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- 2024 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular management before noncardiac surgery: What’s new?
The author highlights key changes and recommendations of the new guideline, how they differ from previous and other society guidelines, and ongoing challenges and unresolved issues in perioperative care.
- Nociplastic pain: A practical guide to chronic pain management in the primary care setting
Nociplastic pain is characterized by amplification of pain transmission and pain perception and does not involve visible tissue injury or damage, which makes it difficult to understand and manage.
Most elderly patients with subclinical hypothyroidism do not need to be treatedAge-adjusted thyrotropin reference ranges, consideration of individual circumstances, and a wait-and-see approach for mild subclinical hypothyroidism might be more suitable than a universal treatment strategy.
- Psychedelics in the medical toolbox?
Given the historical association of psychedelics as “recreational” mind-altering compounds within countercultures of the 1960s and 1970s, their current introduction into several aspects of medical practice is a surprise to many.
- Should glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists be withheld during the preoperative period?
Clinical judgment should guide this decision, taking into account patient symptoms and the presence of factors that may delay gastric emptying and increase risk for aspiration.
- Heart to heart: Progress in cardiovascular disease prevention for people living with HIV
The already higher cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV is exacerbated by social determinants of health such as socioeconomic status, access to healthcare, and systemic discrimination. Interventions that address this risk must be based in medical science and equity.
- Hyperglycemic crises in adults: A look at the 2024 consensus report
A new report introduces revised criteria for the diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state, as well as new recommendations for assessment, management, and prevention of these disorders.
- All sulfa drugs are not created equal
Misinformation about “sulfa allergy” can result in unnecessary avoidance of useful medications and the prescription of less effective alternatives.
- Sarcoidosis with diffuse purplish erythematous plaques on the hands
A 70-year-old woman presented in winter with a 1-month history of asymptomatic redness of the hands.
