12 25 2023

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

New England Journal of Medicine

A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina

Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women

Simvastatin in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19

 Journal of  American Medical Association

Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

 Annals of Internal Medicine

Inappropriate Prescribing to Older Patients by Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Physicians

 Nature Medicine

The infant gut virome is associated with preschool asthma risk independently of bacteria

 Lancet

Ubrogepant for the treatment of migraine attacks during the prodrome: a phase 3, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial in the USA

  Journal of Clinical Oncology

Oral Selinexor as Maintenance Therapy After First-Line Chemotherapy for Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

 journal of Hepatology

Progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and long-term outcomes: A nationwide paired liver biopsy cohort study

 Clinical Gastroenterology

The Overlap Subgroup of Functional Dyspepsia Exhibits More Severely Impaired Gastric and Autonomic Functions

Effect of Premedication With Pronase Before Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Remdesivir Reduced Mortality in Immunocompromised Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Across Variant Waves: Findings From Routine Clinical Practice

Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Density, Inflammation, and Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease Among People With HIV in the REPRIEVE Cohort

  Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 

Barriers and Solutions for Pediatric Rheumatology Referrals in a Rural Area: Physician Survey Results From Montana State

  Arthritis and Rheumatology

Relation of Intra-Articular Mineralization to Knee Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Analysis in the MOST Study

 Circulation

Dapagliflozin and Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The DELIVER Trial

American College of Cardiology

Semaglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Outcomes in People With Overweight or Obesity

  Journals of the American College of Cardiology

Lipoprotein(a) and Risks of Peripheral Artery Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, and Major Adverse Limb Events

 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Association Between Insulin Resistance and Myosteatosis Measured by Abdominal Computed Tomography

The Glucose Challenge Test in Pregnancy Identifies Future Risk of Diabetes

 Neurology:

Association of Spinal Cord Atrophy and Brain Paramagnetic Rim Lesions With Progression Independent of Relapse Activity in People With MS

 Chest

Association Between Rome Classification Among Hospitalized Patients With COPD Exacerbations and Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Outcomes

    The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

High-Dose Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19: A Multicenter Phase II Trial

  Clinical Gastroenterology AND Hepatology

Global Incidence and Prevalence of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 1976–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

 Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

Interstitial Eosinophilic Aggregates and Kidney Outcome in Patients with CKD

 Kidney International reports

Patient Survival With Extended Home Hemodialysis Compared to In-Center Conventional Hemodialysis