Internal Medicine Alert – March 30, 2017
March 30, 2017
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Benefit of Bariatric Surgery for Obesity and Diabetes Maintained After Five Years
It seems that for an individual patient, clinicians now can discuss the pros and cons of bariatric surgery compared with aggressive medical management with a fair bit of certainty about expected outcomes.
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Helping Disabled Patients Through Physical Activity
Recent trial demonstrated that a structured physical activity intervention reduces reported severe mobility disability and difficulty on mobility tasks, but not all disability in older adults who experience functional limitations.
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Antibiotic Treatment in Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with newly diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia, basing the duration of antibiotic treatment on clinical stability criteria led to a significant reduction in duration of antibiotic treatment without an increased risk of adverse outcomes.
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Deflazacort Tablets and Suspension (Emflaza)
Deflazacort is indicated for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients ≥ 5 years of age.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: soothing dementia with music; the gastrointestinal tract and cardiology; NSAIDs might pose cardiovascular risks.