Findings suggest the need to reconsider American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 guidelines recommending that GLP-1 RA be withheld from patients preoperatively. Preoperative use of glucagon-like ...

IPF was most strongly tied to COVID-19 severity, followed by other ILDs and COPD, while asthma was less often linked to COVID-19 severity in the veterans with CLD. Veterans with chronic lung disease ...

Change in COPD severity class was less likely in White vs Black patients when changing from race-specific to race-neutral equations using ppFEV1, but not when using z-score. Use of race-neutral ...

Among premenopausal women with menstrual migraine, more than half report moderate-to-severe disability with their headache. More than half of women with menstrual migraine experience ...

Iron deficiency is associated with increased risk for death among patients initiating peritoneal dialysis, even if they have not been diagnosed with anemia. The death risk associated with iron ...

Researchers found evidence to suggest that the cardiotoxic effects of anthracyclines are compounded by prediabetes and diabetes. Cancer patients with prediabetes or diabetes have an increased risk of ...

A regulatory decision is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for tapinarof cream, 1% for the ...

In patients with COVID-19 with acute respiratory failure, probability of 1-year survival was 84.42% in those who used antifibrotics vs 69.87% in those who did not. The use of antifibrotic agents ...

Credit: Getty Images An AAO-HNS practice guideline identifies areas of quality improvement for clinicians administering immunotherapy for inhalant allergies. A clinical practice guideline on ...

Age, specific disease-related elements, and treatment with glucocorticoids independently affect the risk for osteoporosis among patients with systemic sclerosis. Age, specific disease-related elements ...

Before an RSV vaccine was available, hospitalized adults with RSV had greater disease severity than inpatients with COVID-19 and influenza who were vaccinated. Prior to the release of the RSV vaccine, ...