Does the advertisement in Swiss pharmacy windows rest on evidence-based medicine? An observational study.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyse the proportion of evidence-based medication displayed in pharmacies and compare it between the different linguistic regions of the country, at different times of the year to determine the amount of proven effective medications indirectly recommended to the public in different parts of Switzerland.

Design: This is an observational study conducted by medical doctors in the department of internal medicine at the Spitalzentrum Biel, Switzerland.

Setting: The observation took place from July 2019 to May 2020.

[Rheumatoid arthritis flares].

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease, primarily affecting the joints. Its activity is subject to exacerbations called flares. These RA flares are linked to cardiovascular, functional and radiological complications.

Reporting and Representativeness of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Systemic Sclerosis Randomized Trials: An Observational Study.

Objective: To assess how and to what extent socioeconomic status and ethnicity/race of participants are reported in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on systemic sclerosis (SSc), and to estimate the representativeness of different ethnic/racial groups in SSc RCTs.

Methods: We searched all published RCTs on SSc indexed in PubMed. We retrieved information on main features of RCTs published from 2000 onward and recorded for each study whether race/ethnicity was reported; how ethnicity/race was defined and assigned; and the number of patients included for each racial/ethnic group.

Early Switch From Intravenous to Oral Antibiotics in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: An Algorithm-Based Prospective Multicenter Pilot Trial.

Background: In hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), intravenous (IV) empiric antibiotic treatment is initiated. The best time point for switching from IV to oral treatment is unknown. We used an algorithm-based decision tree for the switch from IV to oral antibiotics within 48 hours and aimed to investigate the treatment outcome of this concept.