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- Title
Top 2020 studies relevant to primary care: From the PEER team.
- Authors
Thomas, Betsy; Moe, Samantha; Korownyk, Christina S.; Lindblad, Adrienne J.; Kolber, Michael R.; Falk, Jamison; Paige, Allison; Potter, Jennifer; Train, Anthony; Weresch, Justin; Allan, G. Michael
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To summarize high-quality studies for 10 topics from 2020 that have strong relevance to primary care practice.<bold>Selecting the Evidence: </bold>Study selection involved routine literature surveillance by a group of primary health care professionals. This included screening abstracts of high-impact journals and EvidenceAlerts, as well as searching the American College of Physicians Journal Club.<bold>Main Message: </bold>Topics of the 2020 articles most likely to affect primary care practice included whether antibiotic prophylaxis reduces maternal infections following operative vaginal birth; which second-line agent after metformin reduces cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes; whether gabapentin is effective for alcohol use disorder; whether compression stockings prevent recurrent cellulitis; guideline recommendations for management of dyslipidemia to reduce cardiovascular risk; whether intermittent fasting is superior to consistent mealtimes for weight loss; whether vitamin C added to iron supplementation increases hemoglobin more than iron alone; whether antacid-lidocaine combinations are superior to antacid alone for epigastric pain; whether dapagliflozin improves renal and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease; and whether empagliflozin improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure. Five "runner-up" studies are also briefly reviewed.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Research from 2020 produced several high-quality studies in diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but also included a variety of other conditions relevant to primary care such as vaginal operative births, alcohol use disorder, weight loss, and chronic leg edema.
- Subjects
VITAMINS; DIABETES; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; PRIMARY health care
- Publication
Canadian Family Physician / Médecin de Famille Canadien, 2021, Vol 67, Issue 4, p255
- ISSN
0008-350X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.46747/cfp.6704255