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Circadian Blood Pressure Shifts Earlier in Children With Moderate to Severe OSA
In children with moderate to severe OSA, both systolic BP and diastolic BP were significantly elevated compared with the control group.
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Short Course of Amoxicillin Shows Effectiveness for Febrile UTIs
One reason may be that the antibiotic concentration in the urine often significantly exceeds the levels in the blood.
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Hospital Adverse Events Rise After Private Equity Acquisition
Notably, the incidence of surgical site infections increased from 10.8 per 10,000 hospitalizations before acquisition to 21.6 per 10,000...
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Olympus provides recall correction for bronchoscopes to reduce fire risk
FDA statement details Olympus recall correction on use of bronchoscopes and bronchovideoscopes in order to address fire risk.
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Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy
Clinicians’ accuracy decreased by 11.3% after viewing systematically biased AI model predictions compared with baseline.
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Thiazide Diuretics May Promote Hyponatremia
Adults who used thiazide diuretics for hypertension were more likely than were those who used nonthiazide agents to develop hyponatremia.
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Blood Eosinophil-Directed Prednisolone Proves Noninferior to Standard Care for COPD Exacerbations
“There was improvement of lung function, quality of life, and symptoms in exacerbations with low eosinophil count independent of whether placebo...
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Roflumilast foam gets nod as new option for seborrheic dermatitis
The approval was based on data from the phase 3 STRATUM trial...
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Catheter-directed strategy improves pulmonary artery occlusion
Novel device was well-tolerated and effective against occlusions in patients with pulmonary embolism
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Slow-to-moderate weight loss better than rapid with antiobesity drugs in OA
Rapid weight loss with antiobesity drugs had no significant impact on reduced mortality in a population-based study of more than 6000 adults with...
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Acne stigma persists across social and professional settings
Severe acne was associated with poor hygiene and unattractiveness in an internet survey using stock photos.
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Low-dose naltrexone falls short for fibromyalgia
Authors recommend against initiating low-dose naltrexone for naltrexone-naive patients with fibromyalgia.
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Bimekizumab shows promise for palmoplantar pustular psoriasis
Treatment was well tolerated, and also improved nail involvement and joint pain.
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Elagolix curbs heavy bleeding linked to uterine leiomyomas
Oral elagolix was well tolerated and offers a nonsurgical alternative for premenopausal patients.
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Antihypertensives show similar long-term mortality rates
Mortality was not significantly different among users of three different antihypertensives over a follow-up of up to 32 years.