Summaries of Must-Read Clinical Literature, Guidelines, and FDA Actions
This Week's Must Reads
Expansion in clinical trial eligibility requested by ASCO, Friends of Cancer and ASCO letter to the FDA
Antibiotic Use Among US Older Adults, BMJ; ePub 2018 Jul 27; Olesen, Barnett, et al
Healthy Behaviors & Reduced Risk of Obesity , Mayo Clin Proc; ePub 2018 Jul 27; Shook, et al
Modifiable Risk Factors in New BP Categories, Am J Med; ePub 2018 Jul 26; Gu, Yue, et al
Psychological Screening for Youth with Abdominal Pain, Pediatrics; ePub 2018 Jul 25; Cunningham, et al
Clinical Guidelines
Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages & Cardiometabolic Health, Circulation; ePub 2018 Jul 30; Johnson, et al
Antiretroviral Drugs for Management of HIV, JAMA; 2018 Jul 24/31; Saag, Benson, et al
FDA Actions
FDA Approves Steglatro for Adults with T2D, Pfizer news release; 2017 Dec 22
FDA Approves Ozempic for Treatment of T2D, Novo Nordisk news release; 2017 Dec 5
Women's Health
Acute Myocardial Infarction During Pregnancy, Mayo Clin Proc; ePub 2018 Jul 18; Smilowitz, et al
Evaluating ASCVD Risks Among US Women, JAMA Intern Med; ePub 2018 Jul 23; Mora, et al
Sexual Health
Treating Urogenital Chlamydia Infection, Is doxycycline superior to azithromycin?
FDA Approves Sexual Desire Disorder Drug, Flibanserin (Addyi) approved to treat premenopausal women
Dermatology
USPSTF: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer, JAMA; 2018 Mar 20; USPSTF, et al
Comparing Oral Meds for Toenail Fungal Infection, JAMA; 2018 Jan 23/30; Kreijkamp-Kaspers, et al
Addiction Medicine
Risks and Benefits of Marijuana Use, Ann Intern Med; ePub 2018 Jul 24; Keyhani, et al
Medication Use for Opioid Use Disorder, Ann Intern Med; ePub 2018 Jun 19; Larochelle, et al
Pain
Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions for Children, Pediatrics; ePub 2018 Jul 16; Chung, et al
Medication Use for Opioid Use Disorder, Ann Intern Med; ePub 2018 Jun 19; Larochelle, et al
Pulmonology
Occupational Cleaning & Lung Function Decline, Am J Respir Crit Care Med; ePub 2018 Feb 16; Svanes, et al
Should Patients with Syncope be Evaluated for PE?, JAMA Intern Med; ePub 2018 Jan 29; Costantino, et al
Sleep Medicine
Does Sleep Debt Decrease with Age? , Sleep Health; ePub 2018 Jun 28; Fox, et al
Sleep Duration & Cardiometabolic Health in Adolescents, Pediatrics; ePub 2018 Jun 15; Cespedes, et al
Hematologic Malignancies
Prognostic Score System for Patients with PMF, J Clin Oncol; ePub 2017 Dec 9; Gugliemelli, et al
These Patients Are More Apt to Be Depressed, Ann Hematol; ePub 2017 Dec 7; Shreders, et al
HIV
Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV Acquisition, Can new intervention reduce HIV infections?
Pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 infection, Just how effective is PrEP?
Mixed Topics
Sexual Intercourse Among High School Students, MMWR; 2017 Jan 5; Ethier, Kann, et al
Coffee Consumption & Risk of Mortality, Ann Intern Med; ePub 2017 Jul 11; Park S, et al
Diabetes
Metformin Use and Hospitalization with Acidosis, JAMA Intern Med; 2018 Jul; Lazarus, et al
Medications Don’t Slow T2D Progression in Youth, Diabetes Care; ePub 2018 Jun 25; RISE Consortium
Mental Health
Psychological Screening for Youth with Abdominal Pain, Pediatrics; ePub 2018 Jul 25; Cunningham, et al
Efficacy of CBT vs Education for Chronic Pain, Ann Intern Med; ePub 2018 Feb 27; Thorn, et al
Cardiology
Modifiable Risk Factors in New BP Categories, Am J Med; ePub 2018 Jul 26; Gu, Yue, et al
Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages & Cardiometabolic Health, Circulation; ePub 2018 Jul 30; Johnson, et al
Neurology
Smoking and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Men, Stroke; ePub 2018 Apr 19; Markidan, et al
Prior Use of NOACs & Mortality in ICH Patients, JAMA; 2018 Feb 6; Inohara, Xian, Liang, et al