University Of Helsinki

Updated findings from a randomized trial yielded new insights into the optimal duration of adjuvant trastuzumab for women with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes have increased risks for having children with a congenital heart defect, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

According to published results, adverse events are common after diaphyseal forearm fracture surgery, thus these procedures may require special consideration and personnel.

Young children with type 1 diabetes who used an advanced hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system had a reduction in HbA1c and improvement in time in range from baseline to 12 weeks, according to study data.

Effect of 4% albumin solution vs. Ringer’s acetate as priming solution in CABG.

A 4% albumin solution for priming and perioperative IV volume replacement solution in CABG did not reduce risk for 90-day major adverse events compared with standard Ringer’s acetate solution, researchers reported.

IV thrombolysis appeared safe among patients who had acute ischemic stroke with saccular unruptured intracranial aneurysms, according to results of a prospective cohort study published in Neurology.

Survival rates were similar in patients who choose home hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis, even with differences in age and number of comorbidities, according to a study published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes are more likely to be autoantibody positive and develop type 1 diabetes in the decade after delivery compared with pregnant women without gestational diabetes, data from a large Finnish cohort show.