NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

Dr. Paul Sax honors an inspiring colleague, in HIV and ID Observations.

New recommendations include preoperative measurement of biomarkers to refine risk assessment in select patients.

Fifteen million adults are at elevated risk for heart failure, researchers found.

A randomized trial showed that sepsis alerts, based on the qSOFA score, lowered 90-day inpatient mortality.

In the VITAL study, supplementation did not improve strength, balance, or walking speed.

Very well, with minimal breakdown of epinephrine.

AGS can be mistaken for gastrointestinal illnesses, such as irritable bowel syndrome.

Researchers describe three CPPD disease “phenotypes.”

A rule using four readily available clinical characteristics can lead to reasonable termination of resuscitation when prognosis is poor.

Updated guidelines by the American College of Gastroenterology offer a clear treatment algorithm.