NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

Dry mouth was common in this cross-sectional study.

In a prospective, controlled study, patients who were vaccinated before discharge from hospitalization for acute heart failure had fewer all-cause deaths and hospital readmissions.

Compared with usual medical care, acupuncture resulted in significantly lower chronic low back pain disability scores.

In people 40 or older, the likelihood of cardiac arrest increased with rising anticholinergic burden.

In a randomized trial, immediate complete coronary revascularization was not found to be noninferior to staged revascularization later during the index hospitalization.

The two approaches were comparably effective, but anticholinergic side effects were common in the medication group.

Dr. Paul Sax discusses IDWeek 2025, in HIV and ID Observations.

Patients had fewer migraine days and tolerated the drug well.

Mortality was overall similar to that seen with standard therapy but appeared worse in certain subsets of patients.

The drug reduced polyp size and symptom scores in the trial that led to FDA approval.