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ACP guideline offers advice, evidence on treating acute episodic migraines
The new guideline recommends adding a triptan if nonpregnant adult patients with moderate to severe episodic migraines do not have a response to NSAID or acetaminophen therapy.
Tool may allow earlier detection of heart failure in the community
A tool based on three symptoms, with follow-up testing, was successfully used to detect heart failure, as well as undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, at community events in areas of socioeconomic deprivation, a British study found.
MKSAP Quiz: Headaches, fever, painful rash
A 27-year-old man is evaluated in the emergency department for a 1-week history of headaches, fever, cough, painful rash, and swollen painful lymph nodes. He recently had unprotected receptive anal intercourse with a new male partner. Medical history is significant for HIV infection. Following a physical exam and lab studies, which of the following viruses is the most likely diagnosis?
Limited evidence supports continuing buprenorphine for acute pain in patients with OUD
Available evidence supports the current best practice of continuing buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) already prescribed this medication, a systematic review of 115 studies concluded.
Alcohol cessation linked with worsening of cholesterol levels
The cessation of alcohol consumption was associated with an increase in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and a decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in a dose-dependent manner, a single-center Japanese study found.
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