NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

Patients might have benefited from tirofiban, although these findings require confirmation before clinicians change their practice.

An invasive management strategy did not improve survival compared with a conservative approach but did lower morbidity risk.

The PEN-FAST score accurately identifies young patients who have true penicillin allergies.

Dr. Paul Sax, in HIV and ID Observations: We don't know if anal cancer screening actually prevents cancer.

Updated IDSA guidelines include a stepwise approach to antibiotic selection, recommendations on switching to oral therapy, and shorter treatment courses.

In recent years, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been performed less commonly in these patients.

In this subset of cases, extended anticoagulation lowered risk for VTE recurrence.

More than 85% of patients with suspected sepsis were overtreated in emergency departments.

High-quality evidence to support this practice is lacking.

Dr. Paul Sax is pleasantly surprised by a required online learning module, in HIV and ID Observations.