3 18 2024

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

 New England Journal of Medicine

A Cell-free DNA Blood-Based Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Next-Generation Multitarget Stool DNA Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Oral Iptacopan Monotherapy in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

RSV Prefusion F Protein–Based Maternal Vaccine — Preterm Birth and   Journal of  American Medical Association

 To estimate the self-reported prevalence of and sociodemographic and policy factors associated with Δ8-THC and marijuana use among US adolescents in the past 12 months.

  Annals of Internal Medicine

Health Care Contact Days Among Older Adults in Traditional Medicare: A Cross-Sectional Study

Trends in Discharge Rates for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in U.S. Emergency Departments

  Nature Medicine

Self-help mobile messaging intervention for depression among older adults in resource-limited settings: a randomized controlled trial

 British Medical Journal

25 year trends in cancer incidence and mortality among adults aged 35-69 years in the UK, 1993-2018: retrospective secondary analysis

Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks’ gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial

 Lancet

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection versus conventional in-vitro fertilisation for couples with infertility with non-severe male factor: a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

  Journal of Clinical Oncology

HLA Haplotypes and Relapse After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

  journal of Hepatology

Association between public health policies on alcohol and worldwide cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular disease outcomes

 Clinical Gastroenterology

Prevalence and Predictors of Barrett’s Esophagus After Negative Initial Endoscopy: Analysis From Two National Databases

Incidence of Etiology-specific Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diverging Trends and Significant Heterogeneity by Race and Ethnicity

 Clinical Infectious Diseases

An Open-Label, Randomized Trial Comparing Fidaxomicin With Oral Vancomycin for the Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Concomitant Antibiotics for Concurrent Infections

 Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 

Performance of the 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease in a Latin American Cohort

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Strength Training Is Associated With Less Knee Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative

  Circulation

Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of Endovascular Ultrasound Renal Denervation or a Sham Procedure 6 Months After Medication Escalation: The RADIANCE Clinical Trial Program

American College of Cardiology

Prospective ARNI versus ACE Inhibitor Trial to Determine Superiority in Reducing Heart Failure Events After MI

 Journals of the American College of Cardiology

Surveillance Stress Testing After Percutaneous Intervention for Patients With Multivessel or Left Main Coronary Disease

 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Trends and Components of Thyroid Status Evaluation in Commercially Insured Adults in the United States, 2006-2020

  Neurology:

Prognostic Role of Ventricular Size and Its Dynamics in Patients With Leptomeningeal Metastasis From Solid Tumors

 Chest

Using Trajectories of Bedside Vital Signs to Identify COVID-19 Subphenotypes

Prevalence, Risk Factors, Clinical Features, and Outcome of Influenza-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients

 The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Geo-economic Influence on the Effect of Fluid Volume for Sepsis Resuscitation: A Meta-Analysis

 Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 

Higher and Sustained Cell-Mediated Immune Responses after Three Doses of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine In Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Anti-TNF Therapy

  Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology

Efficacy of Voclosporin in Proliferative Lupus Nephritis with High Levels of Proteinuria

Monoclonal Gammopathy and Its Association with Progression to Kidney Failure and Mortality in Patients with CKD

 Kidney International reports

Novel Colorimetric and Light Scatter Methods to Identify and Manage Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis at the Point-of-Care