Impact of changes in guidelines for management billing codes guidelines
1. Guidelines changes to frequently used outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) billing use have changed the types of billing codes...
Dermatology
Compression sleeves used prophylactically decrease arm swelling after breast cancer surgery
1. Compression sleeves reduced and delayed the incidence of lymphedema in the first year after surgery 2. Quality of life...
Relatlimab and nivolumab provide greater survival benefit for advanced melanoma
1. In patients with untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma, the combination of Relatlimab and Nivolumab was associated with greater progression-free...
The Management of Lesions to Exclude Melanoma schema may be a clinically useful and accurate classification system for melanocytic lesions
1. Pathologists demonstrated high accuracy in diagnosing melanocytic lesions using the Management of Lesions to Exclude Melanoma (MOLEM) classification system...
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab improved long-term survival in patients with advanced melanoma
1. The 6.5-year progression-free survival for the nivolumab combination group, nivolumab group and in the ipilimumab group were 34%, 29%...
Evening-dose immune checkpoint inhibitors were associated with worse survival outcomes
1. Receiving at least 20% of infusions after 1630h was associated with decreased overall survival in patients treated with immune-checkpoint...
Belimumab after rituximab reduces risk for severe flare in systemic lupus erythematosus
1. Belimumab combined with rituximab was shown to significantly reduce IgG anti-dsDNA antibody levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus....
Phototherapy not associated with increased risk of childhood cancer
1. In a large cohort, phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is not associated with any childhood cancer. Evidence Rating Level: 2...
Incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma disproportionately rising for young females over past two decades r
Incidence and mortality rates of keratinocyte carcinoma from 1998-2017: A population-based study of sex differences in Ontario, Canada 1. The...
Novel macrophage-regulating cream demonstrated superior therapeutic efficacy for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers compared to standard absorbent dressing
1. Topical application of ON101, a macrophage regulator cream, demonstrated superior therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers...
