Recalibrated SOFA 2.0 score shows stepwise mortality association in heat stroke cohort
A Better Score for Predicting Who Survives Heat Stroke
A multicenter retrospective cohort study of 292 patients with first-time heat stroke found that a recalibrated SOFA 2.0 score showed a stepw…
A new scoring system predicts who will die from heat stroke more accurately than older tools, helping doctors spot the most dangerous patien…
Platelet-rich plasma therapy in knee osteoarthritis patients showed high prediction accuracy for pain reduction
Can a simple injection predict who gets real pain relief from knee treatment?
This retrospective cohort study evaluated 102 patients with knee osteoarthritis receiving platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy.
A new test can predict with over 90% accuracy which knee osteoarthritis patients will feel real pain relief from platelet-rich plasma inject…
Machine learning model predicts brain metastasis risk in breast cancer patients with high accuracy
Can surgery and early treatment lower your risk of breast cancer spreading to the brain?
A cohort study of 154,193 breast cancer patients developed an XGBoost model predicting brain metastasis risk, achieving AUCs of 0.99 in inte…
Surgery and early treatment act as powerful shields against breast cancer spreading to the brain, according to a study of over 154,000 patie…
Normal Birth Action Plan associated with reduced cesarean rates in Turkish cohort
Did a new birth plan really lower the rate of unnecessary C-sections in this Turkish hospital?
This retrospective single-centre cohort study examined 2,226 births in a private hospital in Türkiye comparing the Normal Birth Action Plan …
A new birth plan in a Turkish hospital cut unnecessary C-sections by 8% while fear-driven surgeries dropped from 26% to 17%, though total bi…
Higher preanesthetic intra-abdominal pressure linked to increased post-spinal hypotension risk in cesarean delivery
Higher abdominal pressure linked to increased risk of low blood pressure after C-section
A prospective observational study of 83 parturients undergoing elective cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia found that each 5-mmHg inc…
Higher abdominal pressure before anesthesia triples the risk of low blood pressure during C-sections, a link doctors are now investigating f…
CPAP adherence linked to improved atherogenic lipid profiles in adults with moderate-severe OSAS
Your CPAP Machine May Be Protecting Your Heart Too
A single-center cohort study of 104 adults with moderate-severe OSAS found that adherent CPAP therapy (≥4 h/night on ≥70% of nights) was ass…
More time with low oxygen at night worsens cholesterol balance, but CPAP therapy helps reverse this heart risk in sleep apnea patients.
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Meta-analysis of [99mTc]Tc-PSMA SPECT/CT detection rates in prostate cancer staging and restaging
Cheaper Scan Finds Cancer Where PET Can't Reach
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated [99mTc]Tc-PSMA SPECT/CT in 1,840 patients with prostate cancer.
A cheaper prostate cancer scan finds tumors where expensive PET machines can't reach, offering hope for clinics in smaller towns.
Two-stage hysteroscopic myomectomy in diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis led to natural conception and full-term delivery in a 29-year-old nulliparous woman
A Rare Womb Condition Didn't Stop This Mom's Pregnancy
This case report and literature review describes a 29-year-old nulliparous woman with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis who underwent two-stage…
After two careful surgeries to clear countless small fibroids from her womb, a 29-year-old conceived on her own and delivered a healthy baby…
Co-administration of CD19 and CD22 CAR-T therapy in pediatric relapsed/refractory Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Years Later, These Kids With Tough Leukemia Are Still in Remission
This retrospective subanalysis evaluated long-term outcomes in pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory Philadelphia chromosome-positive …
Pairing two reprogrammed immune cell therapies gave most kids with an aggressive form of leukemia long-term remission — without a single tre…
CFP10 immunohistochemistry shows high sensitivity for renal tuberculosis in surgical specimens
New Test Finds Hidden TB in Kidney Tissue
A retrospective cohort study of 86 patients with surgically resected renal tissue found CFP10 immunohistochemical staining had 91.8% sensiti…
A new kidney test spots hidden tuberculosis by finding a specific protein that standard methods often miss, helping doctors catch the infect…
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis-ILD carries high mortality in small case series
A CT Score That May Flag the Sickest Lung Patients First
A retrospective case series of 9 patients with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) compli…
In a small but urgent study, a CT-based score may help doctors spot the patients who need the most aggressive treatment — before it's too la…
RDW trajectories during sepsis hospitalization predict 30- and 90-day mortality in retrospective study
Why a simple blood test predicts who gets sicker
A retrospective cohort study of 3,813 sepsis patients found that specific red blood cell distribution width (RDW) trajectories over the firs…
Tracking how your red blood cell size changes day by day reveals who is most likely to die from sepsis within 30 days.