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Publications of the Week: Colchicine following myocardial infarction: The effects among patients with diabetes A digest of noteworthy publications from McMaster experts. This week’s focus: colchicine following MI in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Improving the care of people who use drugs in hospital Dr Tim O'Shea and Dr Robin Lennox from McMaster University discuss challenges in the care of people using drugs in the hospital environment.
Are glucocorticoids still the mainstay of treatment in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis? Are glucocorticoids still the mainstay of treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), or should we consider glucocorticoid-sparing agents earlier than before?
Thromboprophylaxis in individuals with obesity in the ICU How to prevent thrombosis in a patient with obesity in the intensive care unit?
Publications of the Week: Long COVID and gut microbiome modification: Too good to be true? A digest of noteworthy publications from McMaster experts. This week’s focus: long COVID and gut microbiome modification.
Nasal high-flow therapy in ARDS What is the role of nasal high-flow therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
IBD management in the setting of ineffectiveness of biologic therapy What management do you recommend if specific biologic therapy is not effective for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? Should a biologic drug be replaced with another biologic agent with a different mechanism of action or should a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor be added? Is combined treatment with a biologic agent and a JAK inhibitor safe/possible?
Management in difficult-to-treat patients with gout How to manage difficult-to-treat patients after a failure of allopurinol and febuxostat therapies? Is there any place for immunosuppressive agents such as methotrexate?
Immunization in individuals with chronic neutropenia Is chronic neutropenia an indication for specific immunization?