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Top 20 Research Studies of 2021 for Primary Care Physicians.
Am Fam Physician ; 106(1): 61-69, 2022 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2156674
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This article summarizes the top 20 research studies of 2021 identified as POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters) that did not address the COVID-19 pandemic. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists prevent adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and also reduce all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Most older adults (mean age, 75 years) with prediabetes do not progress to diabetes. Among patients in this age group with type 2 diabetes treated with medication, an A1C level of less than 7% is associated with increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia, especially when using a sulfonylurea or insulin. For patients with chronic low back pain, exercise, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, duloxetine, and opioids were shown to be more effective than control in achieving a 30% reduction in pain, but self-discontinuation of duloxetine and opioids was common. There is no clinically important difference between muscle relaxants and placebo in the treatment of nonspecific low back pain. In patients with chronic pain, low- to moderate-quality evidence supports exercise, yoga, massage, and mindfulness-based stress reduction. For acute musculoskeletal pain, acetaminophen, 1,000 mg, plus ibuprofen, 400 mg, without an opioid is a good option. Regarding screening for colorectal cancer, trial evidence supports performing fecal immunochemical testing every other year. For chronic constipation, evidence supports polyethylene glycol, senna, fiber supplements, magnesium-based products, and fruit-based products. The following abdominal symptoms carry a greater than 3% risk of cancer or inflammatory bowel disease dysphagia or change in bowel habits in men; rectal bleeding in women; and abdominal pain, change in bowel habits, or dyspepsia in men and women older than 60 years. For secondary prevention in those with established arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, 81 mg of aspirin daily appears to be effective. The Framingham Risk Score and the Pooled Cohort Equations both overestimate the risk of cardiovascular events. Over 12 years, no association between egg consumption and cardiovascular events was demonstrated. Gabapentin, pregabalin, duloxetine, and venlafaxine provide clinically meaningful improvements in chronic neuropathic pain. In patients with moderate to severe depression, initial titration above the minimum starting dose of antidepressants in the first eight weeks of treatment is not more likely to increase response. In adults with iron deficiency anemia, adding vitamin C to oral iron has no effect. In children with pharyngitis, rhinosinusitis, acute bronchitis, or acute otitis media, providing education combined with a take-and-hold antibiotic prescription results in 1 in 4 of those children eventually taking an antibiotic.
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Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cardiovascular Diseases / Low Back Pain / Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Physicians, Primary Care / Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Long Covid / Traditional medicine Limits: Aged / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Am Fam Physician Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cardiovascular Diseases / Low Back Pain / Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Physicians, Primary Care / Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Long Covid / Traditional medicine Limits: Aged / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Am Fam Physician Year: 2022 Document Type: Article