Do Condition-Specific Growth Charts Improve Care in Alagille Syndrome?
Growth charts tailored for Alagille Syndrome (ALGS) could refine the assessment of malnutrition in these children, but questions remain about their broad applicability. Clinicians should view these new charts cautiously, considering the limitations of the underlying data and the potential for misinterpretation.
Health Literacy Gaps and Lung Cancer Diagnosis: A Policy Perspective
Patients with low health literacy and chronic conditions face significant delays in lung cancer diagnosis, impacting survival. Health systems must address these disparities through targeted interventions and policy changes to improve early detection and outcomes.
ECPR Rewarming: A Case for Prolonged Resuscitation?
Hypothermia can be protective, even in the face of cardiac arrest and severe coagulopathy. This case challenges the premature termination of resuscitation efforts in severely hypothermic patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR).
Lorlatinib and the Enigma of Autoantibody-Negative Diabetes
Patients on lorlatinib may develop diabetes with unusual characteristics, including the absence of typical autoantibodies. This presents a diagnostic challenge, requiring clinicians to consider drug-induced etiologies even when initial immunological markers are negative.
PCSK9 Inhibitors Move Upstream: Evolocumab Tested in Diabetes Without Known Atherosclerosis
VESALIUS-CV tests evolocumab in diabetic patients without established atherosclerosis, while new trials probe plaque biology and lipid pathways beyond LDL.
