Thyroid hormone replacement boosts risk of abdominal surgery complications
Editor's Note: Preoperative thyroid hormone replacement independently predicts operative morbidity and length of stay following major abdominal surgery, according to a January 23 report in the American Journal of Surgery. To determine the association between preoperative thyroid hormone replacement and complications following major abdominal surgery, researchers performed a retrospective case…
Metabolic conditions increase risk of kidney graft function deterioration
Editor's Note: A recent study reveals individuals with obesity or metabolic disorder could have a higher risk of experiencing graft function deterioration (GFD), while individuals with metabolically healthy overweight or obesity (MHO) had an elevated risk. Results were published December 27 in JAMA Network Open. The cohort study examined 1260 adult…
AI model trained to identify patients’ social circumstances
Editor's Note: Large language models trained to extract patients’ social determinants of health (SDoH) from clinician notes could help to identify patients who need additional support and resources. The findings, from investigators at Mass General Brigham, appeared in the Nature journal Digital Medicine on January 11. Housing circumstances, employment, access…
Study: COVID-19 infection raises risk of long-term GI disorders
Editor's Note An analysis of federal health data, done by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system, showed that those who have been infected with the COVID-19 virus are at “increased risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) disorders within…
Healthcare professional satisfaction before, after CANDOR implementation
Editor's Note This study led by researchers at the University of Colorado, Denver, finds an association between a communication and optimal resolution (CANDOR) program and increases in most measures of healthcare professional satisfaction. CANDOR is used when a patient experiences an unexpected adverse outcome. The analysis included survey data from…
1-year adverse outcomes in adults with long COVID
Editor's Note This study by researchers at Elevance Health, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, finds increased rates of adverse outcomes over a 1-year period in adults who survived the acute phase of COVID-19. A total of 13,435 individuals with post-COVID-19 condition (ie, long COVID) and 26,870 individuals with no evidence of COVID-19…
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