10 16 2023

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

 NEJM

 Adjunctive Dexamethasone for Tuberculous Meningitis in HIV-Positive Adults

 Timing of Complete Revascularization with Multivessel PCI for Myocardial Infarction

Catheter Ablation in End-Stage Heart Failure with Atrial Fibrillation

Ceftobiprole for Treatment of Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

JAMA

 Effects of Cuff Size on the Accuracy of Blood Pressure ReadingsThe Cuff(SZ) Randomized Crossover Trial

Association of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes With Labor Market Outcomes

Comparison of Particulate Air Pollution From Different Emission Sources and Incident Dementia in the US

Annals of Internal Medicine

Risk for Congenital Anomalies in Children Conceived With Medically Assisted Fertility Treatment

Implications of the Use of Artificial Intelligence Predictive Models in Health Care Settings

 BMJ

Interactive effects of ambient fine particulate matter and ozone on daily mortality in 372 cities

Lancet

Adaptive versus conventional cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure (AdaptResponse): a global, prospective, randomised controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Eltrombopag for Low-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes With Thrombocytopenia: Interim Results of a Phase II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial (EQOL-MDS)

Hepatology

Lactulose therapy for patients with cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and poor patient-reported outcomes: The Mi-Kristal trial

Blood

Prevalence and significance of DDX41 gene variants in the general population

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Current Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Cryptococcus Infection in Patients Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Journal of infectious Diseases

JC Polyomavirus Modifies the Expression of Human microRNAs in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Brain

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 

The Effect of Clinical and Genetic Variables of Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients: Real Life Data

Arthritis and Rheumatology

The 2023 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease

Circulation

Cost-Effectiveness of Vericiguat in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The VICTORIA Randomized Clinical Trial

American college of cardiology: /Latest-in-Cardiology 

Machine Learning Approaches in Primary Mitral Regurgitation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Testicular Dysfunction in 47,XXY Boys: When It All Begins. A Semilongitudinal Study

Sex-specific Association Between Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Vascular and Metabolic Complications of Obesity 

Neurology:

Association of Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease With Cognition and Medical Comorbidities in a Biracial Cohort

Chest

Open-Label Trial of Amikacin Liposome Inhalation Suspension in Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease

Lower vs Higher Fluid Volumes in Adult Patients With Sepsis

The Effects of Exercise Training in Patients With Persistent Dyspnea Following Pulmonary Embolism

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Conservative versus Liberal Oxygenation Targets in Intensive Care Unit Patients (ICONIC): A Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 

Lactulose versus polyethylene glycol for bowel preparation: a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled study based on the BMI

Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Blockade after AKI with or without Recovery among US Veterans with Diabetic Kidney Disease

Kidney International

A cohort study found a high risk of end-stage kidney disease associated with acromegaly