Risk Assessment
Population Subgroups: Women, Age & >75 Years, Race, and Ethnicity
Risk Assessment: Primary Prevention LDL-C < 190 mg/dL
Risk tools do not outperform BMD for predicting hip fractures among late-life adults
Two fracture risk assessment tools incorporating femoral neck bone mineral density did not outperform femoral neck BMD alone for predicting hip fractures among adults aged 80 years and older, according to study data.
Advances in AI could improve disease prediction, reduce provider stress
BOSTON — Explainable AI and systems that help providers with day-to-day tasks will allow experts to conduct more advanced research and make impactful changes in clinical care, according to two speakers at ENDO 2024.
Task force recommends population-based tool to better assess fracture risk in US
The use of racial-ethnic adjustments in the U.S. version of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool may be underestimating fractures among underrepresented groups, and new, more accurate tools are needed, according to a task force report.
ESC scoring tool predicts survival in SSc-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
The 2022 European Society of Cardiology risk assessment tool, when applied at baseline and follow-up, can accurately predict survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension, according to data.
AI tool helps identify patients at high risk for HIV, STIs
Using MySTIRisk, an artificial intelligence-based risk assessment tool, researchers were successfully able to create infection risk scores to identify patients at higher risk for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Patient-specific screening tool calculates risk of periprosthetic fracture after THA
LAS VEGAS — A patient-specific screening tool successfully identified risk factors for periprosthetic femur fracture among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to presented results.
Compared with usual care, risk-stratified care did not improve outcomes for low back pain
Compared with conventional care, risk-stratified care did not improve outcome scores for patients from the Military Health System who had low back pain, according to published results.
Medical organization recommends breast cancer risk assessment for all women by age 25
The American College of Radiology, or ACR, updated its guidance to recommend that all women receive a breast cancer risk assessment by the age of 25 years to determine if screening is needed earlier than age 40 years.