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Stroke patients with comorbid moderate-to-severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are at heightened risk of long-term mortality or recurrent cerebro-cardiovascular events, according to a study.

A scientific statement endorsed by the American Heart Association (AHA) has urged cardiothoracic surgeons to get more involved in the care of patients at high risk for pulmonary embolism (PE) – and to do it much earlier – to improve outcomes.

Being fat contributes to the development of cardiopulmonary (CP) multimorbidity (MM), reports a study. As a result, adiposity may be targeted by future interventions to help prevent MM.

Oligoprogression is defined as limited metastatic areas that progress while on/off systemic therapy in the context of oligometastatic or polymetastatic disease. Individuals with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) metastasis with oligoprogression may benefit from local ablative radiotherapy, also known as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR), or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).

A single dose of ceftriaxone appears to reduce the risk of developing early ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients with acute brain injury, according to the PROPHY-VAP study.