University Of Pittsburgh

Devices to monitor individual patient parameters will have a positive impact in the field of orthopedic surgery. Giving these tools to patients allows them the opportunity to be more involved in their care. This increased sense of responsibility will encourage commitment that can have a positive impact on patient-reported outcomes. In addition, monitoring certain parameters while patients are at home and being able to act on the results can lower the risk of perhaps unnecessary rehospitalization or emergency room visits.

CHICAGO — Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with high-dose interleukin-2 and hydroxychloroquine appeared to demonstrate similar responses to patients who previously received high-dose interleukin-2 alone, according to data presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

The use of benzodiazepines was linked to a fivefold increase in the risk for opioid-related overdose during the first 90 days of such treatment, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

Prescription drug monitoring program data rarely changed an emergency medicine provider’s plan to prescribe an opioid, according to findings recently published in Pain Medicine.

Patients prescribed opioids in the hospital were twice as likely to receive an outpatient opioid prescription within 90 days of leaving the hospital, according to findings presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

In the United States, hookah smoking attributed to approximately 55% of tobacco smoke volume consumed by hookah and cigarette smokers aged between 18 and 30 years, according to research published in Tobacco Control.

The risk for colorectal cancer is about 2.5 times higher in patients who have advanced adenomatous polyps detected during colonoscopy vs. those with no adenomas, but the risk does not appear to be increased among patients with non-advanced adenomas, according to new research published in JAMA.

Patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy will incur on average $30,000 to $36,000 in additional costs aside from drug expenses, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

CHICAGO — Nivolumab continued to confer a significant OS benefit compared with investigator’s choice of therapy among patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to long-term data from the phase 3 CheckMate 141 trial presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — Although concussion guidelines recommend not returning to play the same day an injury is sustained, girl soccer players were 514% more likely to return to the field that same day than boys, according to research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2017 National Conference & Exhibition.