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Healthcare Use in Survivors of Sepsis

The need to understand patterns of healthcare use in sepsis survivors has gained momentum to assess whether readmissions could be prevented.

Ventricular Tachycardia, Supraventricular Tachycardia With Right Bundle Branch Block, or Something Else?

Clinical Briefs

In this section: recognizing signs of binge eating disorder; a closer look an antisocial behavioral problems; and treating sickle cell pain.

Desmopressin Acetate Nasal Spray (Noctiva)

Desmopressin nasal spray is indicated for the treatment of nocturia due to nocturnal polyuria in adults who awaken at least twice per night to void.

Polyneuropathy in the Metabolic Syndrome

The metabolic syndrome, independent of the diagnosis of diabetes, is associated with the development of polyneuropathy.

Pioglitazone Improves Fibrosis Scores in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Patients With and Without Diabetes

In a meta-analysis of eight studies (five pioglitazone, three rosiglitazone) involving 516 patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, pioglitazone was found to improve fibrosis between six and 24 months.

Can Magnesium Cure Nocturnal Leg Cramps?

A small randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial demonstrated that oral magnesium oxide was not superior to placebo for older adults suffering from nocturnal leg cramps.

Infectious Disease Alert Updates

Take Those Pins Out of Your Mouth!; How Many Sex Partners Is “Too Many”?; Rinse that GC Right Out of Your Mouth

2016 Was Not a Good Year for New FDA Anti-infectives

In 2016, two anti-hepatitis C virus combination drugs were approved, as were monoclonal antibodies directed at bacterial toxins (anthrax toxin and Clostridium difficile toxin B), as well as an oral cholera vaccine.

Treatment of Early Forms of Syphilis in HIV-Infected Patients

The results of this randomized trial provide support for the CDC recommendation of treatment of early stages of syphilis in HIV-infected patients with a single intramuscular 2.4-million-unit dose of benzathine penicillin.