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Should We Screen for Atrial Fibrillation? ESC Says Yes (2024), Evidence Says…?

Family Medicine Initiative

Even if one disagrees with the content, ESC guidelines are influential… The older 2020 ESC Leitlinie on atrial fibrillation has been cited over 10,000 times and read more than 2 million times. What do other Guidelines recommend? Conclusion: Most guidelines do not recommend atrial fibrillation screening for asymptomatic, older patients.

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The association between BNT162b2 vaccinations and incidence of immune-mediated comorbidities [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background A large vaccination campaign was initiated worldwide in December 2020 in order to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 and severe Covid-19 disease. Therefore, our objective was to examine the association between vaccination and the incidence of autoimmune diagnoses in the first year after vaccine uptake.

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Triglyceride-Glucose Indices Predict Risk of NASH in NAFLD

Physician's Weekly

adults with NAFLD: results from NHANES 2017-2020,” published in the June 2025 issue of Frontiers in Endocrinology by Ma et al. Stratified analyses indicated increased risk among males, middle-aged adults, and Non-Hispanic Black individuals.

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HIV trial shows viral suppression is not achieved through increased case management alone

Medical Xpress

Viral suppression of HIV by antiretroviral medications helps slow transmission of the disease and keep individuals living with it healthy, at times making viral loads so low they are undetectable even on blood tests. Sixty-five percent of people diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. were virally suppressed as of 2020.

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Aftershock in Academia: Assessing COVID-19s Impact on Schizophrenia Patients in Academic Medical Centers [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with schizophrenia who are admitted to academic medical centers (AMCs) has not been previously reported. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and post-COVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023).

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An Evaluation of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence, Treatment, and Guideline Adherence in an Ambulatory Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

In 2020 and 2021, CDC guidelines changed recommended treatment for both GC and CT. Population Studied: Individuals with gonorrhea and chlamydia positive tests. 52.7% (n=2311/4385) were diagnosed in a Hospital / ED setting, 25.2% (1107) within a primary care setting, and 18.1% in an urgent care setting.

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EmergiQuiz 2024 Online Case Diagnoses Revealed

PEMBlog

Since 2020 the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine has also been sponsoring the publication of online cases on EmergiQuiz.com. Part 1: Case Presentations – Today (Tuesday, September 24th) Part 2: Diagnosis Revealed – Thursday, September 26th Here are the 4 cases, each linked to their individual page. The cases are presented in two parts.