Author/s: Lieu, J.E.C., Kenna, M., Anne, S.
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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Author/s: Egan, A.M., Dow, M.L., Vella, A.
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...
Author/s: Chanchlani, Neil, Walters, Thomas D., Russell, Richard K.
KEY POINTS
• 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...
Author/s: Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Author/s: Gupta, A., Waldfogel, J.M., Sharma, R., Feliciano, J.L., Sedhom, R., Day, J., Gersten, R.A., Davidson, P.M.
Main Points
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...
Author/s: Gencer, Baris, Marston, Nicholas A., Im, KyungAh, Cannon, Christopher P., Sever, Peter, Keech, Anthony, Braunwald, Eugene, Giugliano, Robert P., Sabatine, Marc S.
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...
Author/s: Chandler, P.D., Chen, W.Y., Ojala, O.N.
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...
Author/s: Garber, A.J., Handelsman, Y., Grunberger, G., Einhorn, D., Abrahamson, M.J., Barzilay, J.I., Blonde, L., Bush, M.A.