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EMPEROR-Preserved spouts torrent of reports on empagliflozin treatment of HFpEF
August 31, 2021
The primary report from EMPEROR-Preserved on using empagliflozin to treat patients with HFpEF arrived with four other analyses published in its wake.
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Early end for trial of experimental oxygenation strategies in ARDS
August 31, 2021
Does a conservative oxygenation strategy improve mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
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Report urges complete residency overhaul
August 31, 2021
Overall, the report calls for increased standardization of how students are evaluated in medical school and how residency programs evaluate students.
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CDC panel unanimously backs Pfizer vax, fortifying FDA approval
August 30, 2021
The risk of myocarditis after a COVID infection was 6 to 34 times higher than the risk after receiving an mRNA vaccine.
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Children’s upper airways primed to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection
August 30, 2021
The findings may help to explain why children have a lower risk of developing severe COVID-19 illness or becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the first place.
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ICU infections and all-cause hospital mortality rate
August 30, 2021
Was prevalence of infection associated with outcomes among ICU patients in 2017?
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Dapagliflozin in HFrEF may cut arrhythmias, sudden death: DAPA-HF
August 27, 2021
Response to the positive findings was tempered, however, by the post hoc nature of the analysis, choice of primary outcome, and inconsistencies between key subgroups.
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ICMs detect serious arrhythmias in high-risk post-MI patients: SMART-MI
August 27, 2021
In patients with modestly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction after MI, implantable monitors detect many times more arrhythmias than usual care, the SMART-MI trial showed.
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U.S. plans COVID-19 booster shots at 6 months instead of 8: WSJ
August 27, 2021
Approval of boosters for three COVID-19 shots being administered in the United States is expected in mid-September.
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Optimizing screening for asymptomatic Afib
August 27, 2021
How can we optimize screening for patients with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (Afib)?
