Primary care clinician risk assessment for hereditary breast cancer
Primary care clinicians should be proficient at assessing the potential for hereditary breast cancer risk in their patients.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Undisclosed condition leads to death
A patient’s widow asserts that the clinician should have checked hospital records taken prior to admission.
Initiating alpha-blocker therapy linked to higher risk of stroke in men
Investigators found an increased risk of ischemic stroke among all patients within 21 days following initiation of alpha-blocker therapy.
Ventricle pacing reduces heart failure in chronic kidney disease patients
Researchers found a 15% to 20% reduction in the risk of hospitalization for or death from heart failure in patients who received cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D).
Monitoring is advised for adults born preterm
Premature birth has been associated with a number of adverse health conditions.
Shingles increases stroke, MI risk in elderly
Risk of stroke and myocardial infarction may be more than double in the first week following a shingles diagnosis in elderly patients.
Better prenatal care, breastfeeding help lower the rate of SIDS
Better pre- and neonatal care, highere rates of breast feeding, and lower rates of smoking during pregnancy have contributed to overall lower rates of infant mortality.
Palliative chemotherapy may reduce quality of life in some patients with end-stage cancer
Palliative chemotherapy in the last month of life may increase the patient’s risk of intensive medical treatment and death in an ICU.
Denosumab may reduce the risk of fracture in women with breast cancer on aromatase inhibitor therapy
Denosumab has been shown to reduce fracture risk in women with breast cancer with bone metastases.
Initiating antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients with CD4 T-cell counts >500 cells/mcL
Recommendations for initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in asymptomatic adults with HIV are generally based on CD4 T-cell counts.
- Loading...
Loading...
Next post in Evidence-Based Medicine
Loading... 
Loading...