Medscape Medical News

• Prophylactic Antibiotic May Reduce VAP After Cardiac Arrest Pneumonia is common in patients on a ventilator after cardiac arrest. Results of the ANTHARTIC trial suggest prophylactic antibiotics can reduce that risk.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• Nutritional Support Linked to Better Survival Among Inpatients Nutritional support improved survival among inpatients on general medical wards, most of whom received intermittent oral nutrition, a meta-analysis found.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• Vaping, Drug Issues Dominate FDA Chief Confirmation Hearing Several senators pressed the nominee, Stephen Hahn, MD, on whether he would support a ban on flavored vaping products as the Trump administration is reconsidering its original support for such a ban.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• Ubrogepant Eases Acute Migraine Pain, New Data Confirm Final results from the ACHIEVE II randomized, placebo-controlled trial confirm the safety and efficacy of the CGRP antagonist for acute migraine. FDA action is expected next month.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• ACEP 2019Gun Violence More Health Problem Than Criminal Justice Issue Clinicians have protocols for health risks, such as alcohol withdrawal, but emergency physicians point out there is no guidance to evaluate those who might harm themselves or others.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• No Link Between Abortion and Suicide Attempts Abortion does not increase a woman's risk of attempting suicide, calling into question state policies that require providers to tell women about its potential mental health risks, including suicide.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• US Air Ambulances: Expensive, Risky, and Regulation-Averse Whereas the US has had 29 fatal air ambulance accidents since 2008, Canada has had just one and the UK has had none.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• AMA Stands Up to Stop 'Fraud, Harm, Trauma' in LGBTQ Patients The American Medical Association has announced several new and updated policies to better support and protect transgender patients and other members of the LGBTQ community.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• Identical Twins Don't Need Immunosuppression After Transplant Kidney transplants between monozygotic twins can be done successfully without immunosuppression, with excellent outcomes, shows an analysis of twin transplants in the modern era.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• Questions Over Value of Bevacizumab in Many Cancers The value of bevacizumab in the treatment of many cancers has been questioned, given that it has been approved mostly on the basis of progression-free, and not overall, survival benefits.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• Voice-Enabled AI App May Reduce EHR Documentation Time A pilot program that uses a voice-enabled AI may make speech recognition more effective, allowing doctors to generate notes with a few voice commands. One expert thinks the effort is already outdated.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• AMA Backs More Healthcare Economics Education for Med Students The American Medical Association urges more study of cost-effective use of diagnostic services and treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2019
• AHA 2019Silencing Novel Target Genes: A New Strategy for Lipid Lowering Following in the footsteps of inclisiran, two lipid-lowering therapies based on silencing specific genes involved in lipid metabolism showed promising preliminary results in initial clinical trials.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• AHA 2019DAPA-HF: Heart Failure Toolbox Poised to Add New Drug Family 'What I don't want to see is slow uptake, once it gets the indication in nondiabetics,' said one physician. Think of SGLT2 inhibitors the same way as ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and other HF drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• AHA 2019COACT at 1 Year: Later Angiography Okay in Non-STEMI Cardiac Arrest These 1-year COACT results suggest that angiography remains essential, but early angiography does not improve long-term outcomes in patients who have non-STEMI cardiac arrest.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• ACR 2019Personal Goals Crucial in Virtual Reality Physical Training Virtual reality can help with the rehabilitation of patients with movement problems, but the equipment and programs must be modified for individual care to be effective.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• New Agent May Improve Seizure Control in Resistant Epilepsy Adjunctive cenobamate is linked to greater decreases in seizure frequency and higher responder rates than placebo in patients with treatment-resistant focal epilepsy, a new phase 2 trial suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• KidneyWeek 2019Novel Antibody Looks Promising in Lupus Nephritis A highly engineered anti-CD20 antibody, obinutuzumab, enhances renal responses in lupus nephritis compared with standard immunotherapy and is well tolerated. A Phase 3 study is planned for 2020.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• Male Clinicians Miss Microaggressions Their Female Peers Notice When viewing videos showing microagressions, men recognized them less frequently than women, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019
• AHA 2019RECOVERY: Early Surgery Best in Severe Asymptomatic AS? In asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis, early aortic valve replacement surgery was associated with lower mortality than a more conservative course.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2019