1 15 2024

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

New England Journal of Medicine

Apixaban for Stroke Prevention in Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation

Repotrectinib in ROS1 Fusion–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Efficacy and Safety of Acoramidis in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Two Randomized Trials of Low-Dose Calcium Supplementation in Pregnancy

 Journal of  American Medical Association

Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model

Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance

Importance  Equity is an essential domain of health care quality. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed 2 Disparity Methods that together assess equity in clinical outcomes.

 Annals of Internal Medicine

Real-World Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Against Infection and Severe Diseases in Children and Adolescents

  Nature Medicine

Insights for precision oncology from the integration of genomic and clinical data of 13,880 tumors from the 100,000 Genomes Cancer Programme

 British Medical Journal

Perinatal depression and risk of mortality: nationwide, register based study in Sweden

Next article from Lancet

Perinatal morbidity among women with a previous caesarean delivery (PRISMA trial): a cluster-randomised trial

 Circulation

Inflammation and Cholesterol as Predictors of Cardiovascular Events Among 13 970 Contemporary High-Risk Patients With Statin Intolerance

American College of Cardiology

Short and Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Everolimus-Eluting Cobalt-Chromium Stent-2

Treatment Effect of IV Iron in Iron-Deficient Heart Failure

 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Intravenous Methylprednisolone With 2 Protocols in Patients With Graves Orbitopathy

Metabolites as Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A 12-Year Follow-up Study

  journal of Hepatology

A  prospective, multicenter, three-cohort study evaluating contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients with cirrhosis

Background & Aims

  Clinical Gastroenterology AND Hepatology

Helicobacter pylori Burden in the United States According to Individual Demographics and Geography: A Nationwide Analysis of the Veterans Healthcare System

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Risk of Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases

  Clinical Gastroenterology

A Delphi Method for Development of a Barrett’s Esophagus Question Prompt List as a Communication Tool for Optimal Patient-physician Communication

 Chest

Is Tobacco Use Associated With Risk of Recurrence and Mortality Among People With TB?

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

 The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Application of Global Lung Function Initiative Global Spirometry Reference Equations across a Large, Multicenter Pulmonary Function Lab Population

  Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

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Performance of ChatGPT on Nephrology Test Questions

  Kidney International reports

Higher Nocturnal Blood Pressure and Blunted Nocturnal Dipping Are Associated With Decreased Daytime Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in Patients With CKD

Validation of a Core Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Life Participation in Kidney Transplant Recipients: the SONG Life Participation Instrument

Postreperfusion Renal Allograft Biopsy Predicts Outcome of Single-Kidney Transplantation: A 10-Year Observational Study in China

  Neurology:

Exploring Factors That Prolong the Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis

 JAMA Neurology:

APOE Genotype and Alzheimer Disease Risk Across Age, Sex, and Population Ancestry

 Journal of Clinical Oncology

Prophylactic Radiation Therapy Versus Standard of Care for Patients With High-Risk Asymptomatic Bone Metastases: A Multicenter, Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial

 Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 

Burden of Other Musculoskeletal Disorders in Latin America and the Caribbean: Findings of Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

 Arthritis and Rheumatology

Distinct Scleroderma Autoantibody Profiles Stratify Patients for Cancer Risk at Scleroderma Onset and During the Disease Course