World Health Organization warns that one in six infections now antibiotic resistant
1. A new WHO analysis finds one in six bacterial infections worldwide is now resistant to standard antibiotics. 2. Resistance ...
Tag: Surgery
Trastuzumab deruxtecan leads to longer overall survival than ramucirumab plus paclitaxel in HER2-positive gastric cancer
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among adults with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer who had previously progressed on ...
Pembrolizumab improves survival in locally advanced head and neck cancer
1. Among patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC), neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab improved event-free survival compared ...
Post-operative pain scores may be a predictor of 30-day infectious and non-infectious post-operative complications
1. Higher Post-operative Day 1 (POD1) pain scores were independently associated with increased 30-day infectious and non-infectious complications. 2. Infectious ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 11, 2025
Discontinuation rates and predictors of Medical Cannabis cessation for chronic musculoskeletal pain 1. Medical cannabis has a high discontinuation rate ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 4, 2025
Initiation of Pregabalin vs Gabapentin and Development of Heart Failure 1. In patients aged 65 to 89 years of age ...
Postoperative radioiodine ablation does not reduce cancer recurrence following thyroidectomy
1. The 5-year recurrence-free survival was comparable with ablation and without ablation. 2. Adverse events were comparable in both groups, ...
Obesity is a mediating factor for gallstone disease risk
1. In a retrospective cohort study of adults included in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), obesity was ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 27, 2025
Serum 25(OH)D levels and mortality risk among middle-aged and elderly populations in the U.S.: A prospective cohort study 1. Increases ...
Restrictive intraoperative vascular filling is a strong risk factor for postoperative acute kidney injury
1. Of the many identified associations between perioperative variables and AKI following radical cystectomy, restrictive intraoperative vascular filling < 5ml/kg/h ...
