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Dr. Sternberg discusses step therapy in wetAMD treatment and his opinions in favor of its use.

Dr. Lally discusses the effect of avacincaptad pegol treatment on the progression of geographic atrophy and intermediate age-related macular degeneration.

Dr. Haller discusses issues in diversity and inclusion in retina, but provides avenues for solutions and what needs to come next.

Epinephrine before defibrillation was associated with lower odds of survival to discharge, favorable neurological survival, and survival after acute resuscitation

Data show reduction in systolic BP was considered greater than safety concerns related to drugs and interventional treatment, and preference for no intervention over intervention.

The adjusted change in 24-hour systolic blood pressure was -11.0 mm Hg in the chlorthalidone group and -0.5 mm Hg in the placebo group.

Genetic evidence show increased alcohol intake may be a causal risk factor for GA, while increased lifetime smoking was associated with risk of advanced AMD.

A significant decrease of -55.3 insulin fills per week during the pandemic was observed, in comparison to before the pandemic.

In patients with advanced heart failure, the median NT-proBNP AUC for valsartan was 1.19 compared to an AUC of 1.08 for sacubitril/valsartan.

Sulfonylurea and/or insulin deintensification occurred in fewer than 50% of older adults with diabetes within 100 days of a hypoglycemia-associated ED visit.

Proportion of eyes with IOP-related events supported monitoring in eyes treated with anti-VEGF therapy for macular edema associated with CRVO or HRVO for up to 60 months.

Phase 3 data show the solution works as fast 15 minutes and lasts for up to 6 hours, to improve near vision without impacting distance vision.

Incidence rates of post-Ad26.COV2.S vaccination cerebral venous sinus thrombosis was 8.65 per 100,000 person-years.

Hospital systems were able to effectively mitigate challenges during COVID-19, with 24-hour time-to-surgery benchmarks unchanged from before to after the pandemic.

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guideline provides key highlights into the evaluation and diagnosis of adult patients with chest pain.

Approximately 50% of children with laboratory-confirmed influenza in 2015 - 2016 were treated with antivirals, despite recommendations on their use.

Hospitalized patients were more likely to have impairments in attention, executive functioning, and category fluency compared to those in the outpatient group.

In all visits, data show 23.8% were virtual, 8.2% were in-person at home, and 68.0% were in-person and onsite.

Data show nonfatal MI did not meet the threshold for surrogacy for all-cause mortality or CV mortality.

Volume of waiting list registrations and DDLTs for alcoholic hepatitis exceeded expected trends by a mean of 59.5% in waiting list registrations and 62.0% in DDLTs

Data show women with AMI exhibited a more adverse cardiac risk factor profile and were more socially vulnerable than men in the US compared to Canada.

Data show In youth with obesity, but not healthy weight, visceral fat was positively associated with PWV and was predictive of PWV beyond BMI and waist circumference.

In older patients receiving medication intensification, no differences were seen in the risk of severe hyperglycemia, severe hypoglycemia, or death at 1 year.

Over the 5-year follow-up period, 94 of 170 participants had 1 or more long lapses in care, while 50 participants had short lapses only.

In 1774 estimated discharges where a hospital region in the US had been indicated, 35.9% were diagnosed in the West and 32.3% in the South.

The mean IR of first registered DFU was 2.5 per 1000 person-years for patients with T2D and 1.6 per 1000 person-years for patients with T1D.

Women who delivered preterm had a greater than 1.6-fold risk of hypertension and women who delivered extremely preterm had a 2.2-fold risk within the next 10 years.

The agent is administered through a single-dose, pre-filled syringe that delivers 5 milligrams through intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.

The letter pointed to a single deficiency related to an open inspection issue at a third-party facility.

Offspring born to mothers with any diabetes diagnosis during pregnancy were more likely to develop any psychiatric disorder or specific disorders, compared to their unexposed peers.