Family resilience and neighborhood cohesion associated with improved health care use
1. Families including children with special health care needs (CSHCN) reported significantly lower odds of unmet health needs when they also reported high family...
Association of prehospital plasma transfusion with survival in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock when...
1. Prehospital plasma transfusion is associated with increased survival in the setting of hemorrhagic shock, particularly with longer transport timesEvidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent)It...
Texting intervention reduces ER visits and improves vaccination rates among Latino families
1. In this randomized controlled trial, a Spanish-language texting application significantly decreased the rate of emergency room (ER) visits among the intervention population.2. A...
Association of Anticoagulant Therapy With Risk of Fracture Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
1. Direct oral anticoagulants, specifically apixaban, were associated with lower risk of fracture in patients with atrial fibrillation compared to warfarin.Evidence Rating Level:...
Risk factors for sudden unexpected infant deaths distinct based on infant age
1. A retrospective analysis of cases of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) found that SUIDs in the first week of life differ significantly from...
Optic nerve ultrasonography can be used to detect elevated intracranial pressure
1. Optic nerve sheath dilation, defined as greater than 5.0mm on ultrasound, had a high specificity for indicating elevated intracranial pressure, while less than...
Association of Sex With Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was more common in women, but the effect of two antiplatelet strategies on death and new Q-wave...
Metoprolol not effective in preventing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1. In this double-blind randomized trial of COPD patients without previous indication for beta blocker therapy, treatment with extended-release beta-blockers failed to generate improved...
Association of body mass index and extreme obesity with long-term outcomes following percutaneous coronary...
1. Patients with obesity undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention are typically younger with more cardiovascular risk factors, but may be less likely to experience procedural...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of incident acute myocardial infarction and stroke: findings...
1. After adjustment for established cardiovascular risk factors, the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) does not appear to be associated with risk...
