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EBM Focus - Volume 13, Issue 3

Vitamin D and calcium supplementation in unselected community-dwelling adults > 50 years old

EBM Focus - Volume 13, Issue 2

Electronic cardiac devices may not pose serious risk for patients having MRI scans

EBM Focus - Volume 13, Issue 1

Tranexamic acid-soaked pledgets may control anterior epistaxis better than anterior packing in patients taking antiplatelet drugs

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 52

EBM Focus 2017 Year in Review

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 51

Very low-calorie diet leading to weight loss can induce remission of type 2 diabetes in the primary care setting

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 50

Fecal microbiota transplantation by oral capsules is as effective as infusion by colonoscopy for preventing recurrence of C. difficile infection in patients with recurrent infections

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 49

Addition of rivaroxaban to aspirin modestly reduces the risks of death and major cardiovascular events in adults with stable coronary artery disease, but increases the risk of major bleeding

Resident Focus - Volume 12, Issue 10

Knee arthroscopy with debridement and/or partial meniscectomy may not improve short- or long-term pain, function or quality of life in patients with symptomatic degenerative knee disease

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 48

Thrombectomy 6-24 hours after onset of ischemic stroke

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 46

PCI with stents might not increase exercise capacity in stable single-vessel stenosis

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 45

Prophylactic low-dose oxygen supplementation in acute stroke

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 44

Monthly naltrexone intramuscular injections to manage opioid dependence may be as effective as daily buprenorphine/naloxone tablets for treatment retention and opioid abstinence but may increase the risk of withdrawal-related adverse events

Resident Focus - Volume 12, Issue 9

Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the risk of persistent asthma or wheezing in children

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 43

Dual-chamber pacing with closed loop stimulation reduces syncope recurrence in patients with cardioinhibitory vasovagal syncope and ≥ 2 syncopal events in 1 year

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 42

In patients with atrial fibrillation using DOACs for thromboembolic prophylaxis, concurrent use of some medications may be associated with an increased risk of non-traumatic major bleeding

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 41

Lung recruitment and PEEP titration based on respiratory-system compliance may increase mortality compared to low-PEEP strategy in patients with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory syndrome

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 40

Maternal vaccination with the 2009 pH1N1 influenza vaccine and risk of spontaneous abortion

Resident Focus - Volume 12, Issue 8

Point-of-care lung ultrasound reduces the use of chest x-ray in children and may not increase missed cases of pneumonia

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 39

Addition of postoperative cephalexin plus metronidazole to preoperative cefazolin reduces surgical site infection in women with obesity having cesarean delivery

EBM Focus - Volume 12, Issue 38

Third MMR vaccination may help reduce the risk of mumps during an outbreak in a university setting