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Mashup Score: 8
BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is associated with increased mortality. The extent to which this phenomenon is affected by sex, age, comorbidities at diagnosis, and different treatment modalit
Source: www.ahajournals.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Cardiology News and JournTweet
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Mashup Score: 2How to Create a Primary Respiratory Care Model - 1 year(s) ago
Respiratory therapists (RTs) are credentialed health professionals who specialize in assessment of pulmonary conditions, performing assessment of pulmonary function and delivering pulmonary therapeutics including aerosol therapy, and noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation. Respiratory therapists work closely with various clinicians including physicians, nurses, and therapy staff in a…
Source: CHESTCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Factors Associated with Asthma Biologic Prescribing and Primary Adherence Among Adults in a Large Health System - 1 year(s) ago
The availability of asthma biologics may not benefit all patients equally.
Categories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Primary vs. salvage liver transplantation for biliary atresia: A retrospective cohort study - 1 year(s) ago
Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of end stage liver disease (ESLD) leading to liver transplantation (LT) in children. The current standard of care is to perform a Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) for BA early in life (within 3 months of age) in an attempt to restore the flow of bile and reverse cholestasis. While this surgery may delay or even prevent progression to ESLD in some…
Source: Journal of Pediatric SurgeryCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Discriminative Accuracy of the CAPTURE Tool for Identifying COPD in US Primary Care Settings - 1 year(s) ago
This cross-sectional study evaluates the operating characteristics of the CAPTURE screening tool by identifying US primary care patients with undiagnosed, clinically significant COPD.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: Critical Care, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3
The purpose of this study was to compare rates of recurrent dislocation and postsurgical outcomes in patients undergoing arthroscopic Bankart repair for anterior shoulder instability immediately after a first-time traumatic anterior dislocation versus patients who sustained a second dislocation event after initial nonoperative management.
Source: ArthroscopyCategories: Latest Headlines, RheumatologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Key recommendations for primary care from the 2022 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) update - npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - 1 year(s) ago
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) was established in 1993 by the World Health Organization and the US National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to improve asthma awareness, prevention and management worldwide. GINA develops and publishes evidence-based, annually updated resources for clinicians. GINA guidance is adopted by national asthma guidelines in many countries, adapted to fit local…
Source: NatureCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
Differential diagnosis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) poses a challenge in clinical practice, and their misdiagnosis results in inappropriate treatment, increased exacerbations and potentially even death.
Categories: Allergy-Immunology, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen discuss the publication titled, “The Additive Diagnostic Value of Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography to Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Triage in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer (PRIMARY): A Prospective Multicentre Study.” This trial aimed to determine whether the combination of PSMA + MRI was…
Source: UroTodayCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 4
Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen discuss the publication titled, “The Additive Diagnostic Value of Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography to Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Triage in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer (PRIMARY): A Prospective Multicentre Study.” This trial aimed to determine whether the combination of PSMA + MRI was…
Source: UroTodayCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
Research from @SahlgrenskaAcad at @goteborgsuni, published at @HyperAHA, shows that #Primary aldosteronism is linked to increased mortality, especially in patients receiving inadequate medical treatment https://t.co/9abMgcwr9H https://t.co/8KzxOXdLd2