2 24 2025

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

New England Journal of Medicine

Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia

Fixed-Duration Acalabrutinib Combinations in Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Microvascular Inflammation of Kidney Allografts and Clinical Outcomes

Long-Term Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

 Journal of  American Medical Association

Emergency Clinician Buprenorphine Initiation, Subsequent Prescriptions, and Continuous Prescriptions

Illicit Substance Use and Treatment Access Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

  Annals of Internal Medicine

Effects of Noise and Public Setting on Blood Pressure Readings: A Randomized Crossover Trial

The Association of Epstein–Barr Virus Donor and Recipient Serostatus With Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  British Medical Journal

Stroke and myocardial infarction with contemporary hormonal contraception: real-world, nationwide, prospective cohort study

  Lancet

Epidemiological and clinical features of mpox during the clade Ib outbreak in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a prospective cohort study

 journal of Hepatology

Identifying the optimal measurement timing and hemodynamic targets of portal pressure gradient after TIPS in patients with cirrhosis and variceal bleeding

 Gastroenterology

Safety and Tolerability of CP101, a Full-Spectrum, Oral Microbiome Therapeutic for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Trial

 Clinical Gastroenterology

 Prevalence and Predictors of Follow-up Endoscopic Biopsy in Patients With Celiac Disease in the United States

 Clinical Infectious Diseases

PUNCH CD3-OLS: A Phase 3 Prospective Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota, Live-jslm (REBYOTA) in Adults With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection

 Arthritis and Rheumatology

Clinical Presentation and Course of Pulmonary Involvement in Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

  Circulation

Conduction Disturbances and Outcome After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis

 Journals of the American College of Cardiology

Accelerometer-Measured Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease

  JAMA Cardiology

Coronary Revascularization Guided With Fractional Flow Reserve or Instantaneous Wave-Free RatioA 5-Year Follow-Up of the DEFINE FLAIR Randomized Clinical Trial

 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Gut Microbial Changes Associated With Obesity in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes 

  Diabetes care

Intensive Glucose Lowering and Its Effects on Vascular Events and Death According to Age at Diagnosis and Duration of Diabetes: The ADVANCE Trial 

   Neurology

Effects of COVID-19 Infection on Symptom Severity and Disability in Multiple Sclerosis

Infections, including infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), could alter the course of multiple sclerosis (MS). Previous studies assessing the  Chest

longitudinal Changes in Maximal Forced Inspiratory Flow and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COPD

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Serum Immunoglobulin G Levels Are Associated with Risk for Exacerbations: An Analysis of SPIROMICS

 Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

Humidified Noninvasive Ventilation versus High-Flow Therapy to Prevent Reintubation in Patients with Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  Kidney International reports

Randomized Trial of Dietary Acid Reduction and Acid-Base Status of Patients With CKD and Normal Estimated GFR

CKD in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: Evidence Supporting Multifactorial Etiology