Should Hospitalized Patients Receive Normal Saline or Lactated Ringer's Solution? Description A new study suggests no difference in outcomes with either fluid type.
Can Radiation Therapy Be Omitted in Low-Risk Breast Cancer? Description A cohort study showed low recurrence rates in older women treated with surgery and endocrine therapy alone.
Are SGLT-2 Inhibitors Beneficial and Safe in Patients with Advanced CKD? Description They are, according to a meta-analysis focusing on patients with chronic kidney disease.
Does BMI Tip the Scales of Mortality for Patients Who Require ECMO? Description Among adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, no mortality difference was found across body-mass index categories.
Ultrasound for Lumbar Punctures Description Ultrasound guidance had a higher success rate than using anatomical landmarks alone, especially in patients with obesity.
Large Language Models and Clinical Reasoning: The Frontier in 2025 Description An LLM outperformed physicians in clinical encounters with patient actors.
Automated Ventilator Weaning in the ICU: Do Algorithms Outperform Clinicians? Description Automated weaning systems shorten mechanical ventilation and hospital length of stay while reducing reintubation and tracheostomy.
Mpox on the Seas Description Two cruise-associated clusters remind us that vacations can increase behavioral risks for sexually transmitted infections.
Do Compression Stockings Prevent Vasovagal Syncope? Description In this sham-controlled trial, stockings didn't help.
Observations from ID and Beyond: End-of-Summer Musings — Hepatitis B, Dalbavancin, Alpha-Gal, and More Description Catch Dr. Paul Sax's end-of-summer musings, in HIV and ID Observations.