NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

Asthma control is similar compared with daily treatment, with far less systemic steroid exposure.

People with mucosal damage developed PD significantly more often than those without mucosal damage.

Twenty percent of patients were readmitted within 3 months, often for cardiovascular and infectious sequelae.

In this retrospective study, a new diagnosis of dementia in an older adult was more likely within 1 year after a serious fall.

It's probably 9 g/dL in patients with MI and anemia.

Commonly used nonstandard arm positions resulted in clinically relevant overestimation of BP.

Important presentations for generalists

In a placebo-controlled trial, frequency of cramps was significantly lower with vitamin K2.

Risk for recurrent kidney stones was lower with SGLT-2 inhibitors than with GLP-1 agonists.

This randomized trial showed no difference in local or systemic side effects in patients receiving their vaccines on either schedule.