NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest during races has remained stable, but postarrest survival has improved substantially.

In HIV and ID Observations, Dr. Paul Sax discusses the approval of a brand new antibiotic class for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

A new guideline recommends short duration of DAPT if bleeding risk is high and advises bivalirudin instead of heparin for PCI.

About 40% of adolescents and 15% of adults with heavy menstrual bleeding who were seen in specialty care had underlying bleeding disorders.

In generally healthy older adults, supplementation did not improve these outcomes.

Nearly all adults with body-mass indexes that indicated obesity had excess fat mass.

According to an updated meta-analysis, this potential benefit for supplementation remains uncertain.

Low ferritin correlated well with low bone marrow iron stores, but no feasible ferritin cutoff ruled out iron deficiency anemia with high certainty.

Microcytic, normocytic, and macrocytic anemia all were more common in people with diabetes than in those without.

Dr. Paul Sax begins a three-part series outlining how ID doctors get paid. in HIV and ID Observations.