Surgeon Experience Aids Assessment of Futility
Greater experience helps surgeons guide patients, families away from interventions perceived as futile
Combo Therapy Not Needed If Low RA Disease Activity Achieved
Dropping methotrexate, continuing tocilizumab does not lead to worsening of disease activity
Enlarged Kidneys in Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease
Kidneys of neonates with left heart obstruction consistently found to be larger than normal
Policies Should Encourage Healthy Food Consumption
Aim should be to prevent CVD with environment where healthy foods are accessible, desirable
High Nicotine Concentrations Delivered by ‘Pod Mods’
Small devices deliver addictive nicotine dose without noxious taste; pose danger to adolescents
Critics Demand Stop to ‘Guinea Pig’ Sepsis Clinical Trial
Clovers trial seeks to determine which IV fluids, vasopressors combo works best to curb sepsis
Education Can Up Emotional Intelligence in Residents
Increase in total EI median scores, stress management composite score after intervention
Cancer-Related Gene Variations Frequently Reclassified
24.9 percent of variants of uncertain significance were reclassified at a single commercial laboratory
Initial Abx Feasible Alternative for Uncomplicated Appendicitis
At five years, cumulative incidence of appendicitis recurrence 39.1 percent with antibiotic treatment
Lack of CHD4 Leads to Abnormal Myofibrils, Heart Defects
Mutation results in failed repression of non-cardiac muscle protein production in developing heart cells
