EE+ POEM Archive
- Failure to wear a helmet while motorcycling is bad for your head
- Familiarity among residents and nurses improves some aspects of team performance over time
- Family history of sudden death in Brugada syndrome not predictive of future arrhythmic event
- Family presence during CPR: better for family member and does not hinder health care team
- Fast clean-catch urine procedure works more than half the time for infants
- Faster discharge but more downstream testing with use of CCTA in ED
- Fasting and nonfasting lipid levels similarly predict CVD risk
- Fasting not necessary before lipid panels
- Fatigue often remains undiagnosed after 1 year
- Favorable perinatal outcomes after arrest of labor
- FDA: Clopidogrel/aspirin does not decrease overall mortality
- Febrile seizure outcomes similar with or without association to vaccination
- Febuxostat increases all-cause and CV mortality compared with allopurinol
- Fecal calprotectin is reasonably accurate in identifying kids with inflammatory bowel disease in primary care
- Fecal DNA testing = Hemoccult Sensa for colon cancer screening
- Fecal immunochemical testing accurate for colorectal cancer screening
- Fecal immunochemical testing more sensitive than guaiac testing
- Fecal infusion effective for recurrent C. difficile infection
- Fecal microbiota transplant effective for irritable bowel syndrome
- Fecal occult blood testing is inaccurate as part of diagnostic workup
- Fecal transplantation better than placebo for remission in patients with ulcerative colitis
- Fecal transplantation does not improve abdominal pain in persons with irritable bowel syndrome
- Female hair shedding most pronounced in autumn
- Female hormone therapy is not associated with an increased risk of retinal artery or vein occlusion
- Femoral lines not associated with increased risk of bloodstream infections
- Fenofibrate decreases amputation in patients with type 2 DM (FIELD)
- Fenofibrate reduces laser photocoagulation (FIELD)
- Fertility returns within 6 months for more than 50% of the women who stop using contraceptives
- Fesoterodine effective for treating overactive bladder syndrome
- Fesoterodine improves nocturnal symptoms due to overactive bladder
- Fetal movement counts not useful to screen for fetal compromise
- Fetal pulse oximetry not beneficial
- Fewer catheter-related complications with central access in ICU patients
- Fewer complications with condom than Foley catheters
- Fewer deaths/strokes/revascularizations with metformin than glipizide.
- Fewer deaths and fewer ICU admissions with the use of a remotely monitored, automated alert system
- Fewer exacerbations but somewhat more pneumonia with triple inhaler therapy for COPD (IMPACT)
- Fewer intubations with awake prone positioning of patients with AHRF due to COVID-19
- Fewer major bleeds with edoxaban than with warfarin, but treatment benefit unclear (ENGAGE-AF)
- Fewer new clots using high-dose prophylactic anticoagulation for patients with hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia (ANTICOVID)
- Fewer overall hospital days with use of indwelling pleural catheters vs pleurodesis for malignant effusions
- Fewer recurrences of patella dislocation in kids after surgery than after bracing
- Fewer recurrences of small umbilical hernias repaired with mesh than with sutures
- Fewer recurrent strokes but more bleeding with DAPT within 72 hours of mild ischemic stroke (INSPIRES)
- Fewer recurrent strokes with PFO closure than medical treatment in patients with cryptogenic stroke
- Fewer severe exacerbations with as-needed budesonide + formoterol than with maintenance budesonide for mild-moderate asthma
- Fewer strokes but more bleeding with aspirin + either clopidogrel or ticagrelor than with monotherapy in secondary stroke prevention
- Fewer subsequent strokes with ticagrelor plus aspirin than with aspirin alone
- Fewer than 1 in 20 patients with onychomycosis achieve complete clearance with topical terbinafine
- Fewer than 1 in 5 elders survive in-hospital CPR
- Fewer than 4% of children with newly diagnosed hypertension in primary care or school settings have secondary causes
- Fewer unintended pregnancies with 24-day OC regimens
- Few red flags assoc with low back pain actually predict fracture or malignancy
- Fezolinetant: promising treatment for menopausal vasomotor symptoms (SKYLIGHT 1)
- Fibrates do not decrease mortality
- Fibrates reduce nonfatal events, no effect on fatal events
- Fibrinolysis for intermediate-risk PE: increased bleeding, no mortality effect
- Fibromyalgia treatment guidelines from EULAR
- Fidaxomicin an alternative to vancomycin for C. difficile
- Final report from SPRINT: lowering SBP below 120 mm Hg decreases major adverse cardiac events and all-cause mortality
- Financial incentives improve smoking cessation rates during pregnancy (CPIT III)
- Financial incentives to patients improve smoking quit rates
- Finasteride prevents low-grade prostate cancers, but does not reduce mortality
- Finerenone decreases hospitalization for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (NNT = 189/year)
- Finerenone reduces composite cardiovascular outcome and risk of decreased eGFR, but increases risk of hyperkalemia
- First-degree AV block associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes
- First-line treatment for social anxiety disorder: cognitive behavioral therapy
- First-trimester fetal growth restriction associated with adverse birth outcomes
- First-trimester intranasal triamcinolone increases risk of respiratory system malformations
- First-trimester vaginal progesterone results in lower rates of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preeclampsia
- Fish oil fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy prevents wheezing in children
- Fish oil supplementation does not reduce the risk or severity of dry eye disease
- FIT has similar yield as colonoscopy for colorectal cancer and advanced adenoma over 10 years
- FIT more acceptable with better detection rate than gFOBT for colorectal cancer screening
- FIT testing can rule in or rule out colon cancer using different cutoffs
- Five-day nitrofurantoin superior to single-dose fosfomycin for women with uncomplicated UTI
- Five days of antibiotic therapy is comparable with 10 days in children with community-acquired pneumonia (SAFER)
- Five days of antibiotic treatment is an option for children aged 3 months to 5 years with uncomplicated but febrile UTI
- Five days of ivermectin does not significantly decrease the duration of symptoms in patients with mild COVID-19
- Five days of penicillin for strep throat is equal to 10 days
- Five-year outcomes show more deaths with off-pump than on-pump CABG
- Fixed-dose, subcutaneous, unfractionated heparin effective for VTE
- Fixed-dose pitavastatin reduces cardiovascular events in patients with HIV: NNT = 82 over 5 years (REPRIEVE)
- Flex sig reduces incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer
- Flex sig screening effective for men of any age and women younger than 60 years
- Flibanserin ineffective for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women
- Fluconazole use in pregnancy associated with spontaneous abortion
- Fluoroquinolones = beta-lactam for acute bacterial sinusitis
- Fluoroquinolones effective for community-acquired pneumonia
- Fluoxetine is minimally effective for obsessive-compulsive behaviors in children/adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
- Fluoxetine may offer advantages over other anxiety treatments
- Fluticasone + salmeterol may reduce mortality but also increase pneumonia in COPD
- Fluticasone plus vilanterol an option for COPD
- Flu vaccine does not increase fever frequency when added to the 12- to 16-month vaccine line-up
- Flu vaccine for surgical inpatients not associated with higher health care use in the immediate postdischarge period
- Flu vaccine not associated with flares in patients with rheumatoid disorders
- Flu vaccine reduces risk of adverse CV events in high-risk patients
- Fluvoxamine decreases hospitalizations in high-risk adults with COVID-19 (TOGETHER)
- Fluvoxamine is not effective for improving time to recovery in adults with mild to moderate COVID-19
- Focused ESWT better than placebo to relieve pain in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis
- Folate prevents stroke
- Foley catheter=vaginal prostaglandins for cervical ripening and labor induction
- Folic acid and zinc supplementation does not improve semen quality or increase live birth rate
- Folic acid does not reduce risk of colorectal adenomas
- Folic acid supplementation does not reduce CVD risk nor mortality
- Following STOPP criteria can decrease adverse drug effects in older patients
- Follow-up colonoscopy may not be necessary after acute uncomplicated diverticulitis
- Fondaparinux effective for superficial thrombosis but at very high cost
- For 3-vessel disease (but not left main disease), CABG is preferred over PCI
- For adults presenting to the emergency department, mortality is 7.9% for COVID-19 (Omicron), 6.0% for RSV, and 2.5% for influenza
- For alcoholic hepatitis: prednisolone may help, pentoxifylline does not [STOPAH]
- For atrial fibrillation with ACS or PCI, apixaban plus clopidogrel (without aspirin) is preferred (AUGUSTUS)
- For cardiac arrest survivors without ST elevation, immediate angiography and PCI no better than delayed (COACT)
- For carefully selected stroke patients, endovascular thrombectomy is beneficial at 6 to 16 hours after onset (DEFUSE)
- Forced cough = local anesthesia for cervical biopsy
- Forceps delivery from low station at term pregnancy associated with relative safety
- For cervical ripening: double-balloon catheter = dinoprostone at 36 hours
- For device-detected atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation decreases stroke risk (NNT = 100), increases major bleeding (NNTH = 62)
- For hospitalized patients: repeat hemoglobin testing within a 24-hour period is of little value
- For men with PSA > 3.0, limiting biopsy to lesions seen on MRI appears to be safe
- For mild/moderate acne, adapalene + BPO, clindamycin + BPO, and adapalene alone are most effective, in that order
- For mild to severe COPD exacerbations, antibiotics and steroids remain the mainstay of treatment
- For patients with AMI and preserved ejection fraction, long-term beta-blockers do not improve outcomes (REDUCE-AMI)
- For patients with ARDS, conservative oxygen strategy is no better, and may be worse, than a more liberal strategy (LOCO2)
- For patients with chronic kidney disease, prehydration prior to contrast-enhanced computed tomography is unnecessary
- For patients with subclinical intermittent atrial fibrillation, apixaban prevents 1 stroke and causes 1 major bleed per 250 persons (ARTESIA)
- For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are taking a GLP-1, SGLT2 may be preferred to a sulfonylurea as add-on therapy
- For post-thrombolysis hyperglycemia: no reduction in symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage with continuous intravenous insulin therapy
- For severe secondary peritonitis, on-demand relaparotomy > planned relaparotomy
- For stable coronary artery disease plus atrial fibrillation, rivaroxaban alone is better than rivaroxaban plus aspirin
- For stroke patients with unknown time of symptom onset, intravenous alteplase decreases disability but increases mortality
- For treatment of acute coronary syndrome, prasugrel is better than ticagrelor at preventing recurrent MIs at 1 year
- Four questions plus home monitor useful for diagnosing sleep apnea
- Fourth dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is effective in persons 60 and older
- Fractional CO2 laser no more effective than sham for improving postmenopausal vaginal symptoms
- Fracture risk based on BMD and FRAX score higher in adults with type 2 diabetes
- Framingham Risk Score and Pooled Cohort Equations both overestimate cardiovascular event risk
- Free contraception associated with reduced long-term pregnancy and birth rates in teens (CHOICE study)
- Freezing = acid for plantar warts
- Fremanezumab effective for episodic migraine
- Frenectomy, especially when performed early, is associated with improved speech articulation in children with ankyloglossia
- Frenotomy for ankyloglossia is associated with improved breastfeeding outcomes
- Fresh blood does not improve outcomes more than older units of blood
- Friday the 13th? Bring it on!
- Frozen embryo transfer associated with increased risk of childhood cancer
- Fructose-rich beverage intake associated with increased risk of gout in women
- 5-FU acceptable treatment option for CIN2
- 5-FU is most effective therapy for actinic keratosis
- Full ROM indicates absence of elbow fracture
- Fully automated blood pressure measurement is the way to go in the office
- Functional outcomes for pediatric arm fracture just as good with initial POCUS instead of initial radiography (BUCKLED)
- Furosemide doesn't prevent acute renal failure
- Further evidence no difference between N95 respirator and medical mask for influenza prevention