This systematic review to support the 2022 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening and anticoagulant therapy among asymptomatic persons without known AF or prior stroke.
This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses the prevalence of mental health disorders among people experiencing homelessness.
This Viewpoint discusses the unacknowledged risks and harms and unrealized clinical benefits of digital mental wellness and health technologies and offers suggestions for ways to…
Approximately half of hospitalized adults in the US receive antibiotics, with pneumonia and urinary tract infection (UTI) being the 2 most frequent indications.1 Estimates suggest…
This clinical trial evaluates whether computerized provider order entry prompts providing patient- and pathogen-specific multidrug-resistant organism risk estimates could reduce use of empiric extended-spectrum antibiotics…
About 12% of patients were inappropriately diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to results from more than 17 000 hospitalized patients across 48 hospitals in Michigan.…
This survey study involves asking participants about their opinions on positive and negative character traits of male and female clinicians dressed in 4 different colors…
This Medical News story examines other potential uses of GLP-1 receptor agonists, the popular type 2 diabetes and weight-loss drugs.
This cohort study assesses trends in the use of computed tomography cerebral angiography vs lumbar puncture to detect subarachnoid hemmorrhage among US emergency department patients…
This cross-sectional study examines the frequency and severity of acute cardiac events in hospitalized adults aged 50 years or older with respiratory syncytial virus infection.
This Medical News story examines other potential uses of GLP-1 receptor agonists, the popular type 2 diabetes and weight-loss drugs.
