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Prediabetes in adolescent or young adult females has been linked to increased likelihood of gestational diabetes and adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes at first birth in a recent retrospective cohort study.

In the closure of linear wounds of the trunk and extremities, running subcuticular (SQ) suturing technique is preferred by patients and evaluators alike over running horizontal mattress (HM) in terms of aesthetic outcome, reports a recent study.

Children who have a history of firearm injury remain at increased risk for encountering another firearm injury, reports a US study.

Implementing a pharmacist-driven protocol of second-dose cefepime results in a lower duration between second-dose antibiotics, days requiring vasopressors, and a slight decrease in length of hospital stay among adult patients with sepsis in the emergency department (ED), according to a study.

A simple, scalable, direct-to-patient intervention consisting of two booklets and a website substantially reduced benzodiazepine receptor agonist (BZRA) use and improved sleep outcomes in older adults, the randomized YAWNS NB trial has shown. 

For patients who have been placed on a nasogastric tube shortly after stroke onset, a 4-day treatment course of metoclopramide does not appear to have any effect on the incidence of pneumonia or functional outcomes, according to data from the PRECIOUS trial.

Full results of the phase III FINEARTS-HF trial have shown that finerenone cuts the risk of worsening heart failure (HF) events and cardiovascular (CV) death in symptomatic HF with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (HFmrEF/HFpEF).