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Journal watch from the UTSW Internal Medicine Residency. Sharing impt and relevant articles for our patients!

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The April 2019 issue of @UTSWIMJW is out! Thanks to our editors, authors, & faculty mentors! @Jeff_Chidester @NHoeting @adsumarsono @ahanasen426 @Taylor_Nipp @kpflores28 @NNShahMD @NeilKeshvani @Jasmine48394377 @arijbennett @UTSWIMchief @UTSWInternalMed
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Dr. Sunny Lai – Seven Versus 14 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Sunny Lai – Seven Versus 14 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacter...

Dr. Sunny Lai – Seven Versus 14 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacter...

Yahav D, et al. Clin infect Dis. 2019 Sep 13;69(7):1091-1098.     Summary: Decreasing the duration of antibiotic exposure in patients with infection is an important strategy in reducing complicatio…

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Dr. Hussain Lalani – Medicare Costs at End of Life utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Hussain Lalani – Medicare Costs at End of Life

Dr. Hussain Lalani – Medicare Costs at End of Life

Duncan et al. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Aug;36(8):705-710   Summary: End of Life (EOL) care represents a disproportionate share of Medicare’s cost. This article summarizes prior research on EOL …

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Dr. Yusuf Chao – Results of a 6-week treatment with 10 mg prednisolone in patients with hand osteoarthritis (HOPE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Yusuf Chao – Results of a 6-week treatment with 10 mg prednisolone in patients with hand...

Dr. Yusuf Chao – Results of a 6-week treatment with 10 mg prednisolone in patients with hand...

Kroon FPB, et al. Lancet. 2019 Nov 30; 394(10213):1993-2001.    Summary: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition in adults associated with significant morbidity and impaired quality of life.…

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Dr. Ryan Kabir – Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Ryan Kabir – Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure

Dr. Ryan Kabir – Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure

Stone GW, et al. NEJM. 2018 Dec 13;379(24):2307-2318.    Summary: The COAPT trial was a multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label trial evaluating transcatheter mitral-valve repair with the M…

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Dr. Cody McCoy – Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Cody McCoy – Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy

Dr. Cody McCoy – Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy

Perkovic V., et al. NEJM. 2019 June 13; 380L2295-2306.    Summary: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were developed with the intent of lowering blood glucose in patients with type 2…

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Dr. Hinkamp – What’s New or Changed in the October 2019 IDSA/ATS Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults? utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Hinkamp – What’s New or Changed in the October 2019 IDSA/ATS Consensus Guidelines on the...

Dr. Hinkamp – What’s New or Changed in the October 2019 IDSA/ATS Consensus Guidelines on the...

Metlay, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct, 200: e45-e67   Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a widely prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and is one of the m…

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Dr. Ashwin Rao – Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Ashwin Rao – Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele

Dr. Ashwin Rao – Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis with a Single Phe508del Allele

Middleton et al. N. Engl. J. Med. 20191  Summary: Cystic Fibrosis is a progressive autosomal recessive genetic disorder, caused by one of several different mutations in a gene encoding the cystic f…

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Dr. Kristen Wong – Use of “Doctor” Badges for Physician Role Identification During Clinical Training utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Kristen Wong – Use of “Doctor” Badges for Physician Role Identification During Clinical Training

Dr. Kristen Wong – Use of “Doctor” Badges for Physician Role Identification During Clinical Training

Foote, et al. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2019 November 179(11):1582-1584 Summary: In this study, Foote and colleagues implemented a well-being oriented intervention using hospital badges to improve id…

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Dr. Shiva Reddy – Association of a P2Y12 Inhibitor Copayment Reduction Intervention with Persistence and Adherence with Other Secondary Prevention Medications utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Shiva Reddy – Association of a P2Y12 Inhibitor Copayment Reduction Intervention with Persiste...

Dr. Shiva Reddy – Association of a P2Y12 Inhibitor Copayment Reduction Intervention with Persiste...

Fanaroff et al. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Nov 13. Epub ahead of print Summary: Medication cost is a well-known barrier to obtaining medications for many patients. Earlier in 2019, Wang et al. published th…

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Dr. Lauren Franzblau – Investigation into the α-Gal Syndrome: Characteristics of 261 Children and Adults Reporting Red Meat Allergy utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Lauren Franzblau – Investigation into the α-Gal Syndrome: Characteristics of 261 Children and...

Dr. Lauren Franzblau – Investigation into the α-Gal Syndrome: Characteristics of 261 Children and...

 Wilson et al. J Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice. Vol 7, October 2019, 2348-2358.  Summary: IgE mediated food allergies are typically the result of direct sensitization to a protein antige…

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Dr. Mark Metzinger – Comparisons between Oral Anticoagulants among Older Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Mark Metzinger – Comparisons between Oral Anticoagulants among Older Nonvalvular Atrial...

Dr. Mark Metzinger – Comparisons between Oral Anticoagulants among Older Nonvalvular Atrial...

Deitelzweig, et. al. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2019; 67: 1662-2671.    Summary: Management decisions regarding anticoagulation in the elderly are often very challenging. The risk of atrial fibrillation inc…

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Parkland – Dallas County Safety Net utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Parkland – Dallas County Safety Net

Parkland – Dallas County Safety Net

Christiana Beveridge, Faculty: Dr. Arthur Hong   Safety net providers (hospitals and health practices) are defined by the National Academy of Medicine as “those providers that organize and deliver …

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Dr. Cody McCoy reviews PARAGON-HF utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Cody McCoy reviews PARAGON-HF

Dr. Cody McCoy reviews PARAGON-HF

Summary: Extensive research is ongoing studying heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).  There are many pathophysiological mechanisms proposed regarding the etiology of the disease.…

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Dermatology Challenge by Dr. Nathani utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
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Dr. Dhanani reviewing the CITRIS-ALI trial utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
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Thanks to advances in #cardiology, between 1/3 and 1/2 of #CHF patients can have significant improvement in their heart function says #UTSW #heartfailure expert @MarkDrazner in @forbes. Read his 10 tips for patients: bit.ly/34Ziis5
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Dr. Piyush Nathani reviewing NEJM article on transplantation of Hepatitis C-positive donors to uninfected recipients. utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
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Dr. Christiana Beveridge reviews the “Medicare for All” debate utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
Dr. Christiana Beveridge reviews the “Medicare for All” debate

Dr. Christiana Beveridge reviews the “Medicare for All” debate

‘Medicare-for-All’ is a refrain that has been repeated frequently by Democrats and the media over the last few months. The term was first introduced by Bernie Sanders during his 2016presidential ca…

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Dr. McCoy reviewing Kim D, et al. EHJ. 2019 June 18; Atrial fibrillation and dementia risk in stroke-free patients utswimjournalwatch.wordpress…
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