Search results for "Guidelines"
Cardiac societies issue new joint guideline on management of heart failure
The updated guideline recommends sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for many heart failure patients, regardless of their diabetes status, among other changes.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/04/05/2.htm
5 Apr 2022
MKSAP Quiz: Left lower pelvic pain
A 62-year-old woman is evaluated for left lower pelvic pain for the last 3 months. Family history is significant for ovarian cancer in her mother at age 51 years and triple-negative breast cancer in her sister at age 42 years. A CT shows an 8-cm left adnexal mass in the pelvis. What is the most appropriate initial management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/19/3.htm
19 Mar 2024
New ACP clinical guidelines address diagnosis, management of adult patients with diverticulitis
Among other recommendations, ACP suggests clinicians can manage most patients with uncomplicated left-sided colonic diverticulitis in an outpatient setting and should refer those with complicated disease for colonoscopy after an initial episode.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/01/18/2.htm
18 Jan 2022
Antifracture effects of zoledronate persist for up to 3.5 years, study suggests
Fracture rates rose from 15 per 1,000 woman-years in the last two years of a six-year trial to 24 fractures in the first two years of follow-up. In the next two years of follow-up, the rate substantially increased to 42 fractures per 1,000 woman-years.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/12/4.htm
12 Mar 2024
Guideline recommends pharmacologic treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high fracture risk
Bisphosphonates are recommended for initial treatment, although ibandronate is not recommended for reducing nonvertebral or hip fracture risk, the clinical practice guideline from the Endocrine Society stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/02/4.htm
2 Apr 2019
Guideline recommends when to refer patients with obstructive sleep apnea for surgery
Clinicians should discuss referral to a sleep surgeon, bariatric surgeon, or both with patients who do not tolerate positive airway pressure, according to new recommendations from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/21/2.htm
21 Sep 2021
Guideline addresses viral testing in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
The new American Thoracic Society guideline opposes routine use of nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza viral pathogens in outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia but identifies some uses for the tests in inpatients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/11/4.htm
11 May 2021
Meta-analysis compares oral antibiotic regimens for mild to moderate CAP
No statistically significant differences were found, but the results suggested favoring nemonoxacin, levofloxacin, telithromycin, and clarithromycin over penicillin and amoxicillin for outpatients with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/02/27/1.htm
27 Feb 2024
Screening for latent TB may miss higher-risk patients
A study of one large U.S. health system found that risk factors for latent tuberculosis (TB) were not associated with greater likelihood of screening.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/23/4.htm
23 Jan 2024
Guidelines suggest fidaxomicin over vancomycin for Clostridioides difficile infection
The Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America made three new recommendations in a focused update of their guidelines on Clostridioides difficile infection.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/29/5.htm
29 Jun 2021