NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

Patients admitted with respiratory failure, those with organ failure, and those receiving enteral nutrition were most likely to be reintubated. Reintubation increased mortality risk.

Updated recommendations move away from universal disqualification, emphasizing individualized risk assessment and shared decision making for athletes with heart conditions.

In this cross-sectional study, about two thirds of older adults with rosacea were undiagnosed.

The good news: ampicillin-containing regimens can still work well. The bad news: previous antibiotic use can compromise treatment efficacy.

A stable molecule in the cell envelope of Borrelia burgdorferi has been implicated in triggering an ongoing immune response.

Lithium, in the blood-concentration therapeutic range, is associated with excess risk for developing stage ≥3 CKD.

Patients had similar outcomes when treated with methotrexate or prednisone.

In a U.S. postmarketing surveillance study, only 1 in 6 IVC filters were retrieved.

Bleeding occurred less frequently with the midline approach than the lateral one.

A scientific statement from the American Heart Association provides guidance on this recently U.S. FDA-approved procedure.