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ACS: Re-Op Risk Down for Open, Laparoscopic Mesh Hernia Repair
But progressively increasing number of mesh-related complications during follow-up
ER Visits, Wait Times Up for U.S. Psychiatric Patients
One in five emergency doctors report waiting at least two days for a bed for a psychiatric patient
CHEST: Odds of Certain Post-Op Issues Up With Sleep Apnea
Tied to higher risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism
Pembrolizumab Ups Survival in NSCLC With PD-L1 Expression
Findings in patients with advanced NSCLC with PD-L1 expression on at least 50 percent of tumor cells
Renal-Cell Cancer Disease-Free Survival Up With Sunitinib
Findings in patients with locoregional, high-risk clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma
Nivolumab Ups Overall Survival in Head, Neck Cancer
Longer overall survival compared with single-agent therapy for platinum-refractory squamous-cell cancer
Ribociclib + Letrozole Beneficial in Advanced Breast Cancer
Longer duration of progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2− breast cancer
High-Flow Oxygen Not Inferior for Averting Reintubation
Not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation for high-risk patients who have undergone extubation
Levosimendan Doesn’t Prevent Acute Organ Dysfunction
Drug also tied to lower odds of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in adults with sepsis
Conservative Oxygen Treatment Linked to Lower ICU Mortality
Findings among adult ICU patients with expected length of stay of 72 hours or longer
