Despite guidelines, pediatricians vary in antibiotic choice for pneumonia
1. The majority of children in outpatient clinics were prescribed a macrolide antibiotic for treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) despite ...
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2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 20, 2017
Osimertinib or platinum-pemetrexed in EGFR T790M-positive lung cancer First line treatment for patients with advanced, non-small cell lung cancers that ...
Shorter course of antibiotics for community acquired pneumonia equally effective
1. Based on this randomized controlled trial conducted in Spain about hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia, treatment with a ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 30 – September 6, 2015
Early combined immunosuppression for the management of Crohn's disease (REACT): a cluster randomised controlled trial Crohn’s disease management involves a ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 9 – August 16, 2015
Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis Have Increased Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Mortality Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis that affects, ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 13 – July 19, 2015
Community Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization among US Adults Community acquired pneumonia is one of the leading infectious causes of hospitalization ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 29 – July 5, 2015
A Decision Analysis of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Relative to Novel and Traditional Oral Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in ...
Publication of pneumonia antibiotic guidelines changed prescribing trends
1. Publication of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines for children was associated with decreased use of wide-spectrum antibiotics. 2. Proactive dissemination ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 16 – February 22, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. A ...
Corticosteroids decrease treatment failure in severe community-acquired pneumonia
1. Use of acute corticosteroids versus placebo in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and a high initial inflammatory response ...
