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Current guidelines that are being used in Singapore (SG) for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) must be updated to improve risk prediction accuracy. This can be done by recalibrating risk functions and employing wearable metrics that provide a huge amount of objective health data, suggests a study.

Critically ill patients with obesity see a significant rise in their body temperature following the use of dexmedetomidine (DEX) for ongoing sedation, as shown in a recent study. Furthermore, DEX duration and baseline temperature are significantly associated with fever development in these individuals.

Treatment with reteplase appears more effective than alteplase in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) who have been treated within 4.5 hours of symptom onset, according to the results of RAISE, a phase III multicentre, open-label, randomized controlled, noninferiority trial.

Implementing a pharmacy practice model consisting of an integrated four-member team (three pharmacists and one specialty technician) leads to better medication access and improved education among heart failure (HF) patients, reports a study. The model also allows for transition of care (ToC) at multiple points in the care process, resulting in enhanced medication safety.

In anticoagulation-associated intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), earlier administration of reversal treatments is associated with reduced in-hospital mortality or discharge to hospice, according to data presented at ISC 2024.