Study compares baricitinib to dexamethasone for COVID-19
Jun 21, 2022
Baricitinib plus remdesivir shows similar efficacy but a better safety profile than dexamethasone plus remdesivir in hospitalized adults.
Medicare could have saved $3.6 billion on generic drugs in 2020
Jun 20, 2022
The authors say that Medicare could have saved up to $3.6 billion by purchasing generics at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. prices.
IV vitamin C increases risk for death, organ failure in sepsis
Jun 17, 2022
The risk increased with intravenous vitamin C versus placebo for adults with sepsis in the ICU receiving vasopressor therapy.
No fewer deaths seen with restricted IV fluid for septic shock
Jun 17, 2022
The rates of death at 90 days, serious adverse events, did not differ for patients with septic shock receiving restricted versus standard IV fluid therapy in the ICU.
ENDO: Fracture risk up with insulin compared with metformin in T2DM
Jun 17, 2022
The risk for major osteoporotic fractures up for insulin versus metformin for those with HbA1c <7%, BMI <25 kg/m.2
Protection against omicron strongest with hybrid immunity
Jun 17, 2022
Immunity resulting from previous COVID-19 infection and recent booster vaccination confers the strongest protection against the omicron infection.
COVID-19 incidence, hospitalization up for persons with disabilities
Jun 16, 2022
Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible because of disability have a higher COVID-19 incidence and hospitalization rates than age-eligible beneficiaries.
Veterans report low rates of adverse events with mRNA vaccines
Jun 16, 2022
Rates were slightly higher at 42 days for those receiving the Pfizer versus Moderna vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines cut mortality with heart failure
Jun 16, 2022
Those who are partially vaccinated and unvaccinated face the same increased risk, whereas boosted and fully vaccinated adults fare best.
Risk for psychiatric illness up in early postacute COVID-19 phase
Jun 14, 2022
Risks for new-onset psychiatric diagnoses and anxiety disorders, but not mood disorders, increased in the early postacute phase.