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ENT (Otolaryngology)
Meta-analysis
Meta-analysis links vincristine and other drugs to higher cisplatin hearing loss risk in pediatric cancer
Hidden Danger in Kids' Cancer Treatment Raises Hearing Loss Risk
This meta-analysis of observational studies synthesized evidence on concomitant medications and cisplatin-induced hearing loss in pediatric …
• Four common drugs nearly quadruple hearing damage during chemo • Helps oncologists protect children from silent treatment side effects • D…
Frontiers
May 14, 2026
Cardiology
Meta-analysis
Systematic review and meta-analysis finds no mortality benefit for alternative loop diuretics in chronic heart failure
Alternative heart failure diuretics show no mortality benefit but higher risk
This meta-analysis of 23 RCTs with 4902 patients with chronic heart failure found that alternative loop diuretics did not reduce all-cause m…
A review of 23 trials found alternative diuretics did not lower death risk in heart failure patients, but some raised safety concerns.
May 12, 2026
Cardiology
RCT
Furosemide plus hypertonic saline linked to lower biomarker increases after saline load in ADHF
Study in 200 heart failure patients compares two intravenous diuretic treatment approaches
A randomized controlled trial of 200 patients with acute decompensated HFrEF found intravenous furosemide plus small-volume hypertonic salin…
Adding salt water to heart failure diuretics reduced stress markers in patients, but the study did not show if patients felt better or left …
Apr 2, 2026