The largest study of former National Football League players found excess persisted even after accounting for the lower overall mortality associated with elite athletic participation.
Combined rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated protein antibody status appeared to modify the association between baseline rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and subsequent cardiovascular events in an international observational cohort.
A randomized trial found similar short-term morbidity and 12-month functional outcomes with both approaches, while highlighting the need to balance perfusion with a tension-free anastomosis.
In a planned BALANCE analysis, elevated day 7 procalcitonin was associated with higher mortality, but the small subgroup analysis found no evidence that extending antibiotics from 7 to 14 days improved outcomes.
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A nationwide Swedish cohort found a higher relative risk of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy among GLP-1 receptor agonist users, but the overall risks were low.
In a randomized crossover trial of insulin-treated patients receiving hemodialysis, real-time continuous glucose monitoring did not improve the primary hypoglycemia outcome but increased time in range and reduced time above range vs capillary testing.
A regional UK audit found wide variation in imaging intervals among patients referred for mechanical thrombectomy and identified potentially modifiable barriers to timely vascular imaging.