Hypnotic drug use may be associated with increased risk of postoperative delirium
1. Older age, hypnotic drug use, and higher intraoperative fluid load were independent risk factors associated with postoperative delirium development ...
Tag: internal medicine
Bedaquiline monotherapy may be effective at improving multibacillary leprosy.
1. In this proof-of-concept study, bedaquiline therapy cleared Mycobacterium leprae by four weeks of treatment in patients with multibacillary leprosy. ...
Weekly insulin efsitora noninferior to daily degludec in reducing glycated hemoglobin levels
1. In this randomized controlled trial, insulin alfa efsitora (efsitora) demonstrated noninferiority to degludec in reducing glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels ...
Similar patient characteristics and hospital outcomes at community and academic hospitals
1. In this retrospective cohort study of patients admitted to general medicine wards at hospitals across Ontario, Canada, community and ...
Increased blood–urea–nitrogen-to-albumin ratio associated with increased mortality in coronavirus disease
Association between blood–urea–nitrogen-to-albumin ratio and in-hospital mortality in patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective cohort study 1. Increased ...
Invasive treatment not superior to medical therapy in older adults with NSTEMI
1. In this randomized controlled trial, in older adults with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), invasive treatment did not significantly ...
Characterization of safety of inpatient care in surgical settings
1. Adverse events were identified in more than one third of patients admitted to hospital for surgery, nearly half of ...
Pomalidomide effective in reducing epistaxis in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
1. Among patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), pomalidomide significantly reduced the severity of epistaxis and improved quality of life. ...
Ziresovir reduces the severity of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized infants
1. Ziresovir, an antiviral drug targeted at respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was superior to placebo in reducing signs and symptoms ...
Fidanacogene elaparovovec may reduce bleeding in men with hemophilia B
1. In this randomized controlled trial, fidanacogene elaparovovec therapy significantly reduced the mean annualized rate of bleeding in adult men ...