COVID-19 Digest: Could Cigarette Smoking Actu...

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: How long do we need to watch patients with a presumed overdose who were treated with naloxone in the field? A 2025 study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine took a look at this question Methods Prospective, multi-institutional coh ...  Show more

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: D-dimer: fibrin degradation product used to evaluate for clot formation and breakdown Threshold: <500ng/mL rules out venous thromboembolism in low risk patients Elevated D-dimer indicates recent or ongoing intravascular coagulat ...  Show more

Resident candidate, IMG, and AMA Research Challenge finalist Dr. Naga Ganti discusses her research on the prevalence of lung disease among e-cigarettes users, especially given that more than 2 million US youth use e-cigarettes. Poster: Epidemiology and prevalence of lung disea ...  Show more

“Haben Sie überlegt, mit dem Rauchen aufzuhören?” Im Alltag einer Hausarztpraxis kann es schwierig sein, einen Rauchstopp gezielt anzusprechen. Doch mit dem richtigen Ansatz lässt sich ein wertschätzendes und unterstützendes Angebot formulieren. Wir sprechen in dieser Folge mit e ...  Show more

Depuis les débuts de la pandémie de Covid-19, les scientifiques se posent de nombreuses questions sur le mode de transmission du virus. Ainsi, certains se demandent si la fumée de cigarette ne serait pas de nature à en faciliter la propagation.

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The following question refers to Section 4.5 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by Dr. Maryam Barkhordarian, answered first by pharmacy resident Dr. Anushka Tandon, and then by expert faculty Dr. Noreen Nazir. Dr. Nazir is Assistant Professor of Clini ...  Show more