The Risk of Rheumatic Disorders Among Patients With Rhinosinusitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Emerging evidence suggests a possible link between rhinosinusitis and systemic rheumatic diseases; however, no meta-analysis has comprehensively examined this association to date. We aimed to investigate if patients with rhinosinusitis have a predisposition to unmasking rheumatic diseases compared to individuals without rhinosinusitis.

Methods: A comprehensive search in MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science was conducted until February 2025 for studies characterizing rheumatic disease incidence, prevalence, and risk in cohorts of rhinosinusitis patients.

Epicardial Fat in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Compared with Reduced Ejection Fraction.

The role of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains to be defined. A consecutive series of outpatients with chronic heart failure-heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and HFpEF and/or diastolic dysfunction-had EAT assessed by echocardiographic measurement and related to indices of cardiac structure and function. Epicardial fat thickness was significantly ( < 0.

What is the risk of returning to the emergency department within 30 days for patients diagnosed with substance-induced psychosis?

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to measure the risk of return Emergency Department (ED) visits in patients presenting to the ED with a diagnosis of substance-induced psychosis. Secondary objectives included: (1) describing the characteristics of patients returning within 30 days to the ED with substance-induced psychosis, and (2) identifying risk factors associated with such ED return.

Methods: At two urban sites from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019, we included consecutive patients presenting to the ED with substance-induced psychosis defined by their ED discharge diagnosis of psychosis and clinical evidence of substance use.

One-year mortality of emergency department patients with substance-induced psychosis.

Objectives: Psychosis is a well established complication of non-prescription drug use. We sought to measure the 1-year mortality of emergency department patients with substance-induced psychosis (SIP).

Methods: This study was a multi-centre, retrospective electronic medical records review of patients presenting to the ED with substance-induced psychosis (SIP).

Rationale for withholding professional resuscitation in emergency medical system-attended out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Background: Half of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) are deemed inappropriate for resuscitation by emergency medical services (EMS). We investigated patient characteristics and reasons for non-treatment of OHCAs, and determined the proportion involving illicit drug use.

Methods: We reviewed consecutive EMS-untreated OHCA from the British Columbia Cardiac Arrest Registry (2019-2020).

Awareness and knowledge among internal medicine house-staff for dose adjustment of commonly used medications in patients with CKD.

Background: Drug dosing errors result in adverse patient outcomes and are more common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). As internists treat the majority of patients with CKD, we study if Internal Medicine house-staff have awareness and knowledge about the correct dosage of commonly used medications for those with CKD.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was performed and included 341 participants.