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Physician-Led Anesthesia Model May Optimize GI Endoscopy Cases
In-room to scope-in time decreased for combined, upper, and lower GI endoscopy procedures with monitored anesthesia care
GDM May Up Risk for Range of Later Cardiovascular Conditions
Traditional risk factors such as subsequent diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia only partially contribute to higher risk
Better Maternal Diet May Cut Risk for Fetal Growth Restriction
High Healthy Eating Index score during pregnancy linked to lower risk for fetal growth restriction, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Living in Poor Neighborhood Tied to Worse Mitral Valve Repair Outcomes
Patients with lower socioeconomic status face bigger incisions, fewer repairs, more complications, and higher mortality
ASA: Scoring System May Predict Stroke Risk in COVID-19 Inpatients
Score based on six clinical factors including no fever at time of admission, no history of pulmonary disease, high white blood cell count
ASA: BP Telemonitoring Aids Stroke Survivors in Underserved Areas
Adherence to follow-up, blood pressure control better in those with remote BP monitoring, telehealth versus usual care
ASA: Less Bleeding Seen With Tenecteplase for Ischemic Stroke
Rate of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage lower with tenecteplase than the current standard medication for thrombolysis, alteplase
ASA: Stroke Rates Down in Elderly, Up in Young Adults in the U.S.
Stroke incidence decreased among older adults nationwide and increased in 15- to 49-year-olds in the South and Midwest U.S.
Combo Immunotherapy Ups Survival in Advanced Liver Cancer
Overall survival, but not progression-free survival, improved with tremelimumab plus durvalumab versus sorafenib for unresectable HCC
Adding Immunotherapy to Chemo Ups Survival in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer
Overall survival, progression-free survival prolonged in those receiving durvalumab versus placebo in addition to gemcitabine and cisplatin
