Episode 227: 227. NEW--Complications of Lung Cancer Screening

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.13757ECG abnormalities were present in 40% of hypokalemic patients and included t-wave flattening/inversion, ST-segment depression, QTc prolongation, l...

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https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-3225researchers randomized 160 patients with mostly unilateral hip OA to two 60-minute sessions weekly for 12 weeks,you were randomized to receive either ne...

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adult smokers who are given e-cigarettes are significantly more likely to be abstinent at 6 months from a target quit date with a  (NNT = 8) but those individuals were not more likely to be abstinent ...

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However, screening is not recommended because it has not been shown to improve patient outcomes.. Lifestyle recommendations include moderating alcohol use, quitting smoking, exercising, and losing wei...

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https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2024/03000/american_college_of_gastroenterology_guidelines_.14.aspx2 of the 3 following criteria: (i) abdominal pain consistent with the disease, (ii) serum amyla...

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Bottom line-Elevated cholesterol as a child into an adult is bad but we still don’t know if treating children with medication improves this badness but we can say if you have elevated cholesterol as a...

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Weight gain <5 kg was not associated with risk for the composite outcome among women with class 1 and 2 obesity (BMIs, ≥30–39.9 kg/m2). Weight gain <5 kg and weight loss were associated with lower ris...

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Chair placement was not associated with a difference in patients’ ability to name their physician (P=1.0), ability to successfully identify their reason for hospital admission (P=0.82), or perceptions...

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