94. New Afib Guidelines, New standard for SK, and Foley cath + UTI

afib- new guidelines!
https://www.google.com/search?q=2019+American+Heart+Association%2C+American+College+of+Cardiology+and+the+American+Rhythm+Society+focused+update+from+their+2014+guidelines+for+the+management+of+patients+with+atrial+fibrillation&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS708US708&oq=2019+American+Heart+Association%2C+American+College+of+Cardiology+and+the+American+Rhythm+Society+focused+update+from+their+2014+guidelines+for+the+management+of+patients+with+atrial+fibrillation&aqs=chrome..69i57.1079j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


FIT test has high sensitivity and specificity for crc and it gets more people to do colon cancer screening and lets be honest it is only a good test or a good drug if people actually do it

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30802902

afib can wait to be converted and over 50% of the time will convert on its own
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900353

good news for you lazy people listening to this on the couch you can still inprove your all cause mortality with increase exercise in your midlife crisis.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2727269


if a person has an arterial blood clot they dont always have cancer but most likely they have cancer and we have not found it... yet

http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/133/8/781?sso-checked=true


UTI and foley cath- probably dont need to replace the foley cath give the correct antibiotic

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094820