EE+ POEM Archive
- Final report from SPRINT: lowering SBP below 120 mm Hg decreases major adverse cardiac events and all-cause mortality
- Anticonvulsants, SNRIs, and rubefacients are best initial choices for chronic pain caused by diabetic neuropathy or postherpetic neuralgia
- More unfavorable outcomes with 6 weeks versus 12 weeks of oral antibiotic therapy for prosthetic joint infections
- Tocilizumab decreases deaths and mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, hypoxia, and elevated CRP levels (RECOVERY)
- No difference in cognitive decline in elderly patients with coronary artery disease undergoing CABG vs PCI
- The 4 'A's Test (4AT) is reasonably accurate in ruling out delirium in adults 65 and older
- USPSTF 2021 now recommends colorectal screening beginning at age 45 years (B recommendation)
- Levetiracetam is comparable with current second-line agents to treat children with convulsive status epilepticus
- Antibiotic therapy does not prevent death or acute exacerbations in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- A lower oxygenation target for critically ill patients with respiratory failure does not reduce mortality
- ACG guideline on managing patients with acute upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding
- Five days of antibiotic therapy is comparable with 10 days in children with community-acquired pneumonia (SAFER)
- Delayed admission to the intensive care unit for heart failure is associated with higher mortality and readmissions
- Resuming oral anticoagulants after a bleed is associated with fewer thrombi and deaths, but more bleeds
- Limited data show adjunctive ketorolac modestly decreases pain in patients with renal colic
- Non-antidepressant approaches are more effective for treating depression in patients with dementia
- The majority of occiput posterior positions rotate to occiput anterior positions during second-stage labor
- Multiple steroid injections into arthritic joints do not improve outcomes more than other injections
- More frequent hemoglobin monitoring is associated with more transfusions in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding
- Cannabinoids cause side effects but don't seem to cause serious adverse effects in patients older than 50
- Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine is highly effective and safe in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years
- Patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention have better outcomes using guided antiplatelet therapy