Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effect of Four Hemoglobin Transfusion Threshold Strategies in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia : A Target Trial Emulation Using MINT Trial Data.
The optimal hemoglobin threshold to guide red blood cell (RBC) transfusion for patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and anemia is uncertain. ⋯ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
In symptomatic knee OA, adding oral methotrexate to usual analgesia reduced pain at 6 mo.
Kingsbury SR, Tharmanathan P, Keding A, et al. Pain reduction with oral methotrexate in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Ann Intern Med. 2024;177:1145-1156. 39074374.
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Dementia, or major neurocognitive disorder, is defined as a decline in 1 or more cognitive domains that causes impairment in everyday function. Alzheimer disease is the most common type of dementia in the United States, with an estimated 6.9 million adults who have Alzheimer disease and are 65 years or older. This article discusses the latest findings in preventing cognitive decline. It also discusses dementia screening, diagnosis, treatment, and the quality of life for persons with dementia and their caregivers.
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Turgeon AF, Fergusson DA, Clayton L, et al; HEMOTION Trial Investigators on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, the Canadian Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group, and the Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium. Liberal or restrictive transfusion strategy in patients with traumatic brain injury. N Engl J Med. 2024;391:722-735. 38869931.