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Aspirin resistance

PFA-100-Measured Aspirin Resistance Linked to CV Events

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Strong correlation between aspirin resistance, CV events at 5-year follow-up in aspirin-treated patients
Depressive symptoms increase during the internship year for training physicians

Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year

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Significantly greater increase seen among women; sex disparity partly due to work-family conflict
Rates of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) mortality have decreased since 1968 but are still higher than non-SLE mortality

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality Down Since 1968

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However, SLE mortality is still higher than non-SLE mortality; sex, racial, regional disparities exist
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit lesion is associated with better 30-day outcomes than immediate multivessel PCI among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock

Culprit-Lesion-Only PCI Tied to Improved 30-Day Outcomes

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Linked to lower risk of mortality compared to multivessel PCI in patients with acute MI and multivessel CAD
A combination of clinical factors and payer type increase the likelihood of approval for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor treatment

Rate of Approval for PCSK9i Therapy 47 Percent

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Clinical factors and payer type linked to likelihood of approval, with highest approval for Medicare
For patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

Afternoon Heart Surgery Linked to Better Patient Outcomes

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Lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events for aortic valve replacement surgery in afternoon
Incretin treatment appears to improve non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-obstructive coronary artery stenosis

Incretin Tied to Better Outcomes in NOCS-Diabetes

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Prognosis for T2DM patients with NSTEMI, coronary artery stenosis improves with incretin
Emergency departments are increasingly a major source of medical care in the United States

ERs Contribute Large Portion of Medical Care Delivery

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Percentage of care delivered by emergency departments increased between 1996 and 2010
For patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer

Treatment for Stage I NSCLC Patients Up From 2000 to 2010

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Improved survival for non-small-cell lung cancer patients, driven by better survival in treated patients
Patients perceive that physicians who communicate face-to-face without a computer have more compassion

Patients Prefer Face-to-Face Communication, No Computer

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Seventy-two percent of patients with advanced cancer prefer face-to-face communication