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21 December 2020

Multidisciplinary Journal Club

  1. Oh CE, Ortiz-Brizuela E, Bastos ML, Menzies D, et al.
    Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of QFT-Plus to Other Tests of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
    Clin Infect Dis 2020.

  1. Mitja O, Corbacho-Monne M, Ubals M, Alemany A, et al.
    A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for Prevention of Covid-19.
    N Engl J Med 2020.

  2. Cortes J, Cescon DW, Rugo HS, Nowecki Z, et al.
    Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy for previously untreated locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (KEYNOTE-355): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 3 %0
    Lancet 2020;396:1817-1828.

  3. Nowak H, Zech N, Asmussen S, Rahmel T, et al.
    Effect of therapeutic suggestions during general anaesthesia on postoperative pain and opioid use: multicentre randomised controlled trial.
    BMJ 2020;371:m4284.

  4. Yuen CM, Majidulla A, Jaswal M, Safdar N, et al.
    Cost of delivering 12-dose isoniazid and rifapentine versus 6 months of isoniazid for tuberculosis infection in a high-burden setting.
    Clin Infect Dis 2020.

  1. Dave CV, Kim SC, Goldfine AB, Glynn RJ, et al.
    Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Following Addition of SGLT2 Inhibitors Versus Sulfonylureas to Baseline GLP-IRA Therapy.
    Circulation 2020.

  2. Sparano JA, Crager MR, Tang G, Gray RJ, et al.
    Development and Validation of a Tool Integrating the 21-Gene Recurrence Score and Clinical-Pathological Features to Individualize Prognosis and Prediction of Chemotherapy Benefit in Early Breast Cancer.
    J Clin Oncol 2020.

  3. Sugrue A, van Zyl M, Enger N, Mancl K, et al.
    Echocardiography-Guided Risk Stratification for Long QT Syndrome.
    J Am Coll Cardiol 2020;76:2834-2843.

  4. Edmonston DL, Isakova T, Dember LM, Brunelli S, et al.
    Design and Rationale of HiLo: A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial of Phosphate Management for Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis.
    Am J Kidney Dis 2020.

  5. Delicano RA, Hammar U, Egenvall A, Westgarth C, et al.
    The shared risk of diabetes between dog and cat owners and their pets: register based cohort study.
    BMJ 2020;371:m4337.

  1. Kim ES, Tarassishin L, Eisele C, Barre A, et al.
    Longitudinal Changes in Fecal Calprotectin Levels among Pregnant Women with and without Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Their Babies.
    Gastroenterology 2020.

  2. Baron TH.
    Hydrogen Peroxide as an Adjunctive Therapy for Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis During Direct Endoscopic Necrosectomy: A Solution to the Problem or a Problematic Solution?
    Am J Gastroenterol 2020.

  3. Aldaas OM, Lupercio F, Darden D, Mylavarapu PS, et al.
    Meta-Analysis of the Usefulness of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
    Am J Cardiol 2020.

  4. Perros P, Nirantharakumar K, Hegedus L.
    Recent evidence sets therapeutic targets for levothyroxine-treated patients with primary hypothyroidism based on risk of death.
    Eur J Endocrinol 2020.

  5. Delcros Q, Rohmer J, Tcherakian C, Groh M, et al.
    Extensive DVT and Pulmonary Embolism Leading to the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the Absence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia.
    Chest 2020;158:e269-e271.

  1. Doidge JC, Gould DW, Ferrando-Vivas P, Mouncey PR, et al.
    Trends in Intensive Care for Patients with COVID-19 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020.

  2. Takamiya A, Seki M, Kudo S, Yoshizaki T, et al.
    Electroconvulsive Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
    Mov Disord 2020.

  3. Specchio N, Curatolo P.
    Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: what we do and do not know.
    Brain 2020.

  4. Lestingi JFP, Guglielmetti GB, Trinh QD, Coelho RF, et al.
    Extended Versus Limited Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection During Radical Prostatectomy for Intermediate- and High-risk Prostate Cancer: Early Oncological Outcomes from a Randomized Phase 3 Trial.
    Eur Urol 2020.

  5. Pilonis ND, Bugajski M, Wieszczy P, Rupinski M, et al.
    Participation in Competing Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening - a Randomized Health Services Study (PICCOLINO Study).
    Gastroenterology 2020.


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