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How do you decide which GLP-1s to prescribe for obesity?

Are there any potency or effectiveness preferences that lead to that decision?

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In what cases do you use baclofen for alcohol use disorder?

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How do you consider sending fungal studies in a patient with pneumonia?

Considering the recent article in CHEST that describes the increasing incidence of fungal pneumonia Azar. Chest 2024

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Do you recommend restarting GLP-1RA after bariatric surgery if they tolerated it before the surgery?

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How do you decide when to use acid-suppressive medications for GI prophylaxis when patients are on prolonged corticosteroid therapy?

Do you prescribe it universally or based on specific risk factors?

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How would you approach the management of asymptomatic ALT and GGT elevation in an older adult patient with depression with psychosis and without history of hepatitis who recently had dose of quetiapine increased and new initiation of SNRI?

1 Answer available

Do you have any concerns about lower extremity compression (e.g., compression stockings, intermittent pneumatic compression, etc.) worsening ascites in a patient with portal hypertension?

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How do you determine whether to limit volume removal during therapeutic paracentesis in a patient without acute or chronic kidney disease?

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What is your approach to a situation where DILI is suspected secondary to an important medication (e.g., anticoagulation, antibiotics, etc.), but the diagnosis is uncertain and the liver injury is relatively mild?

Are there situations in which you would continue the possible offending agent with close monitoring?

1 Answer available

Is there a role for use of GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists in the management of substance use disorders, whether or not they meet other inclusion criteria for their use?

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Do you recommend the use of SGLT2 inhibitors to reduce the risk of liver cirrhosis in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus?

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Papers discussed in this category

Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 Oct 08

Tailored-Dose Baclofen in the Management of Alcoholism: A Retrospective Study of 144 Outpatients Followed for 3 Years in a French General Practice.

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2018 Sep 25

Risk of hospitalisation and death related to baclofen for alcohol use disorders: Comparison with nalmefene, acamprosate, and naltrexone in a cohort study of 165 334 patients between 2009 and 2015 in France.

The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2020 Aug 04

Individualized, High-Dose Baclofen for Reduction in Alcohol Intake in Persons With High Levels of Consumption.

International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 Mar 13

SGLT-2 Inhibitors in NAFLD: Expanding Their Role beyond Diabetes and Cardioprotection.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2012 Apr

Albumin infusion in patients undergoing large-volume paracentesis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Drug and alcohol dependence, 2024 Sep 07

Potential role of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in substance use disorder: A systematic review of randomized trials.

JAMA psychiatry, 2025 Apr 01

Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2019 Sep 1

Microbiological Laboratory Testing in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.

Chest, 2023 Oct 07

A Diagnostic Approach to Fungal Pneumonia: An Infectious Diseases Perspective.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024 Mar 05

Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2024 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

Physiological reports, 2019-05

Endocrine implications of bariatric surgery: a review on the intersection between incretins, bone, and sex hormones.

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