NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

In a large retrospective study, children with vitiligo had heightened risk for sensorineural hearing loss.

In a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled studies, patients receiving early aortic valve replacement had fewer cardiovascular events.

In this randomized trial, gabapentinoids did not relieve pain.

In expert hands, endoscopic submucosal dissection achieved complete resection in most cases.

A meta-analysis provides evidence that isoniazid therapy can prevent incident tuberculosis in this population.

As suspected, colds confer some protection.

Carvedilol prophylaxis initiated at the time of new-onset ascites led to fewer complications and deaths.

In this older cohort with dementia, risperidone was associated with greater risk for stroke, regardless of prior cardiovascular disease.

Vaccination reduced all-cause mortality in cardiac patients and offered some protection against specific cardiovascular events.

Rates were decreasing steadily until the COVID-19 pandemic.