Practice Management News

Lung transplant recipients with extreme low or high BMIs had heightened risks for death due to acute respiratory failure and chronic lung allograft dysfunction, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Among patients with COVID-19, a low pectoralis muscle cross-sectional area on chest CTs appeared associated with heightened in-hospital mortality by day 30, according to results published in CHEST.

Daily toothbrushing was linked to a significantly decreased risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia, or HAP, as well as lower rates of ICU mortality, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The rate of e-cigarette use increased more than fivefold among adolescents in late pregnancy from 2016 to 2021, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

More than 60% of 12th graders who responded to a yearly survey of junior high and high school students reported not using alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days — the highest level of abstention in the survey’s history.

An artificial intelligence chatbot demonstrated greater probabilistic reasoning than clinicians when estimating the probability of a diagnosis after a patient received a negative test result, a recent study showed.

Moderna’s messenger RNA-based respiratory syncytial virus vaccine is safe and effective for older adults, according to phase 3 trial data.

Senior physicians cared for fewer patients in underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as those with Medicaid compared with their junior colleagues within the same practice, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

As we approach the year end, many investors, including physicians, will review their portfolios and assess the last 12 months of performance.

Oral nicotine pouches did not relieve nicotine cravings as well as cigarettes after 5 minutes of use, according to a study published in Addiction.