EE+ POEM Archive
- ~ 1% of patients with acute back pain in primary care have serious pathology
- ~ 3% of patients with psoriasis have psoriatic arthritis and ~ 3% will develop it annually
- "Augmentation" of antidepressant treatment offers little benefit
- "Bendopnea"—dyspnea in heart failure patients when bending forward—predicts adverse outcomes
- "Elbow sign" accurate for sleep apnea diagnosis
- "High-risk" subgroups have little, if any, net benefit from antibiotics for acute LRTI
- "Surprise question" is moderately accurate for predicting likelihood of death
- "Sweet spot" patient-to-intensivist ratio of 7.5 associated with lowest in-hospital mortality
- 0.3% hemorrhages/year in pts with asymptomatic intracerebral cavernous malformation
- 10 days enoxaparin better than 35 days rivaroxaban for medical inpatient thromboprophylaxis (MAGELLAN)
- 10 years of tamoxifen better than 5 in women with ER+ breast cancer (ATLAS)
- 1 week = 2 week treatment for HP eradication
- 2010 classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis
- 2011 resident work hour reforms had no effect on mortality or readmissions
- 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines greatly increase number eligible for statin treatment
- 2019 guidelines for ADHD: structure plus medication
- 2022 NICE guidance: type 2 diabetes
- 2023 American Geriatric Society update on potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly (Beers List)
- 24 months of clopidogrel after stent no better than 6 months
- 2nd generation antipsychotics increase risk of weight gain, other problems in children
- 3% nebulized hypertonic saline equals standard supportive care in children with moderate or severe bronchiolitis
- 3 clinical features distinguish PID from appendicitis
- 3 days equal to 5 days of oral steroids for acute asthma in children
- 4AT rapidly identifies hospitalized elders with delirium
- 5% fluorouracil is the preferred treatment for actinic keratoses
- 55% of patients with symptomatic Schatzki ring require more than one dilation
- 6% of patients with shoulder dislocations have fracture; rate varies with age
- 60% of adults treated with abx for acute appendicitis do not require appendectomy at 5 years
- 6 months of warfarin after aortic valve replacement reduces risk of CV death
- 75% of asymptomatic volunteers have hip abnormalities on MRI
- 7 days of tx good for H. pylori
- 89% of umbilical hernias spontaneously close by 5 years of age
- 90% of ankle arthroplasties last 5 years