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An atrial fibrillation (AF) attack does not substantially impact the corrected QT interval (QTc), a recent study suggests. Of existing formulae to correct QT, the Framingham formula achieves the best results while the Bazett formula appears to overestimate QTc during an AF attack.

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms appear to frequently occur among schizophrenic patients receiving treatment with clozapine, and these symptoms exert a negative effect on the patients’ wellbeing, a study reports.

People who spend long hours (>4 hours a day) watching television (TV) have an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) than those who seldom watch TV, and this is independent of physical activity, according to a meta-analysis.

Treatment with the anti-interleukin-23p19 inhibitor mirikizumab led to significant improvements in patient-assessed disease severity and activity, as well as abdominal pain, in individuals with moderate-to-severe active Crohn’s disease, according to phase II data presented at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress (CCC) 2022.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used for the noninvasive measurement of pulsatile intracranial pressure, especially when using the OCT parameters peripapillary Bruch’s membrane angle and optic nerve head height, according to a recent study.

The majority of patients who contract SARS-CoV-2 infection develop antibodies, which remain in the blood for up to 15 months after infection, a study has found. Meanwhile, a negative antibody test is linked to re-infection.

Glycated albumin levels, as an estimator of prestroke glycaemic variability, is a good predictor of symptomatic haemorrhagic transformation in patients with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), a recent study has found.