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EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 45

Prophylactic low-dose oxygen supplementation in acute stroke

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 44

Monthly naltrexone intramuscular injections to manage opioid dependence may be as effective as daily buprenorphine/naloxone tablets for treatment retention and opioid abstinence but may increase the risk of withdrawal-related adverse events

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 43

Dual-chamber pacing with closed loop stimulation reduces syncope recurrence in patients with cardioinhibitory vasovagal syncope and ≥ 2 syncopal events in 1 year

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 42

In patients with atrial fibrillation using DOACs for thromboembolic prophylaxis, concurrent use of some medications may be associated with an increased risk of non-traumatic major bleeding

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 41

Lung recruitment and PEEP titration based on respiratory-system compliance may increase mortality compared to low-PEEP strategy in patients with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory syndrome

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 40

Maternal vaccination with the 2009 pH1N1 influenza vaccine and risk of spontaneous abortion

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 39

Addition of postoperative cephalexin plus metronidazole to preoperative cefazolin reduces surgical site infection in women with obesity having cesarean delivery

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 38

Third MMR vaccination may help reduce the risk of mumps during an outbreak in a university setting

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 37

Once-daily triple therapy with fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol improves health-related quality of life and reduces COPD exacerbations compared to twice-daily budesonide/formoterol in patients with advanced COPD

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 36

Adjunct canakinumab may modestly reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events in adults with a prior myocardial infarction and elevated CRP levels, but it may also increase the risk of fatal infection or sepsis

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 35

Effect of time to treatment with furosemide on mortality in acute heart failure

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 34

The Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (pSOFA) score may predict in-hospital mortality in critically ill pediatric patients

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 33

Olaparib maintenance therapy prolongs progression-free survival in women with platinum-sensitive, relapsed BRCA-positive ovarian cancer, but its effect on overall survival is unclear

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 32

Tocilizumab increases remission and reduces corticosteroid use in giant cell arteritis

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 31

Clindamycin or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole improves cure rate after incision and drainage of S. aureus or MRSA-infected uncomplicated skin abscess ≤ 5 cm

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 30

Emicizumab may reduce bleeding risk in hemophilia A with factor VIII inhibitors

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 29

Alendronate may reduce risk of hip fracture in older patients treated with prednisolone

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 28

Parecoxib added to morphine-based analgesia may reduce delirium after total hip or knee replacement

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 27

Home-based noninvasive ventilation added to oxygen therapy and usual care after hospitalization for acute COPD exacerbation may reduce the risk of hospital readmission or death in patients with persistent hypercapnia

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 26

Immediate complete lymph node dissection and nodal observation have similar 3-year melanoma-specific survival in patients with localized cutaneous melanoma and sentinel node metastases