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 older inpatients with polypharmacy, medication optimization did not improve outcomes at 48 wk.
Ie K, Hirose M, Sakai T, et al. Medication optimization protocol efficacy for geriatric inpatients: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7:e2423544. 39078632.
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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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Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adults have historically been grouped with Asian adults in U.S. mortality surveillance. Starting in 2018, the 1997 race and ethnicity standards from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget were adopted by all states on death certificates, enabling national-level estimates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality for NHPI adults independent of Asian adults. ⋯ National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.