Tag: Immune Disorders
Thymectomy in Adults Linked to All-Cause Mortality, Cancer
Increased risk for autoimmune disease seen when patients with preoperative infection, cancer, autoimmune disease were excluded
Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Up for Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
More than 50 percent of those with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases had never/rarely reported mental health symptoms to clinicians
Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Improves Survival
Hematopoietic cell transplant after 2010 no longer conveyed a survival advantage over earlier time intervals
New COVID-19 Drug Guards Against All Variants in Immunocompromised
Trial results could be out by September and may lead to FDA emergency use authorization
13 Percent of Patients With Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Have Suicidal Thoughts
Fourteen of 15 patients has sustained remission; only one patient had persistent suicidal ideation, self-directed violence
Evidence Found of Causal Link for Multisite Chronic Pain and MS, RA
Association with multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis may be partially mediated by body mass index
Uptake Low for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters in Immunocompromised Adults
Authors found low adherence to CDC recommendations for boosters, with older adults more likely to receive at least four mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses
Convalescent COVID-19 Plasma Beneficial for Immunocompromised
Reduction seen in mortality with COVID-19 convalescent plasma transfusion in randomized clinical trials, matched cohort studies
Nurse-Driven Protocol Ups Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates
Findings for pneumococcal vaccine among immunosuppressed rheumatology patients
Weekly Dupilumab Beneficial in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
More patients receiving dupilumab have histologic remission, improvement in Dysphagia Symptom Questionnaire scores
