A Proactive Pain Management Protocol in Crohn’s Disease
Proactive pain management in patients with IBD, using a bundle with acetaminophen, gabapentin, and NSAIDs, reduces opioid use and maintains effective pain control.
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Author: Rebecca Shover
RSV Contributes to Burden of Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations
Modeling excess risk using viral positivity data provides a comprehensive estimation of RSV hospitalization burden and associated costs compared with ICD codes.
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FIB-4 Scores Linked to Clinical & Economic Burden
High FIB-4 scores were linked to significantly greater healthcare resource utilization and costs among patients with MASH/NASH.
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Almost Half of U.S. Counties Do Not Have a Practicing Cardiologist
Counties without a cardiologist have higher cardiovascular risk index, higher cardiovascular mortality rates, and shorter life expectancy.
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Total Dietary Quality Score Improved for U.S. Children Between 2005 and 2020
Total dietary scores improved for US children during 2005 to 2020.
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Neural Progenitors Beneficial for MS
More improvement in timed 25-foot walk, six-minute walk test seen among those requiring assistance for ambulation.
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Study Finds Decreased Vitamin K in Patients With Psoriasis
Vitamin K has been shown to promote would contraction and reduce the time it takes for skin to heal.
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Rural Residents Continue to Have Higher Odds of Skin Cancer
Rural-urban differences are magnified by lower income and race.
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Telehealth-Based PrEP Ups Knowledge, Awareness in Latina Women
Information sessions raise awareness and knowledge of PrEP use among Latina women.
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Triglyceride-Glucose Index Predicts Risk, Progression
These findings suggest the triglyceride-glucose index as a potential predictive biomarker for endometrial carcinoma.
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Use of Multiple Tests Improves RSV Diagnostic Yield
Paired serology testing, standard-of-care swabs, and separate testing of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs improved RSV diagnosis in hospitalized adults.
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Evaluating Probiotics in Early MASH
A recent clinical trial showed that probiotic supplementation in patients with early-stage NASH/MASH did not significantly improve liver or clinical parameters.
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Soy Consumption in Children Tied to Better Thinking, Attention
School-aged children who consume more soy foods may have improved thinking and attention.
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Ofatumumab Effective for MS Across Racial, Ethnic Subgroups
For patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS), ofatumumab is more effective than teriflunomide across racial and ethnic subgroups.
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Subsequent Skin Cancer Risk Increased for Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Risk factors for skin cancer include chronic graft-versus-host-disease, male gender, and voriconazole exposure.
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Herpes Infections Cost Up To $35 Billion Globally
Genital HSV-2 and HSV-1 were costly globally in 2016, with a large proportion of the economic burden borne by high- and upper middle-income countries.
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Point-of-Care Treatment Predicts Future PrEP Discontinuation
Point-of-care urine tenofovir rapid assay testing predicted pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) discontinuation among young men who have sex with men and transgender women more accurately than self-reported adherence.
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MRI Effectively Predicts Lymphovascular Space Invasion
The findings of this study suggest that MRI has moderate diagnostic efficacy for LVSI status in EC.
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Patient–PCP Language Concordance Tied to Better Outcomes
Patient-family physician language concordance is associated with a lower risk for adverse outcomes.
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Analyzing Hospital Outcomes for Patients With HIV & Pulmonary Hypertension
Patients with concomitant HIV and pulmonary hypertension experience worse outcomes versus patients with HIV alone, including higher in-hospital mortality.
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