NEJM Journal Watch - General Medicine

Patients with advanced COPD or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis were less likely to receive outpatient palliative care than were patients with lung cancer.

An observational study suggests some small differences in outcomes.

Readmission rates were 20% lower when medications for opioid or alcohol use disorder were prescribed at hospital discharge.

In a large retrospective study, SGLT-2 inhibitor use was associated with excess risk for peripheral artery revascularization and amputation.

Findings from an industry-sponsored, phase 2 trial of abelacimab suggest reduced bleeding compared with rivaroxaban.

Results from a multicenter observational study are interesting but don't resolve the controversy surrounding this diagnosis.

This study adds to the body of evidence favoring NIV in obese patients at risk for postextubation respiratory failure.

Diabetic patients with eGFRs <30 mL/minute/1.73 m2 who continued metformin had lower mortality at 3 years.

Several observational studies suggest this link is real.

Dr. Paul Sax reacts to the first measles death in the United States since 2015 in HIV and ID Observations.