2 24 2025

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussingNew England Journal of MedicineCatheter 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 AssociationEmergency Clinician Buprenorphine Initiation, Subsequent Prescriptions, and Continuous Prescriptions Illicit Substance Use and Treatment Access Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness  Annals of Internal MedicineEffects 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 JournalStroke and myocardial infarction with contemporary hormonal contraception: real-world, nationwide, prospective cohort study  LancetEpidemiological and clinical features of mpox during the clade Ib outbreak in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a prospective cohort study journal of HepatologyIdentifying the optimal measurement timing and hemodynamic targets of portal pressure gradient after TIPS in patients with cirrhosis and variceal bleeding GastroenterologySafety 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 DiseasesPUNCH 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  CirculationConduction Disturbances and Outcome After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis  Journals of the American College of CardiologyAccelerometer-Measured Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease  JAMA CardiologyCoronary 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 & MetabolismGut Microbial Changes Associated With Obesity in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes   Diabetes careIntensive Glucose Lowering and Its Effects on Vascular Events and Death According to Age at Diagnosis and Duration of Diabetes: The ADVANCE Trial    NeurologyEffects 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  Chestlongitudinal Changes in Maximal Forced Inspiratory Flow and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COPDThe American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSerum Immunoglobulin G Levels Are Associated with Risk for Exacerbations: An Analysis of SPIROMICS Clinical Journal of American Society of NephrologyHumidified Noninvasive Ventilation versus High-Flow Therapy to Prevent Reintubation in Patients with Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial  Kidney International reportsRandomized 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