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December 26th 2024
The top 5 most-read chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) articles of 2024 covered topics such as inhaled medication risks, gabapentinoid use, and the link between high white blood cell counts and exacerbations.
Discharge Prescribing and Subsequent Opioid Use After Traumatic Musculoskeletal Injury
The authors use surgical resident assignment as an instrumental variable for discharge opioid prescribing and estimate the impact of discharge opioid supply on subsequent use.
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Depression Can Impact Smoking Cessation in Patients With COPD, Study Says
September 13th 2023Researchers noted that the relationships between smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and depression must be recognized to effectively manage the complicated care needs for this patient population.
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Atezolizumab Misses PFS End Point in Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
September 12th 2023Results from ATLANTE/ENGOT-ov29 show that atezolizumab did not significantly improve progression-free survival (PFS) compared with placebo plus bevacizumab for patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.
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Novel, Automated Ventilatory Burden Measure Shows Promise to Gauge OSA Severity
September 12th 2023Automated ventilatory burden can effectively assess obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity, estimate cardiovascular (CVD) mortality, and may present a promising alternative to apnea-hypopnea index (AHI).
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Patients With NSCLC Describe Experiences of Symptoms on Daily Life
September 12th 2023Patients with advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were able to specify a 1-point threshold when describing meaningful symptom change, for better or worse, that helped illustrate their symptom experience.
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What We’re Reading: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines; National Blood Shortages; Lack of Doctor Diversity
September 12th 2023FDA approves updated COVID-19 booster vaccines; low donor turnout and climate disasters result in a national blood shortage; minority patients discouraged by lack of doctor diversity.
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Condensed Proton Therapy Schedule Shows Promise for Patients With Breast Cancer
September 8th 2023New research suggests conventional fractionated and hypofractionated proton postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) yield similar tolerability and complication rates for patients following mastectomy.
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AML-Specific Early Mortality Risk Indices May Increase Accuracy of Care Quality Measurements
September 8th 2023A study found acute myeloid leukemia (AML) salvage therapy was independently associated with early mortality compared with frontline therapy, suggesting that algorithms measuring quality of care should incorporate risk mortality indices that factor in disease characteristics and treatment status.
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