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Episode 24 - First Trimester Pregnancy Emergencies: Recognition and Management

EB Medicine

Jeff: It’s worth noting, however, that a 2016 systematic review found no reliable evidence supporting routine screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria, so send a urinalysis and culture only if there is suspicion for a UTI. Even if the urinalysis is negative, the culture may still have growth.

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PROFID EHRA: The Most Important Trial of the Decade in Cardiology

Sensible Medicine

Yet, still, the vast majority (≈13 of 14) of patients implanted with an ICD for primary prevention never receive a shock, and therefore gain no benefit. In the DANISH trial (2016), which recruited only patients with heart failure not due to CAD, the ICD no longer reduced death over optimal heart failure therapy.