12 23 2024

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

First we will be discussing articles in New England Journal of Medicine

Ponsegromab for the Treatment of Cancer Cachexia

Levofloxacin for the Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Vietnam

Ebola Outbreak Response in the DRC with rVSV-ZEBOV-GP Ring Vaccination

Twice-Yearly Depemokimab in Severe Asthma with an Eosinophilic Phenotype

 Journal of  American Medical Association

2024 Update of the RECOVER-Adult Long COVID Research Index

 Annals of Internal Medicine

Risk for Financial Precarity From Hospitalization: Implications for Targeting Financial Assistance in Medicare

 Lancet

Efficacy and safety of mirikizumab in patients with moderately-to-severely active Crohn's disease: a phase 3, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled and active-controlled, treat-through study

 Journal of Clinical Oncology

Omission of Radiotherapy in Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma: IELSG37 Trial Results

 Gastroenterology

An Empirical Dietary Pattern Associated With the Gut Microbial Features in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Risk

  Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 

Evaluating Meaningful Changes in Patient‐Reported Outcome Measurement Information System–Fatigue Scores from Three Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Sarilumab for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

 Circulation

NT-proBNP and Cardiac Troponin I, but Not Cardiac Troponin T, Are Associated With 7-Year Changes in Cardiac Structure and Function in Older Adults: The ARIC Study

   Journals of the American College of Cardiology

2-Fold More Cardiovascular Disease Events Decades Before Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis: A Nationwide Registry Study

 JAMA Cardiology

Amiodarone or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Chagas CardiomyopathyThe CHAGASICS Randomized Clinical Trial

Diabetes care

Relationship of Plasma Apolipoprotein C-I Truncation With Risk of Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Actos Now for the Prevention of Diabetes Study

 Chest

Severity of Inhalation Injury and Risk of Nosocomial Pneumonia

Association of RBC Transfusion Thresholds and Outcomes in Medical Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Supported With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

  The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Association Between Baseline Driving Pressure and Mortality in Very Old Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening by Life Expectancy in Patients with Kidney Failure on Dialysis

 Kidney International reports

Pilot Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Add-On Therapy in Patients With Membranous Nephropathy

Urine Protein-to-Creatinine Ratio Remains Informative Despite Nonsteady State Serum Creatinine During Acute Kidney Injury