| Browse by Title![[file]](images/m/file.gif) AAP/AAFP guideline for acute otalgia in children  - AAP Practice Guideline: Delaying feeding does not prevent atopy
- ABCD2 score not reliable for stroke prediction after TIA
- ABCD rule predicts 7- and 30-day stroke risk in pts with TIA
- ABCD score predicts 7 day stroke risk in patients with TIA
- Abnormal nuchal translucency does not = abnormal child
- About 1 in 4 obese children with acanthosis nigricans have impaired glucose control
- Abx for drained skin abscesses may decrease new lesions in adults
- Abx in patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis (limited evidence)
- ACC/AHA: Fewer patients require prophylaxis for endocarditis
- Accelerated care decreases length of stay in joint replacement surgery
- Accelerated protocol identifies chest pain patients at low risk for major cardiac events
- Access to free LARC associated with decreased risk of unintended pregnancy
- ACE = ARB, but ACE + ARB worsens renal outcomes (ONTARGET)
- ACE = ARB for secondary CV prevention; combination worse (ONTARGET)
- ACE inhibitor + ARB = no benefit and increased risk
- ACE inhibitor preferred over ARB in patients with ischemic heart disease
- ACE inhibitors effective in CAD without CHF
- Acellular pertussis efficacy wanes within 5 years after last dose
- Acetaminophen=celecoxib in DJD
- Acetaminophen in normal doses safe in children
- ACL reconstruction not necessary for good clinical outcome
- ACP Guideline: Intensive insulin therapy not recommended for ICU patients
- ACP Guideline: Universal VTE prophylaxis not recommended for hospitalized medical and stroke patients
- ACP guidelines on screening for colon cancer
- ACS risk similar with normal ECG performed during presence or absence of chest pain
- Acupuncture better than sham for neck pain
- Acupuncture effective for chronic shoulder pain
- Acupuncture effective for long-term back pain relief
- Acupuncture effective for some with chronic prostatitis
- Acupuncture improves fibromyalgia symptoms
- Acupuncture improves in vitro pregnancy rates
- Acupuncture ineffective for Alzheimer's dementia
- Acupuncture ineffective for hot flashes
- Acupuncture may have value in treating GERD
- Acupuncture may help some people quit smoking
- Acupuncture may not be effective as a pain reliever
- Acupuncture more effective than usual care for osteoarthritis
- Acupuncture possibly effective for ulcerative colitis
- Acupuncture reduces post-op knee pain
- Acute migraine: prochlorperazine better than sumatriptan
- Acute-onset visual floaters and flashes and the risk for retinal detachment
- Acute pain relief from ibuprofen >= acetaminophen-codeine for extremity injury in kids
- Adding clopidogrel worsens outcomes following lacunar stroke
- Adding MTX to sulfasalazine better for RA (MASCOT)
- Adding steroids improves outcomes in severe Kawasaki disease (RAISE)
- Adding tiotropium of little benefit in asthma
- Adenoidectomy does not decrease respiratory tract infections in children
- ADHD drugs do not increase serious CV events in children and young adults
- ADHD medications not associated with increased risk of CVD
- Adjunctive antidepressants not effective for depression in bipolar disorder
- Adjuvant increases efficacy of influenza vaccine in infants and children
- Adjuvant radiation for stage I endometrial cancer: less local recurrence, no survival benefit
- Adolescents and young adults with microscopic hematuria at increased risk of ESRD
- Adult circumcision prevents HIV transmission in sub-Saharan African men
- Adult survivors of childhood cancer at increased risk of subsequent cancer
- Adults with both anxiety and depression respond poorly to treatment
- After 15 years, 50% of patients with optic neuritis developed MS (ONTT)
- After colonoscopy, 1.3% have major adverse events and 33% have minor adverse events
- After surviving in-hospital CPR to discharge, 60% of elderly alive at 1 year, 44% at 3 years
- Aggressive early tx after TIA/minor stroke improves outcomes (EXPRESS)
- Aggressive increase in Hgb does not improve QOL
- Aggressive treatment of asymptomatic GERD does not improve asthma
- Alcohol screening tool effective in Iding patients at higher risk for postop complications
- Alemtuzumab more effective than interferon for multiple sclerosis
- Alendronate therapy unnecessary for most women after 5 years
- Alexander technique reduces low back pain disability
- Alfuzosin (alpha-agonist) not effective for chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain
- Aliskiren worsens outcomes in high-risk diabetics
- All diets work equally poorly
- Allergic rhinitis associated with increased risk of bronchial hyperreactivity (ECRHS)
- Aloe vera gel effective for oral lichen planus
- Aloe vera not effective for irritable bowel syndrome
- Alpha-blocker or nifedipine may help pass kidney stones
- American Pain Society guideline for low back pain
- Amitriptyline effect on QOL in teens with IBS is equivocal
- Amox-clavulanate during COPD exacerbations decreases Sx and delays subsequent exacerbations
- Amoxicillin-clavulanate effective for AOM in kids younger than 3 years
- Amoxicillin-clavulanate effective for wet cough lasting >3 weeks in kids
- Amoxicillin still ineffective for acute bronchitis, even in HIV patients
- Androgen deprivation therapy associated with increased risk of fracture, DM, CVD death
- Androgen deprivation therapy does not increase risk of CV death in men with prostate cancer
- Angled insulin insertion with 6-mm needle best for children with T1DM
- Annual conventional cytology most cost-effective for surveillance after CIN treatment
- Annual mammography starting at 40 doesn't lower breast CA mortality
- Annual rupture rate <= 0.5% for aneurysms 3 to 6 mm
- Annual screening chest x-ray does not reduce lung cancer mortality
- An omega-3 fatty acid = placebo in Huntington disease
- Antenatal corticosteroids don?t reduce respiratory morbidity in near-term infants
- Antenatal magnesium neuroprotective for premies
- Antiandrogens effective for hirsutism, better than metformin
- Antibiotic prophylaxis ineffective in vesicoureteral reflux
- Antibiotic prophylaxis may not decrease risk of recurrent UTI in children
- Antibiotic prophylaxis promising for anal sphincter repair
- Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent UTI effective for high-risk children
- Antibiotics and nasal steroids of little/no benefit for acute sinusitis
- Antibiotics do not improve outcomes after IandD of skin abscess
- Antibiotics for conjunctivitis decreases symptom duration
- Antibiotics for URIs reduce complications (but not enough to matter)
- Antibiotics in first year of life associated with later asthma
- Antibiotics reduce mortality in children with severe acute malnutrition
- Antibiotics slightly effective for purulent rhinitis
- Antibiotics slightly increase risk of childhood asthma
- Anticholinergics, pelvic floor muscle exercises improve urinary incontinence in women
- Anticholinergics of greater benefit in COPD treatment
- Anticoagulation ineffective for recurrent miscarriage
- Anticoagulation reversal with vitamin K doesn't reduce bleeding
- Anticoagulation self-monitoring and self-management is a safe option
- Antidepressants helpful in chronic rheumatic and other pain disorders
- Antidepressants of uncertain effectiveness in patients with depression + dementia
- Antidepressants only modestly effective for adolescent depression
- Antihypertensive therapy beneficial for patients with BP < 140/90 and history of CVD
- Antioxidants, CoQ ineffective for patients with Alzheimer disease
- Antioxidants don't prevent colorectal cancer
- Antioxidants do not prevent macular degeneration
- Antioxidants may increase mortality
- Antiplatelet agents prevent preeclampsia
- Antipsychotic drugs more effective than mood stabilizers in acute mania
- Antiretroviral regimens prevent HIV-1 transmission during breastfeeding
- Antiretroviral treatment of mother or infants effective during breastfeeding
- Antithrombotic therapy after stent in patients already using anticoagulant
- Antiviral medication exposure safe in first trimester of pregnancy
- Antivirals can prevent influenza but treatment of symptoms is less impressive
- Antivirals have a small benefit in children
- AOM wait-and-see treatment without Rx decreases antibiotic use
- Apixaban increases bleeding with no benefit in high-risk patients with ACS
- Apixaban reduces stroke and embolism more than aspirin in A fib
- Apixaban slightly more effective and safe than warfarin, but more expensive
- Apolipoprotein levels no better than standard methods to evaluate CVD risk
- A PPI test does not improve diagnosis of GERD
- Applied behavior intervention = standard care in autism
- A primary care register for high-risk asthma patients prevents hospitalizations
- ARBs and ACE inhibitors prevent A fib
- ARBs reduce BP in prehypertensive patients
- ARB treatment of high CV risk patients
- ARDS prognosis
- A restriction diet will benefit some children with ADHD
- ASA: not for primary prevention
- ASA+dipyridamole better than ASA for cerebral ischemia (ESPRIT)
- ASA effective in secondary prevention of vascular disease, uncertain in primary prevention
- ASA of limited benefit in patients with diabetes
- ASA prevents colorectal adenomas
- Asking "Is there something else?" decreases patients' unmet concerns
- Asking about suicide doesn't trigger suicidal ideation
- Ask-tell-ask approach to discussing prostate cancer screening
- As needed steroid + beta-agonist works well in mild persistent asthma
- Aspirin + dipyridamole = clopidogrel for recurrent stroke prevention (PROFESS)
- Aspirin = enoxaparin for prevention of recurrent miscarriage
- Aspirin dose >81mg daily not beneficial for secondary prevention of CVD
- Aspirin following anticoagulation therapy prevents recurrent VTE (ASPIRE)
- Aspirin may prevent cancer in carriers of hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (CAPP2)
- Aspirin prevents colon cancer
- Aspirin prevents recurrent venous thromboembolism
- Aspirin prevents vascular events in patients with PAD
- Aspirin reduces cancer death and all-cause mortality
- Aspirin use after diagnosis of colon cancer reduces mortality
- Assessment of geriatric hospital patients: ltd data, ltd effect on outcomes
- Asymptomatic gallstones rarely lead to cholecystectomy and may go away
- Atkins equally or more effective for weight loss in premenopausal women
- Atomoxetine better than placebo but not uniformly effective in young children
- ATP-III more efficient than JUPITER
- Atrial fibrillation recurrence higher with episodic treatment with amiodarone
- Atypical antipsychotics minimally effective, poorly tolerated in AD
- Atypical antipsychotics worsen cognition in Alzheimer?s (CATIE-AD)
- Autism not linked to thimerosol in vaccines
- Autistic disorder symptom treatments have limited evidence
- Automated blood pressure more accurate in the office
- Azelaic acid effective for papulopustular rosacea
- Azithromycin 1% minimally better than placebo for acute conjuctivitis
- Azithromycin associated with increased risk of CV death
- Azithromycin at least as effective as doxycycline for PID
- Azithromycin of questionable benefit given daily for COPD
- Azithromycin prevents bronchiectasis exacerbations in adults without cystic fibrosis (EMBRACE)
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