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In South and Southeast Asia, children younger than 12 months of age, with comorbidities, or who present with coughs are more likely to develop severe episodes of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to a recent study.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) risk falling, being hospitalized, and dying, with the greatest risk occurring among those who have more than one PIM prescription, as shown in a study.
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) seems to persist in the ejaculate of chronically infected men who are immunosuppressed, a recent study has found.
Children with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma may benefit from treatment with dupilumab which reduced exacerbations and improved lung function, according to results of the phase III VOYAGE study presented at ATS 2021.
Women with shorter pregnancy duration are likely to develop haemorrhagic or ischaemic stroke in the future, with the risk remaining elevated at least 40 years later, a large study has found.
Water-aided techniques (WT), particularly the water exchange (WE) method, help enhance serrated polyp detection rate (SPDR) during colonoscopy, a study has shown.
Low to moderate alcohol consumption may lower the likelihood of incident cataract that requires surgery, suggests a recent study of two large UK cohorts. Furthermore, this relationship is most evident for the consumption of polyphenol-rich wine.
Special Reports
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In a webinar held on 27 March 2021, paediatric
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insights and clinical experience based
on their frontline roles in caring for patients
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and supporting their family members.
Intravitreal injections with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents are associated with significant treatment burden for patients with diabetic macular oedema (DME) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). At the Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2021 Virtual Congress, Dr Karl Csaky of Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas, US, Dr Charles Wykoff of Retina Consultants of Texas, Houston, Texas, US, and Dr Jeffrey Heier of Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, US, presented results of four phase III trials that compared the efficacy and safety of the investigational bispecific antibody, faricimab, administered at up to Q16W dosing intervals, vs the decoy VEGF-A/placental growth factor (PIGF) receptor aflibercept at Q8W dosing intervals, in patients with retinal vascular diseases.
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are at risk of developing serious infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), which require appropriate and adequate antibiotic coverage. Early empirical coverage is pivotal in saving patients’ lives. At a recent webinar co-organized by the Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore) and Pfizer, renowned Professor David Paterson, Professor of Medicine and Director, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, and Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, discussed the role of newer antimicrobial agents, including ceftazidime-avibactam (Zavicefta) in the management of MDROs in the ICU. Dr Wong Sin Yew, Infectious Disease Physician at Gleneagles Medical Centre and Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore, chaired the event.
Conference Reports
Children with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma may benefit from treatment with dupilumab which reduced exacerbations and improved lung function, according to results of the phase III VOYAGE study presented at ATS 2021.
A new infant formula supplemented with bioactive nutrients — containing MFGM* components, LC-PUFAs**, and synbiotics — may improve neurocognitive function and brain development in healthy children at 6 years of age, according to the COGNIS*** study presented at WCPGHAN 2021.
Individuals with familial dementia (FD), defined as dementia in a first-degree relative, which confers an increased risk of dementia, could reduce their risk by adopting a healthy lifestyle, a study presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2021 showed.
The fractional flow reserve (FFR) approach is no better than angiography-guided strategy in patients with multivessel STEMI* undergoing complete revascularization in the head-to-head FLOWER-MI trial**.
A novel anti-regurgitation (AR) formula combining carob bean gum (CBG) with prebiotics and postbiotics was found to have a more pronounced benefit for infants with more severe gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, according to the results of a post hoc analysis presented at WCPGHAN 2021.
Certain therapies used for rheumatic diseases, including rituximab, are associated with worse outcomes for COVID-19 and reduced immune response after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases, according to two studies presented at the virtual EULAR 2021 Congress.
Treatment with the fully human anti-IL17 monoclonal antibody secukinumab resulted in fewer, and a longer time to, disease flares in children and adolescents with enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA), results of the phase III JUNIPERA trial showed.
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