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Round Up Email April 2021

Highlights in this month's Round Up include an updates about the use of antidepressants in neuropathic pain, acute otitis externa; and more evidence about the efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors in HFrEF.

  • Question 1

    Update in acute otitis externa section on GPnotebook. What are the common pathogens in acute otitis externa? Are oral antibiotics the usual treatment of choice for acute otitis externa?: Otitis externa

    1) Which statement about acute otitis externa is false

  • Question 2

    A GP colleague discussed with me about a diabetic patient with markedly raised GAD antibodies and generalised muscle stiffness. Could this be "stiff person syndrome"? I have updated the page about this condition on GPnotebook to provide more information: Stiff person syndrome (original term, Stiff man syndrome)

    2) Which statement regarding stiff person syndrome is false?

  • Question 3

    What is type 3 c diabetes? An update of this condition on GPnotebook: Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas (DEP)

    3) Which statement regarding Type 3c diabetes is false?

  • Question 4

    Antidepressants in neuropathic pain – what is the evidence? Which antidepressants are first line based on the evidence?: Antidepressants for neuropathic pain (antidepressant therapy for neuropathic pain)

    4) Which statement regarding the use of medication in neuropathic pain is false?

  • Question 5

    DAPA-HF – more evidence of benefit of use of SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.: DAPA HF - analysis reveals evidence of benefit of dapagliflozin apparent 28 days post-initiation

    5) Which statement regarding the use of SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is false?

  • Question 6

    Hyperthyroidism in pregnancy – an update regarding the evidence base for the use of antithyroid drugs in pregnancy.: Pregnancy and thyrotoxicosis

    6) Which statement regarding hyperthyroidism in pregnancy is false

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