2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 20, 2026
Advanced Medical Care at Home Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure 1. Following hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure (HF),...
Erector spinae plane blocks may not provide meaningful benefit over standard analgesia in breast surgery patients
1. Erector spinae plane blocks reduced PACU opioid requirements and modestly shortened PACU stay, but did not produce a clinically...
A chemical denervation intervention may be safe and effective for pain management in avascular necrosis of the hip
1. Chemical neurolysis of the anterior hip capsular branches appears to be a safe and effective analgesic option for AVN-related...
Chemotherapy exposure is independently associated with reduced pain severity in advanced pancreatic cancer
1. Chemotherapy appears to be independently associated with reduced pain severity in advanced pancreatic cancer, reinforcing the importance of routine,...
Spinal instability may be the primary cause of pain in sacral metastases as opposed to neurologic compromise
1. Although neurological symptoms (motor deficits, sensory impairment) were more frequent in patients with sitting-related sacral pain on univariate comparison,...
Infection risk with infliximab (Remicade) and adalimumab (Humira) is similar in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
1. Among children with inflammatory bowel disease, there were no significant differences in serious or outpatient infection risk between initiating...
Septoplasty is more costly but more effective than medical management for deviated septum
1. Immediate septoplasty is more costly but more clinically effective than medical management for deviated septum. 2. Over a 24-month...
Letrozole (Femara) improves sperm concentration in men with spermatogenic failure
1. In adult male patients with spermatogenic failure (SPGF), letrozole (Femara) is well tolerated and associated with significantly greater upgrade rates...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 13, 2026
Evaluating the effectiveness of bilateral erector spinae plane blocks in addition to standard multimodal analgesia at reducing opioid consumption in...
The addition of leflunomide (Arava) to prednisone (Deltasone) may not improve rate of remission in Takayasu arteritis
1. Leflunomide (LEF) plus prednisone was well tolerated but did not significantly increase clinical remission of Takayasu arteritis (TAK) compared...
