Global estimates show one third of the population may benefit from rehabilitation services
1. Approximately 1 in every 3 people worldwide (2.41 billion) could benefit from rehabilitation services with the Western Pacific region...
IV ferric carboxymaltose reduces risk of heart failure hospitalizations in patients with iron-deficiency and acute heart failure
1. Treatment with IV ferric carboxymaltose reduced the risk of heart failure hospitalizations in patients with iron deficiency and acute...
Febuxostat is not associated with worse cardiovascular safety outcomes or all-cause mortality compared to allopurinol
1. Febuxostat was non-inferior to allopurinol for primary cardiovascular endpoints including hospitalization for non-fatal myocardial infarction or biomarker-positive acute coronary...
Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy improves survival in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
1. First line treatment with pembrolizumab-chemotherapy showed significant improvement in progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with metastatic...
Oxygenated hypothermic perfusion reduces post-kidney transplant complications
1. Oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion (HMPO2) of kidneys donated after circulatory death was associated with fewer severe complications and lower...
IV alteplase improves functional outcomes in patients with stroke of unknown onset
1. In patients who had a stroke with unknown time of onset and DWI-FLAIR or perfusion mismatch, IV alteplase resulted...
Height and BMI trajectories in children and adolescents are highly variable across the global population
1. In 2019, a mean height difference of 20 cm or greater was estimated between adolescents in countries with the...
Overall seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies relatively low in the USA adult and dialysis populations
1. The standardized seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the US population was estimated to be 9.3% with significant regional variation....
Adjuvant radiotherapy does not improve survival following prostatectomy in men with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer
1. There is no evidence that adjuvant radiotherapy improves survival compared with early salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy with localized...
COVID-19 pandemic associated with decreased rates of institutional childbirth and increased neonatal mortality in Nepal
1. The COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a significantly increased risk of preterm birth, institutional stillbirth and neonatal mortality in...