Reductions in pain catastrophizing are associated with improvements in emotional functioning
1. Reductions in pain catastrophizing are more closely associated with improvements in emotional functioning than with pain intensity Evidence Rating...
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Repeated medial branch blocks do not improve pain outcomes for thermal radiofrequency ablation
1. For patients with facet-mediated spine pain that achieve ≥80% pain relief after a medial branch block, a second diagnostic...
Early screening for emotional and cognitive issues may improve psychiatric outcomes for stroke patients
1. Routine single-session screening for emotional and cognitive issues post-stroke does not improve long-term societal participation but may offer modest...
Artificial intelligence may assist in early detection of decreased ejection fraction on echocardiograms
1. AI-assisted electrocardiogram (ECG) improves early detection of low ejection fraction in hospitalized patients by enhancing diagnostic precision without increasing...
Fecal microbiota transplantation may be more effective than vancomycin in treating primary C. difficile infection
1. In this randomized controlled trial, a higher proportion of patients who underwent fecal microbiota transplantation achieved clinical cure of...
Frailty scores alone may be poor predictors of intensive care admission or hospital stay duration
1. Frailty scores alone (mFI-5, CCI) are poor predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission or prolonged hospital stay in...
Anal cancer screening cost-effective for men who have sex with men with human immunodeficiency virus aged above 35 years
1. In this microsimulation model, initiation of anal cancer screening in men who have sex with men with human immunodeficiency...
Semaglutide may improve cardiovascular outcomes versus empagliflozin in patients with diabetes
1. In this retrospective cohort study, treatment with semaglutide resulted in nominally lower incidence of the composite of death, myocardial...
Perioperative Durvalumab in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
1. Event-free survival at 24 months was 67.4% in the durvalumab group and 58.5% in the placebo group, with HR...
Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus demonstrates similar outcomes compared to surgical repair
1. Respiratory outcomes for preterm infants with a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) undergoing transcatheter closure compared to surgical ligation did...