Скачать или смотреть Podcast 240: Overuse of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events

Running time: 23 minutes



Paula Byrne set out to understand what the available data tell us about how many people are taking statins for primary prevention — and how much good is it likely doing them?



Also, how do you discuss their possible harms and benefits with patients?



Links:



Paula Byrne and colleagues’ analysis in The BMJ (https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l...)



Kausik Ray meta analysis in JAMA Internal  Medicine (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...)



Kausik Ray 2010 Clinical Conversations interview (https://podcasts.jwatch.org/index.php...)



NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine comparison of statin guidelines (https://www.jwatch.org/na45828)



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