Importance Asthma is a major public health problem worldwide and is associated with excess morbidity, mortality, and economic costs associated with lost productivity. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program has released the 2020 Asthma Guideline Update with updated...
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Managing Asthma in Adolescents and Adults 2020 Asthma Guideline Update From the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
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Hearing Loss in Children
Importance Hearing loss in children is common and by age 18 years, affects nearly 1 of every 5 children. Without hearing rehabilitation, hearing loss can cause detrimental effects on speech, language, developmental, educational, and cognitive outcomes in children.
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A Review of the Pathophysiology and Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy
Diabetes is a common metabolic complication of pregnancy and affected women fall into two subgroups: women with pre-existing diabetes and those with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). When pregnancy is affected by diabetes, both mother and infant are at increased risk for multiple adverse...
Managing nonspecific abdominal pain in children and young people
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• Children present frequently to primary and emergency care with nonspecific abdominal pain.
• Only a few treatment options exist to manage colicky, undifferentiated pain; however, most children will not present more than once or twice to health services for this problem...
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2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer
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For patients with advanced cancer:
- Airflow interventions (fans) were more effective for improving breathlessness compared with usual care or sham.
- Bilevel ventilation (a form of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation) was more effective than standard...
Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Background: The clinical benefit of LDL cholesterol lowering treatment in older patients remains debated. We aimed to summarise the evidence of LDL cholesterol lowering therapies in older patients.
Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we...
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Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplements on Development of Advanced Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the VITAL Randomized Clinical Trial
Importance Epidemiologic and trial data suggest that vitamin D supplementation may reduce metastatic cancer and cancer mortality, reflecting shared biological pathways.
Objective To follow up on the possible reduction in cancer death in the Vitamin D...
Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
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