• Presentation with shock in the setting of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) was associated with worse outcomesShorter duration of...
  • Click the link in our bio for the full report and link to the original study!Sotagliflozin was shown to lower the risk of total number of deaths from...
  • Click the link in bio for full report and link to the paper!The rates of 5-year overall survival were found to differ by less than a percentage point...
  • Among patients with HFpEF and resistant hypertension, administration of spironolactone was associated with a reduced risk of composite cardiovascular...
  • In this randomized, double-blind, phase two trial, the use of golimumab led to more C-peptide production, indicative of improved endogenous function,...
  • Shared rooms and platoon membership within young Marine Corps recruits were risk factors for transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronav...
  • Patients who received rivaroxaban had a statistically significantly longer mean time until occurrence of a major clinical event compared to those who...
  • Injectable contraceptives were associated with the longest delays (2-8 menstrual cycles) in return of normal fertility, compared to other contraceptiv...
  • There was a moderate association found between antipsychotic use and acute ischemic heart disease found in women, but not men. #2minmed #QuickBite
  • Intravenous iron prior to major abdominal surgery in anemic patients was not associated with decreased need for blood transfusions post-operation.Preo...
  • There is no evidence that adjuvant radiotherapy improves survival compared with early salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy with locali...
  • There is no difference in overcorrection rate when using slow continuous infusion or rapid intermittent bolus administration of hypertonic saline to c...
  • Healthcare workers in patient facing roles have a 3 times greater risk of being admitted for COVID-19, compared to the general population, and their h...
  • COVID-19 infection in late pregnancy was associated with adverse birth outcomes, such as cesarean section delivery and iatrogenic preterm birth.Limite...
  • Among patients who have received a saphenous vein graft during coronary bypass surgery and later experience treatment failure, deployment of a drug-el...
  • Evolocumab successfully reduced low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in pediatric patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia...
  • The COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a significantly increased risk of preterm birth, institutional stillbirth and neonatal mortality in Nepal.Th...
  • Newborns exposed to methadone prenatally had worse neurobehavior scores than those who were not.Infants belonging to one of four particular neurobehav...
  • Low dose edoxaban was superior to placebo in preventing stroke or systemic embolism for very elderly patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation at...
  • A midwifery continuity of care model, involving maternal care before, during, and after birth, yielded no improved clinical outcomes compared to a sta...
  • Atezolizumab significantly increased overall survival compared to platinum-based combination chemotherapy in participants with untreated metastatic no...
  • Early physical therapy (EPT) was more effective than usual care alone for reducing disability, back pain, and fear-avoidance beliefs at 4 weeks. Benef...
  • The 10-15% increase in clinic productivity associated with the utilization of medical scribes is adequate to offset the costs of the program for all M...
  • The disparity between premature mortality rates for highest and lowest socioeconomic status groups has increased from 1991 to 2016 in Canada. #QuickBi...
  • LINK IN BIO FOR MORE DETAILS!Halloween and Easter were holidays identified as having elevated risk for unknown nut and peanut triggered anaphylaxis in...
  • Receiving medications from a greater number of drug classes is linked to lower incidence of rehospitalization and death, for patients in heart failure...
  • Afabicin, a novel, narrow-spectrum antibiotic, was found to be non-inferior to vancomycin and linezolid in treating staphylococcal skin and soft tissu...
  • Among post-myocardial infarction patients with left ventricular dysfunction, an infusion of cardiosphere-derived cells did not significantly reduce sc...
  • Many first-line agents for depression and anxiety – including specific SSRIs, bupropion, and especially venlafaxine – were associated with an increase...
  • Prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine within four days after exposure did not decrease cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).No...
  • While there has been a rise in clinical trials on COVID-19, a large proportion of these studies are expected to yield low levels of evidence. #QuickBi...
  • In a large, national sample, approximately 37.1% of patients with stroke history had uncontrolled blood pressure.Most patients on medication were taki...
  • Nearly all patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia have at least one risk factor for aspiration, though few present with clinical aspir...
  • Breastfeeding was recommended as a first-line neonatal analgesic for procedures done in non-tertiary care in Kenya.When breastfeeding is unavailable,...
  • Among neonates born to SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers in three New York Hospitals, none tested positive, or were symptomatic, for the virus at 24 h of li...
  • Hydroxychloroquine use with or without azithromycin did not improve clinical outcomes at fifteen days when compared with standard of care in hospitali...
  • Delayed subsequent denosumab doses were shown to increase the risk for vertebral fractures compared to on-time injection.There was insufficient eviden...
  • While women in both groups experienced dramatic gains in fibroid-related quality of life, the magnitude of the increase was greater in the myomectomy...
  • Fixed-dose combinations of mometasone furoate and indacaterol acetate showed greater improvements in lung function parameters compared to inhaled cort...
  • The novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-2, offered a reasonable safety profile with no serious adverse events in first phase 1/2 trial.ChAdOx1 nCoV...
  • Prophylactic nirsevimab lowered the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated lower respiratory tract infection compared to the placeb...
  • Robotic ventral hernia repairs yielded the same post-operative length of hospital stay, but worse abdominal wall quality of life scores as laparoscopi...
  • In this double-blind, randomized trial, hydroxychloroquine did not reduce symptom severity in an adult, outpatient population.More side effects, mainl...
  • In a phase III clinical trial, women taking drospirenone-only pills were significantly less likely to have unscheduled bleeding compared to those taki...
  • Delirium was significantly associated with long-term cognitive decline.Across all studies, delirium groups demonstrated worse cognitive outcomes than...
  • Old age, coronary heart disease, percentage of lymphocytes, procalcitonin and D-dimer were independent factors predictive of in-hospital COVID-19-rela...
  • In children with chronic, non-bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain, a clinical prediction tool using symptoms, C-reactive protein (CRP), hemoglobin, and...
  • Smokers reported increased intention to quit smoking after seeing anti-smoking advertisements through television, cigarette packages, newspapers, and...
  • A daily probiotic combination consisting of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis BB-12 did not reduce the use of antib...
  • In this case series, SARS-CoV-2 infection in children leading to multisystem inflammatory syndrome often required intensive care.Of those who required...
  • Ticagrelor and aspirin taken after a mild-to-moderate acute non-cardioembolic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack led to a lower rate of sub...
  • More frequent laughing was correlated to fewer symptoms of stress in university students after experiencing stressful events.Intensity of laughter was...
  • Patients experienced a greater incidence of severe adverse events during the 3-month period following prescription of a steroid burst compared to the...
  • The case fatality rate in children and adolescents across Europe is less than 1%, whereas, in the elderly, it is close to 10%.Age under one month, mal...
  • Over 40% of adults in China aged over 20 years are estimated to have spirometry-defined small airway dysfunction with no significant difference in pre...
  • Through a retrospective analysis, researchers found that healthy African American children, when compared to healthy white children, had higher rates...
  • The CFR for Canada was 1.6% (95% credible interval of 0.7-3.1%) and the CFR for the USA was 1.8% (95% credible interval of 0.8-3.6%).These estimates a...
  • Three-day amoxicillin treatment for chest-indrawing pneumonia was not significantly different from five-day amoxicillin treatment in HIV-uninfected ch...
  • The use of intraoperative dexamethasone in infants undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass did not significantly reduce major...
  • Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws were shown to protect respondents and family members from harming themselves or others with firearms.The inf...
  • Children with sickle cell disease who received the maximum tolerated dose of hydroxyurea had higher concentrations of hemoglobin and fetal hemoglobin...
  • Triple therapy for severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol was associated with significantly low...
  • PPI use may be associated with an increased mortality risk in patients who have received kidney transplants. #QuickBiteSummary: https://bit.ly/35sSuqQ
  • Urate reduction with allopurinol did not slow the decline of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) compared to the placebo treatment in patients...
  • Residents who were randomly assigned schedules without shifts exceeding 24-hours made more serious medical errors when compared to residents working s...
  • Black patients with COVID-19 were more likely to be hospitalized than white patients in Atlanta, Georgia.Older age adults, lack of health insurance, m...
  • Physicians who committed suicide tended to be older, report having issues with their jobs, and have ongoing physical health or legal issues.Compared w...
  • When compared to 9 months of isoniazid, 4 months of rifampin was a non-inferior alternative treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) that was both cheape...
  • When compared with overweight and non-severe obesity among adolescents, severe obesity was associated with higher rates of eating when bored, decrease...
  • Empiric systemic treatment for tuberculosis was shown not to be better than test-guided treatment among severely immunosuppressed adults with human im...
  • Mailers and telephone reminders together significantly increased the likelihood of completing cardiac rehabilitation at 12 months among individuals wh...
  • Co-prescription of clarithromycin and direct oral anticoagulants was associated with a higher rate of 30-day hospitalization with hemorrhage when comp...
  • Across 56 randomized controlled trials with 4,060 participants, psychosocial interventions were significantly associated with improved immune system f...
  • Young men who used legal performance-enhancing substances were more likely to engage in future anabolic-androgenic steroid use.Compared to non-users,...
  • Patients who received tPA within 45 minutes of hospital arrival had a statistically significant reduction in all-cause mortality, all-cause readmissio...
  • In a prospective cohort study, researchers used apps to accurately track the mobile device use of children 3 to 5 years old and compared data to paren...
  • Fire Department World Trade Center-exposed workers demonstrate more asymptomatic thyroid cancers, attributable to occult lesion diagnoses, compared to...
  • High exposure to racial residential segregation among African Americans resulted in worse mid-life processing speed performance compared to those with...
  • The exclusion of patient race from glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation resulted in systematic error that significantly underestimated GFR in A...
  • In this observational study, patients who received one of three direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) were significantly less likely to have an osteoporo...
  • Men with pedophilic disorder treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist degarelix were at significantly lower risk of committing sexual ab...
  • An analysis of emergency department (ED) visits across the United States between 2007 and 2017 showed a 60% overall increase in ED visits among childr...
  • In the care of COVID-19 patients in Singapore non-medically-trained hospital personnel were more likely to experience anxiety than physicians and nurs...
  • An oral compound, SEP-363856 was shown to significantly reduce the total score of the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS) from baseline compar...
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