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In patients diagnosed with opioid use disorders, those who received medication-assisted therapy (MAT) prescriptions have a higher risk of cardiac arrhythmia than those who did not, reports a study.

Use of methotrexate (MTX) appears safe and effective as first-line immunomodulator for maintenance therapy in children with Crohn’s disease (CD), suggests a study presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN 2022).

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on primary surgical treatment outcomes for individuals with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC; ≤1.0 cm at greatest diameter), hemithyroidectomy (HT) was associated with lower risks of postoperative complications but a higher incidence of overall recurrence compared with total thyroidectomy (TT).

Executive function (EF) in children appears to be linked to the metabolome, particularly with the amino acid leucine, higher levels of which seem to worsen EF and memory in this population, according to a recent Singapore study.

The implantation of self-expanding aortic values appears to trigger strong spikes in PR and QRS intervals, leading to high rates of high-degree cardiac conduction disturbances (HDCD) after hospital discharge, a recent study has found.