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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: General Internal Medicine

General Internal Medicine current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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June 2025

Buprenorphine, pain, and opioid use in patients taking high-dose long-term opioids

Butter and plant-based oils intake and mortality

Comparative bleeding risk in older patients with HIV and atrial fibrillation receiving oral anticoagulants

Delivery of intravenous anti‐cancer therapy at home versus in hospital or community settings for adults with cancer (new Cochrane intervention review)

Diagnosis and management of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance: a review

Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management (updated NICE guideline NG101)

Entecavir for children and adults with chronic hepatitis B (new Cochrane intervention review)

Evaluation of preventive medicine amongst people living with human immunodeficiency virus attending a hospital-based care setting

Glucose-lowering medications and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in patients with type 2 diabetes

Measuring the fitted filtration efficiency of cloth masks, medical masks and respirators

Melatonin in cancer treatment (new Cochrane intervention review)

Molnupiravir for treating COVID-19 (new NICE guideline TA1056)

Multivitamins after myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes: a randomized clinical trial

Non-invasive screening for coronary artery disease: current perspectives, patient, public health and ethical considerations in evaluating symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals

Nudging clinicians to promote serious illness communication for critically ill patients

Preventive medication deprescribing in advanced cancer patients approaching end of life

Proton pump inhibitors for the prevention of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drug‐induced ulcers and dyspepsia (new Cochrane intervention review)

Severe sepsis-associated acute kidney injury and outcomes: a longitudinal cohort study

Statin use and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease

Termination of resuscitation rules for in-hospital cardiac arrest

Vaccines for preventing infections in adults with solid tumours (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

Cochrane Library (Apr-May); Internal Medicine Journal (Apr); JAMA Internal Medicine (Apr-May); NICE website (Apr); PLOS One (Apr)

April 2025

Advance care planning, end-of-life preferences, and burdensome care: a pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial

Antiviral medications for treatment of nonsevere influenza: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Aspirin-free strategies after percutaneous coronary intervention: old habits, consolidated evidence and future perspectives

Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management (updated NICE guideline NG101)

Effect of adrenergic agonist oral decongestants on blood pressure (new Cochrane intervention review)

Efficacy and safety of using cilostazol versus aspirin in secondary stroke prevention

Excipient induced allergies in oral medications: unravelling the covert threat – a systematic review

Gliflozines use in heart failure patients: focus on renal actions and overview of clinical experience

Incidence and prevalence of post-COVID-19 myalgic encephalomyelitis: a report from the observational RECOVER-Adult study

Models of care for managing non‐specific low back pain (new Cochrane intervention review)

Multimodal interventions for cachexia management (new Cochrane intervention review)

New strategies for the treatment of hyperkalemia

Practical management of severe acute pancreatitis

Rituximab for people with multiple sclerosis (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Safety and efficacy of proton pump inhibitors in preterm infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease (new Cochrane intervention review)

Severity and long-term mortality of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus

Sulfonylurea drugs for people with severe hemispheric ischemic stroke (new Cochrane intervention review)

Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (updated NICE guideline NG209)

Transforming organ donation and transplantation: strategies for increasing donor participation and system efficiency

Treat the patient, not the disease: the embolic stroke of undetermined source as an opportunity to optimize cardiovascular prevention in a holistic approach

Treatment of hospitalized patient with hyperglycemia: an EFIM critically appraised and adapted guideline

Sources

Cochrane Library (Feb-Mar); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Feb-Mar); Internal Medicine Journal (Mar); JAMA Internal Medicine (Feb-Mar); Journal of General Internal Medicine (Jan); NICE website (Feb-Mar)

February 2025

Antidiabetic medication and asthma attacks

Anti‐PD‐1 and anti‐PD‐L1 antibodies for glioma (new Cochrane intervention review)

Association among major adverse cardiovascular events with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Blood pressure regulation and hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a historical perspective

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease's eosinophilic phenotype: clinical characteristics, biomarkers and biotherapy

Correction rates and clinical outcomes in hospitalized adults with severe hyponatremia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The effect of sample site and collection procedure on identification of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Environmental impact of large language models in medicine

Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome (new Cochrane intervention review)

Heat-induced kidney disease: understanding the impact

High-risk medications in persons living with dementia: a randomized clinical trial

Higher blood pressure targets for hypertension in older adults (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease (updated NICE guideline QS19)

Non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs for treating symptomatic uncomplicated urinary tract infections in non‐pregnant adult women (new Cochrane intervention review)

Overweight and obesity management (new NICE guideline NG246)

Pharmacotherapy for older people with obesity

Phenotype of patients with late diagnosis of 22q11 deletion: a review and retrospective study

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: updates and perspective with newer therapies

Translating evidence into practice: managing electrolyte imbalances and iron deficiency in heart failure

Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: analysis of treatment patterns in adult and paediatric patients across four European countries

Triglyceride glucose (TyG) index: a promising biomarker for diagnosis and treatment of different diseases

Urinary tract infection (recurrent): antimicrobial prescribing (updated NICE guideline NG112)

What is the spectrum of kidney pathology associated with COVID-19?

Sources

Cochrane Library (Dec-Jan); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Dec-Jan); Internal Medicine (Dec); Internal Medicine Journal (Dec); JAMA Internal Medicine (Dec-Jan); Journal of Internal Medicine (Jan); NICE website (Dec-Jan)

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