Table of contents

Therapeutics/Prevention

• Randomised controlled trial: Semaglutide is non-inferior to placebo for cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (7 March, 2017) Free

  Denise Campbell-Scherer
• Modelling study: In simulation modelling, there are multiple ways to effectively screen for colorectal cancer (10 January, 2017)

  Theodore R Levin
• Randomised controlled trial: Having your cake and EATing it too: early timing of multiple allergen introduction does not increase the risk of developing food allergy in standard risk, breastfed infants (4 January, 2017)

  Matthew Greenhawt, Carina Venter
• Randomised controlled trial: Decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury reduces mortality but increases survival with severe disability (4 January, 2017)

  Stephen Honeybul
• Commentary: Single dose of prophylactic oral dextrose gel reduces neonatal hypoglycaemia (25 January, 2017)

  Praveen Chandrasekharan, Satyan Lakshminrusimha
• Randomised controlled trial: Nasal continuous positive airway pressure outperforms heated high-flow nasal cannula therapy as primary respiratory therapy in preterm infants (25 January, 2017)

  Sarah J Kotecha, Mallinath Chakraborty, Sailesh Kotecha
• Randomised controlled trial: Thalamotomy using MRI-guided focused ultrasound significantly improves contralateral symptoms and quality of life in essential tremor (27 February, 2017)

  Ludvic Zrinzo
• Randomised controlled trial: Stress management training should be an integral component of cardiac rehabilitation (27 January, 2017)

  Barbara M Murphy
• Cohort study: General practices that reduce antibiotic prescribing for self-limiting respiratory tract infections by 10% can expect to see one extra patient with pneumonia each year and one peritonsillar abscess each decade (4 January, 2017)

  Oliver van Hecke, Chris C Butler
• Randomised controlled trial: CPAP did not reduce cardiovascular events in patients with coronary or cerebrovascular disease and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (9 January, 2017)

  Yüksel Peker, Patrick J Strollo
• Commentary:

  Placing preterm infants on their side at birth does not increase 5 min SpO₂

  (23 December, 2016)

  Ju Lee Oei
• Randomised controlled trial: SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin reduces renal outcomes and dampens the progressive reduction in glomerular filtration rate in patients with type 2 diabetes and antecedents of cardiovascular disease (3 February, 2017)

  André J Scheen
• Systematic review and meta-analysis: Pregabalin is effective in reducing fibromyalgia pain (27 February, 2017)

  Charles Argoff