Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective modality for HIV prevention that can be prescribed by generalists.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis should be offered to patients who are at high risk of HIV exposure, including gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM), women...
1 Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for acute
diverticulitis have increased
Emergency department visits for acute diverticulitis increased by 26.8% to
113.9 visits per 100 000 from 2006 to 2013 in the United States.1
Hospital admissions for...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder that may involve multiple clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The complexity of managing PH requires a multifaceted, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach, with active...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder that may involve multiple clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The complexity of managing PH requires a multifaceted, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach, with active...
Background: Urine cultures are nonspecific and often lead to misdiagnosis of urinary tract infection and unnecessary antibiotics. Diagnostic stewardship is a set of procedures that modifies test ordering, processing, and reporting in order to optimize diagnosis and downstream treatment. In this...
Objectives The Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) recently reported blood pressure-mediated benefits of a potassium-enriched salt substitute on cardiovascular outcomes and death. This study assessed the effects of salt substitutes on a breadth of outcomes to quantify the consistency of the...
International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) have limited clinical utility
The INR and aPTT should be used only for specific clinical indications (see Appendix 1, available at...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has claimed an estimated 15 million lives, including more than 1 million lives in the United States alone. The rapid development of multiple Covid-19 vaccines has been a triumph of biomedical research, and billions of vaccine doses have been...
GUIDELINE TITLE ACG Clinical Guidelines: Prevention,
Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections
RELEASE DATE May 18, 2021
PRIOR VERSION 2013
DEVELOPER American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
FUNDING SOURCE ACG
TARGET POPULATION Adults...
Importance: Prior randomized trials have generally shown harm or no benefit of stenting added to medical therapy for patients with symptomatic severe intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, but it remains uncertain as to whether refined patient selection and more experienced surgeons might result...
