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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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October 2024

2024 European Society of Hypertension clinical practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

Artificial intelligence in scientific medical writing: Legitimate and deceptive uses and ethical concerns

Can short- and long-term maternal and infant risks linked to hypertension and diabetes during pregnancy be reduced by therapy?

Circadian and ultradian rhythms: clinical implications

Cytisinicline for vaping cessation in adults using nicotine e-cigarettes: the ORCA-V1 randomized clinical trial

Decreasing unnecessary use of continuous cardiac monitoring (telemetry) in hospitalised patients

Demystifying normal-anion-gap metabolic acidosis: pathophysiology, aetiology, evaluation and diagnosis

Diabetes as a risk factor for tuberculosis disease (new Cochrane prognosis review)

Effect on C-reactive protein levels of the addition of ezetimibe, bempedoic acid, or colchicine to statin treatment: a network meta-analysis

Electronic cigarettes vs varenicline for smoking cessation in adults: a randomized clinical trial

Evaluation and management of hypertensive emergency (BMJ state-of-the-art review)

Exploring the nexus: the place of kidney diseases within the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome spectrum

Immunomodulators and immunosuppressants for progressive multiple sclerosis: a network meta‐analysis (new Cochrane intervention review)

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and symptoms in adults with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infectio: the STOP-PASC randomized clinical trial

Prevalence of pulmonary nodules detected incidentally on noncancer-related imaging: a review

Preventing diabetes complications

Prevention of anthracycline and trastuzumab-induced decline in left ventricular ejection fraction with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker: a narrative systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Recommendations for an Interdisciplinary Patient Review for patients with multiple long-term conditions in the hospital

Semaglutide vs tirzepatide for weight loss in adults with overweight or obesity

Single-pill combination for treatment of hypertension: just a matter of practicality or is there a real clinical benefit?

Targeting factor XIIa for therapeutic interference with hereditary angioedema

Tinnitus update: what can be done for the ringing?

Sources

BMJ, The (Jul); Cochrane Library (Aug-Sep); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Aug-Sep); Internal Medicine Journal (Jul-Sep); JAMA Internal Medicine (Aug-Sep); Journal of Internal Medicine (Aug-Oct)

August 2024

Acute abdomen in the modern era 10.1056/NEJMra2304821

Acute cardiac events in hospitalized older adults with respiratory syncytial virus infection 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0212

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term mortality in women 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0276

Approach to obesity treatment in primary care: a review 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8526

Bone‐modifying agents for reducing bone loss in women with early and locally advanced breast cancer: a network meta‐analysis (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD013451.pub2

Caring for hospitalized adults with opioid use disorder in the era of fentanyl: a review 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7282

Challenges of antimicrobial stewardship among older adults 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.009

The complement system in the pathogenesis and progression of kidney diseases: what doesn't kill you makes you older 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.02.015

Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension 10.1136/bmj-2023-079108

Epigenetic reprograming in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a narrative of latent viruses 10.1111/joim.13792  

Gender-specific insights into the irritable bowel syndrome pathophysiology: focus on gut dysbiosis and permeability 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.03.011

Genome sequencing for diagnosing rare diseases 10.1056/NEJMoa2314761

Immunosuppressive therapy for IgA nephropathy in children (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD015060.pub2

The impact of colchicine on patients with acute and chronic coronary artery disease 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.004

Nutrition in medicine: diets (NEJM review) 10.1056/NEJMra2211889

Platelets as an inter-player between hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis 10.1111/joim.13794  

Probiotics: are they beneficial? 10.1111/imj.16388

Reducing hospitalizations and multidrug-resistant organisms via regional decolonization in hospitals and nursing homes 10.1001/jama.2024.2759            

Thick liquids and clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias and dysphagia 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0736

Treatment in primary biliary cholangitis: beyond ursodeoxycholic acid 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.030

Type 1 diabetes-related distress: current implications in care 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.03.030

Sources

BMJ, The (Jun); JAMA (1st Apr); Cochrane Library (Jun-Jul); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Jun-Jul); Internal Medicine Journal (Jun); JAMA Internal Medicine (Jun-Jul); Journal of Internal Medicine (Jul); NEJM (Jun-Jul)

June 2024

Atogepant for preventing migraine (new NICE guidance TA973)

Artificial intelligence (AI)-derived software to help clinical decision making in stroke (updated NICE guidance DG57)

Breakthrough advances enhancing care in ATTR amyloid cardiomyopathy 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.001 s

Calcium supplementation for people with overweight or obesity (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD012268.pub2

Complication rates of central venous catheters: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8232

Dementia prevention and treatment: a narrative review 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8522

Endometriosis: diagnosis and management (updated NICE guidance NG73)

Enduring echoes: post-infectious long-term changes in innate immunity 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.12.020

Focus on senescence: clinical significance and practical applications 10.1111/joim.13775  

Gout and its management 10.1111/imj.16382  

Guidance on energy and macronutrients across the life span 10.1056/NEJMra2214275

The increasing costs of medicines and their implications for patients, physicians and the health system 10.1111/imj.16370

Knowledge on cause, clinical manifestation and treatment for fibromyalgia among medical doctors: a worldwide survey 10.1111/papr.13339

Malignant ovarian and testicular germ cell tumors: common characteristics but different prognoses 10.1111/joim.13778  

Reducing hospitalizations and multidrug-resistant organisms via regional decolonization in hospitals and nursing homes 10.1001/jama.2024.2759

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): dietary and pharmacological treatment 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.005; management of cardiovascular risk 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.11.012; natural history 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.11.005; non-invasive testing and risk-stratification 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.013

Precision medicine in cardiovascular therapeutics: evaluating the role of pharmacogenetic analysis prior to drug treatment 10.1111/joim.13772  

Reframing prediabetes: a call for better risk stratification and intervention 10.1111/joim.13786

Resistant hypertension: diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment practical approach 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.12.026

Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults (updated Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD010136.pub4

Zinc for prevention and treatment of the common cold (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD014914.pub2

Sources

Cochrane Library (Apr-May); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Apr-May); Internal Medicine Journal (Apr-May); JAMA (Apr); JAMA Internal Medicine (Apr-May); Journal of Internal Medicine (May-Jun); NEJM (10th Apr); NICE website (Apr-May); Pain Practice (Apr)