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Use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for preoxygenation and apnoeic oxygenation falls short of showing improvement in lowest oxygen saturation (SpO2) achieved during the first intubation attempt, a Singapore study has shown. However, HFNC use may extend safe apnoea time.

Use of stimulants remains high among patients with psychocutaneous disease, most of whom have one or more psychiatric comorbidity, results of a recent study have shown.

Female patients nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) are less often prescribed guideline-recommended oral anticoagulation at the emergency department (ED), which in turn contributes to an increased stroke risk at 1 year regardless of discharge status, a study has found.

Performing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with adult-sized instruments in children yields comparable outcomes as when using paediatric-sized instruments, according to a study.

Researchers have recently developed a novel reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) test that can rapidly detect the presence SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples with high accuracy and without the need for RNA extraction.