EE+ POEM Archive
- Only some musculoskeletal conditions benefit from surgery
- Postoperative opioids are no better for pain relief and cause more adverse effects than nonopioids
- 2022 NICE guidance: type 2 diabetes
- Point-of-care testing for respiratory pathogens did not reduce antibiotic use in children or improve outcomes
- Maternal triptan use during pregnancy is not associated with risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring
- USPSTF 2022: No recommendation to screen for glaucoma in adults (I statement)
- Azithromycin associated with lower rate of chorioamnionitis in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes
- SGLT2 inhibitors reduce heart-failure-–related hospitalization in patients without diabetes
- Hybrid and natural immunity are robust but, like vaccine immunity, wane over time
- Low-quality evidence: CBT and hypnosis may be effective for pain relief in children with functional abdominal pain
- Treatment of mild chronic hypertension during pregnancy is beneficial
- Brief intervention ineffective to decrease unhealthy drug use
- Early treatment of screen-detected anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions reduces progression to cancer
- Motivational interviewing ineffective in helping patients lose weight
- No change in mortality with restricted intravenous fluid therapy in patients with septic shock
- Treatment with a single immune checkpoint inhibitor successfully treated advanced rectal cancer
- USPSTF 2022 recommends against beta-carotene or vitamin E to prevent cardiovascular disease or cancer
- Another study fails to find PRP injections effective for adults with degenerative joint disease of the knee
- Manual rotation of occiput posterior during labor increases the rate of spontaneous vaginal delivery
- USPSTF 2022: No recommendation for impaired visual acuity screening in older adults
- Use of procalcitonin guidance reduces antibiotic duration in hospitalized patients
- Combination albuterol-budesonide rescue inhaler somewhat better than albuterol alone for preventing severe asthma exacerbations (MANDALA)
- Intensive urate lowering for erosive gout is difficult to achieve and does not improve outcomes