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Elevated urinary levels of the proteins TIMP-2 and IGFBP7 are a potentially useful biomarker predicting moderate to severe acute kidney injury in the early postoperative period after open heart surgery

Urinary [TIMP-2]*[IGFBP7] May Predict AKI After Heart Surgery

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Elevated levels of the two proteins can predict risk of acute kidney injury
Multivitamin supplementation during pregnancy is tied to a reduced risk of autism spectrum disorder with intellectual disability

Maternal Multivitamin Use Tied to Lower Risk of Child ASD

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Lower odds of offspring autism spectrum disorder with or without additional iron or folic acid
For patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

Health Literacy Linked to Length of Stay After Abdominal Surgery

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No significant correlation with increased rates of 30-day ER visits or 90-day hospital readmissions
Midlife women should be screened for overweight/obesity and offered appropriate education

Obesity Screening Recommended for Midlife Women

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PCPs should address barriers to adoption of healthy lifestyle measures in postmenopausal women
Mid-adulthood hypertension is associated with increased risk of dementia among women but not men

Mid-Adulthood HTN Tied to Higher Dementia Risk in Women

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Midlife onset of hypertension predicts 73 percent higher dementia risk versus stable normotension
Night shift workers have increased odds of obesity/overweight

Night Shift Tied to Increased Odds of Abdominal Obesity

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Increased risk for permanent night workers compared with rotating night workers
For patients with follicular lymphoma

PFS Up With Obinutuzumab-Based Tx in Follicular Lymphoma

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Induction, maintenance treatment with obinutuzumab-based chemo beats rituximab
About one-quarter of adults discharged after first-time myocardial infarction are detached from employment after one year

Post-MI, One in Four Detached From Employment After 1 Year

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Heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and depression are significant predictors of detachment
Delivery characteristics of extremely preterm infants can be used to identify those with significantly lower incidence of early-onset sepsis

Delivery Characteristics Predict Early-Onset Sepsis Risk

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Criteria for low risk include C-section, membrane rupture, absence of clinical chorioamnionitis
For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Addition of DPP4i to AGI Reduces HbA1c in T2DM

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Greater drop in HbA1c with DPP4i added to alpha glucosidase inhibitor, with no increase in weight