Women Present With More Advanced Acute Aortic Dissection
After adjustment, female sex trended toward higher in-hospital mortality overall, but not in the last decade of enrollment
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
Lawsuit was signed by 117 of 178 workers who were suspended last week for failure to get fully vaccinated by the hospital's deadline
Hemodialysis Patients Have Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccine
But few kidney transplant recipients develop anti-spike SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after second mRNA vaccine dose
Houston Methodist Suspends Nearly 200 Workers Who Refuse COVID-19 Vaccines
Nearly 25,000 workers met Monday's deadline to be fully immunized, but 178 failed to do so and were suspended
Heart Transplant Outcomes Comparable in Advanced Age
Five-year mortality did not differ for adults aged ≥70 years and <70 years after adjustment for relevant confounders
FETO Beneficial for Severe Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Studies examine benefits of fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion for severe, moderate left diaphragmatic hernia
Second-Opinion Strategy Analyzed for Cutaneous Melanocytic Lesions
Decision-analytic model shows selective second-opinion strategy could increase diagnostic accuracy, decrease population-level costs
Cardiac Monitor Implant Detects A-Fib in More Stroke Patients
Rate of incident AF over 12 months higher with implant versus usual care with external cardiac monitoring in patients with ischemic stroke
Gap Between Mortality in Rural and Urban Areas Has Increased
Difference increased in age-adjusted mortality rates between large metropolitan areas, rural areas from 1999 to 2019
Mortality Increased for Racial/Ethnic Minorities With TBI
Hazard ratio for in-hospital mortality 2.21 for minority patients after adjustment for injury type, probability of survival, operative status
