2 19 2024

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

New England Journal of Medicine

Inhibition of CD40L with Frexalimab in Multiple Sclerosis

Electronic Nicotine-Delivery Systems for Smoking Cessation

Cefepime–Taniborbactam in Complicated Urinary Tract Infection

  Journal of  American Medical Association

Mass Azithromycin Distribution to Prevent Child Mortality in Burkina Faso

  Annals of Internal Medicine

Surgery, Needle Fasciotomy, or Collagenase Injection for Dupuytren Contracture

A Randomized Controlled Trial

 Nature Medicine

Effectiveness and safety of telehealth medication abortion in the USA

  British Medical Journal

Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

 Lancet

Chemoprevention for malaria with monthly intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine in pregnant women living with HIV on daily co-trimoxazole in Kenya and Malawi: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

  Journal of Clinical Oncology

DNA Mutational Profiling in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Treated With Standard of Care Reveals Differences in Outcome and Racial Distribution of Mutations

  Clinical Gastroenterology

Defining Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth by Culture and High Throughput Sequencing

Association of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition With Liver-Related Events and Mortality in Compensated Cirrhosis

  Clinical liver disease

Screening for hepatitis C as part of an opioid stewardship quality improvement initiative: Identifying infected patients and analyzing linkage to care

 Arthritis and Rheumatology

Genetic Influence on Osteoarthritis Versus Other Rheumatic Diseases

  Circulation

Associations Between End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality, and Survival

 Journals of the American College of Cardiology

Universal Risk Prediction for Individuals With and Without Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Thyroid Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Improves Classification of Thyroid Nodules as Benign or MalignantGet a

Sonographic Features of Atypical and Initially Missed Parathyroid Adenomas: Lessons Learned From a Single-Center Cohort

  Neurology:

Hospitalizations and Mortality From Myasthenia Gravis: Trends From 2 US National Datasets

Safety and Efficacy of Nipocalimab in Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Results From the Randomized Phase 2 Vivacity-MG Study

  Chest

Glycated Hemoglobin Trajectories and Their Association With Treatment Outcomes Among Patients With Pulmonary TB in India

Peripheral Administration of Norepinephrine

A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

  The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Blood-based Transcriptomic and Proteomic Biomarkers of Emphysema

  Clinical Gastroenterology AND Hepatology

Defining Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth by Culture and High Throughput Sequencing

Age-Dependent Female Survival Advantage in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter Cohort Study

  Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

Effect of Resveratrol on Endothelial Function in Patients with CKD and Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Kidney International reports

Implementation of a 1-Day Living Kidney Donor Evaluation Program: A Qualitative Analysis of Donor Candidate and Stakeholder Perspectives

An Artificial Intelligence Generated Automated Algorithm to Measure Total Kidney Volume in ADPKD