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Hypocalcaemia tied to mid-, long-term death in acute pulmonary thromboembolism
30 Aug 2022
byStephen Padilla
Low serum calcium in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) independently predicts 30-day and long-term mortality, suggests a China study that used a new prognosis assessment model.
30 Aug 2022

Latest glucose-lowering drug use and glycaemic outcome trends in HK
30 Aug 2022
byNatalia Reoutova
A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of trends in glucose-lowering drug (GLD) use and glycaemic outcomes among Hong Kong’s 0.9 million adults with diabetes between 2002 and 2019 finds a levelling off in improvements since 2014.
30 Aug 2022

RYGB in severe obesity leads to weight loss, hypertension remission
29 Aug 2022
byRoshini Claire Anthony
In patients with severe obesity, undergoing either laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) resulted in weight loss, according to long-term follow-up of the SLEEVEPASS* trial. However, remission of hypertension was more likely in patients who underwent RYGB compared with LSG.
29 Aug 2022





