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Also on this page you’ll see bonus content from our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD, in the form of his top highlights you can’t miss, along with clinical pearls from The Smartest Internist, a quiz competition from the editors of MDLinx Internal Medicine in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.
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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (84) Focus on Angina901 Can patterns of alcohol use disorder in young adulthood help explain gender differences in depression Comprehensive Psychiatry, May 1, 2012
902 Physical Activity Energy Expenditure in Dutch Adolescents: Contribution of Active Transport to School, Physical Education, and Leisure Time Activities Journal of School Health, May 1, 2012
903 Body dissatisfaction and body mass in girls and boys transitioning from early to mid-adolescence: additional role of self-esteem and eating habits Full Text BMC Psychiatry, April 30, 2012
904 Adolescent and Caregiver Reports of ADHD Symptoms Among Inner-City Youth: Agreement, Perceived Need for Treatment, and Behavioral Correlates Journal of Attention Disorders, April 30, 2012
905 Emotional Processing and Self-Control in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Journal of Pediatric Psychology, April 27, 2012
906 The effectiveness of Internet-based blood glucose monitoring system on improving diabetes control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes Pediatric Diabetes, April 27, 2012
907 Reliability and validity of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in 2 special adult samples from rural China Comprehensive Psychiatry, April 26, 2012
908 Racial differences in arterial stiffness among adolescents and young adults with type 2 diabetes Pediatric Diabetes, April 26, 2012
909 Prevalence and characteristics of diabetes among Somali children and adolescents living in Helsinki, Finland Pediatric Diabetes, April 26, 2012
910 Diet, physical, and biochemical characteristics of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: relationship between dietary fat and glucose control Pediatric Diabetes, April 26, 2012
911 Individual Differences in Preferences for Matched-Ethnic Mentors Among High-Achieving Ethnically Diverse Adolescents in STEM Child Development, April 25, 2012
912 Social anxiety score is high in adolescents with chronic migraine Pediatrics International, April 25, 2012
913 Validity of self-reported body mass index of Japanese children and adolescents Pediatrics International, April 25, 2012
914 Evaluation of a combined blood glucose monitoring and gaming system (Didget) for motivation in children, adolescents, and young adults with type 1 diabetes Pediatric Diabetes, April 25, 2012
915 Valsartan: In Children and Adolescents with Hypertension Pediatric Drugs, April 25, 2012 Clinical Article
916 Time spent in vigorous physical activity is associated with increased exhaled nitric oxide in non-asthmatic adolescents The Clinical Respiratory Journal, April 24, 2012 Clinical Article
917 Constipation and Nonspecific Abdominal Pain in Teenage Girls Referred for Emergency Surgical Consultation Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, April 24, 2012
918 Body Appearance and Quality of Life in Adult Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treated With a Brace or Under Observation Alone During Adolescence Spine, April 23, 2012
919 Validity and Reliability of an Adapted Thai Version of Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Spine, April 23, 2012
920 Pubertal development predicts eating behaviors in adolescence International Journal of Eating Disorders, April 23, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Internal Medicine
- Vitamin D deficiency is more common with non-Caucasian patients, and those with lower social support, no insurance, diabetes, lower activity levels, higher parathyroid hormone levels, and higher body mass indexes
- Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores were female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
- No single method of contraception is contraindicated by age alone, but caution should be exercised with estrogen-containing preparations in obese women over 40
Highlights in Internal Medicine
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients
Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).
Read the article summaryCoronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN
Researchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.
Read the article summaryCAC scores add predictability to Framingham
Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.
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