
- Emergency Medicine
Tibial intraosseous access is clearly the best.
- Reviewing:
- Reades R et al. Ann Emerg Med 2011 Dec; 58:509
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
After CCTA: More Follow-Up Procedures, Higher Costs
- January 3, 2012
- Kirsten E. Fleischmann, MD, MPH
- General Medicine
Downstream data for coronary computed tomographic angiography were compared with those for stress testing.
- Reviewing:
- Shreibati JB et al. JAMA 2011 Nov 16; 306:2128
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Statins Don't Lower Risk for Infections
- December 27, 2011
- Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP
- General Medicine
A meta-analysis of 11 randomized trials showed no benefit.
- Reviewing:
- van den Hoek HL et al. BMJ 2011 Nov 29; 343:d7281
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Got Heart Disease? Don't Be Depressed
- December 19, 2011
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
Even in relatively young people, depression and suicidality can worsen outcomes from ischemic heart disease.
- Reviewing:
- Shah AJ et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011 Nov; 68:1135
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Are Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cardiovascular Disease Linked?Free
- December 8, 2011
- Anna Wald, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Survey data in women showed a statistical association between HPV positivity and cardiovascular disease, but causality is unlikely. CME
- Reviewing:
- Kuo H-K and Fujise K. J Am Coll Cardiol 2011 Nov 1; 58:2001
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
The Demise of EC-IC Bypass SurgeryFree
- December 6, 2011
- Seemant Chaturvedi, MD, FAHA, FAAN
- Neurology
Extracranial-intracranial bypass plus medical therapy for symptomatic carotid occlusion was no more effective than medical therapy alone at preventing stroke and early mortality in a randomized trial.
- Reviewing:
- Powers WJ et al. JAMA 2011 Nov 9; 306:1983
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Exercise Referral Schemes Have Marginal Benefits for Sedentary Patients
- December 6, 2011
- Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP
- General Medicine
Patients exercised more, but body-mass index, blood pressure, and lipid levels remained unchanged.
- Reviewing:
- Pavey TG et al. BMJ 2011 Nov 6; 343:d6462
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
VTE Risk as a Guiding Factor in Oral Contraceptive Selection
- December 1, 2011
- Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS
- Women's Health
Analysis suggests that drospirenone, desogestrel, and gestodene carry twice the venous thromboembolism risk of levonorgestrel and norethindrone.
- Reviewing:
- Lidegaard
et al. BMJ 2011 Oct 25; 343:d6423
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Further Evidence That Route of Estrogen Administration Affects VTE Risk
- December 1, 2011
- Robert W. Rebar, MD
- Women's Health
Another retrospective study shows that risk for venous thromboembolism is lower with transdermal estrogen than with oral estrogen.
- Reviewing:
- Laliberté F et al. Menopause 2011 Oct; 18:1052
