Mediastinal schwannoma with cystic changes mimics malignancy on PET, EBUS-TBNA non-diagnostic
Multimodal Imaging Helps Identify Benign Mediastinal Schwannoma in Patient
This is a single case report of a 61-year-old man with a subcarinal mediastinal lesion. Contrast-enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT showed moder…
A single case report highlights how combining different imaging techniques can help identify a benign schwannoma that might be mistaken for …
Rapid integrated molecular testing shows high diagnostic accuracy for influenza, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2
Rapid molecular testing shows high accuracy for common respiratory viruses
This meta-analysis evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of rapid integrated molecular testing for influenza A, influenza B, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2…
New data shows rapid molecular tests are highly accurate at identifying influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 in both lab and near-patient settings.
Nurse-coordinated monitoring of biomarkers and symptoms supports clinical assessment for immune checkpoint inhibitor safety
Nurse-Led Monitoring Helps Manage Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
This narrative review explores the role of nurse-coordinated biomarker and symptom monitoring in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibi…
Nurse-coordinated monitoring of symptoms and biomarkers helps manage side effects from immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients.
High abdominal aortic calcification index predicts poorer cardiovascular event-free survival in patients with chronic kidney disease
High Abdominal Aortic Calcification Linked to Worse Outcomes in Kidney Disease
This meta-analysis of 1,914 patients found that high abdominal aortic calcification index (ACI) is associated with significantly worse cardi…
High levels of calcium buildup in the aorta are linked to a higher risk of heart issues and lower survival in patients with chronic kidney d…
Generative AI in medical education poses risks of deskilling and automation bias in clinical training
Artificial intelligence poses new risks for medical student training
This narrative review explores the cognitive and educational impacts of generative AI on medical education. The authors identify risks such …
New tools like generative AI could lead to deskilling and automation bias, making it harder for medical students to develop core clinical sk…
Vonoprazan reduces delayed bleeding risk in patients with gastric post-endoscopic submucosal dissection ulcers
Vonoprazan may reduce bleeding risk for patients with gastric ulcers
This meta-analysis of 1,136 patients found that vonoprazan significantly reduced the risk of delayed bleeding compared to proton pump inhibi…
A new medication called vonoprazan may lower the risk of bleeding for patients with gastric ulcers compared to standard acid-blocking treatm…
Mentefact-based algorithmic framework improves conceptual alignment in health sciences education systematic reviews
New Framework Improves Consistency in Health Sciences Education Research
This methodological proposal introduces a mentefact-based algorithmic framework to improve the rigor and consistency of systematic reviews i…
A new method helps researchers better align educational goals with the evidence they gather, moving beyond simple keyword searches to improv…
Antisynthetase syndrome can mimic cellulitis, with skin, muscle, and lung improvement on immunosuppression
Doctors Report Rare Muscle Disease That Looked Like Cellulitis
This case report and targeted literature review describes a 72-year-old woman with unilateral lower limb cellulitis-like edema ultimately di…
A 72-year-old woman's swollen leg looked like an infection, but it was a rare autoimmune muscle disease. Treatment helped.
High-flow nasal cannula shows no significant difference from noninvasive ventilation in acute heart failure
High-flow nasal cannula shows no advantage over noninvasive ventilation
This meta-analysis of 1,282 patients with respiratory failure secondary to acute heart failure found no statistically significant difference…
New data shows that high-flow nasal cannula does not outperform noninvasive ventilation for patients with heart failure and respiratory issu…
Rare cardiac epithelioid hemangioendothelioma demands thorough imaging and pathology workup
Rare Vascular Tumor Can Affect Multiple Organs at Once
This case report and literature review describes a single patient with right atrial epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and multi-system involv…
A rare vascular tumor called epithelioid hemangioendothelioma can involve several organs like the lungs and liver at the same time.
Endoscopic full-thickness resection resolves abdominal pain in a patient with a gastric diverticulum
Doctors Remove Rare Stomach Pocket That Caused 20 Years of Pain
This case report describes the successful treatment of a 56-year-old woman with a gastric diverticulum using endoscopic full-thickness resec…
A woman who suffered stomach pain after every meal for 20 years finally found relief when doctors removed a rare stomach pocket.
Prediction models for post-induction hypotension show a pooled AUC of 0.81 in 17 studies
New models help predict blood pressure drops during anesthesia
This meta-analysis of 17 studies involving 40,864 patients evaluated prediction models for post-induction hypotension during general anesthe…
New prediction models can identify patients at risk of a sudden drop in blood pressure during surgery.