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BOSTON — Among living kidney donors with normal blood pressure, men were more likely than women to have worsening kidney function during the first 2 years after donation, according to study data.

A single bout of maximal aerobic exercise affected performance across multiple visual tasks in women, bringing into question their usefulness in sideline concussion assessments, according to a study published in Journal of Optometry.

Researchers have identified significant associations between intracranial pressure, translaminar pressure difference and visual field parameters in patients with normal-tension glaucoma, according to a study published in Diagnostics.

Pressure pain threshold may be a novel biomarker for identification of high risk for self-harm among adolescents, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Among patients undergoing PCI for ACS, elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was associated with a significant increase in risk for all-cause mortality.

PHOENIX — During a clinical/translational session at the Orthopaedic Research Association Annual Meeting, here, a researcher said in the early postoperative period following open carpal tunnel release surgery, limb occlusion pressure may be associated with reduced pain at the tourniquet site, as well as an overall reduction in the use of pain medication postoperatively compared with standard pneumatic tourniquet pressure.