Abstract
Description: In February 2022, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the management of major depressive disorder (MDD). This synopsis summarizes key recommendations.
Methods:...
Background: The advanced access model was developed 20 years ago and has been implemented in several countries. We aimed to revise and operationalize the pillars and subpillars of the advanced access model based on its contemporary practice by professionals in primary health care.
Methods...
Background: The advanced access model was developed 20 years ago and has been implemented in several countries. We aimed to revise and operationalize the pillars and subpillars of the advanced access model based on its contemporary practice by professionals in primary health care.
Methods...
GUIDELINE TITLE 2022 American College of Cardiology
(ACC)/American Heart Association AHA)/Heart Failure
Society of America (HFSA) Guidelines for the Management
of Heart Failure
RELEASE DATE April 1, 2022
PRIOR VERSIONS 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update
of the...
Importance No retrospective cohort study has assessed the effectiveness of semaglutide at doses used in randomized clinical trials to treat obesity (ie, 1.7 and 2.4 mg).
Objective To study weight loss outcomes associated with semaglutide treatment at doses used in randomized clinical...
Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD), a group of inherited blood cell disorders that primarily affects Black or African American persons, is associated with severe complications and a >20-year reduction in life expectancy. In 2014, an expert panel convened by the National Heart, Lung, and...
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...
Importance Myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), formerly known as myelodysplastic syndromes, are clonal hematopoietic malignancies that cause morphologic bone marrow dysplasia along with anemia, neutropenia, or thrombocytopenia. MDS are associated with an increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (...
Clostridioides difficile infection is a common nosocomial and community-acquired cause of diarrhea, with an estimated 453 000 cases per year in the United States.1 Treatment of CDI is based on severity and recurrence risk.
