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Ann Fam Med 2022 May-Jun;20(3):237-245

Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Purpose: Acute care use is high among individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is unclear how relational continuity of primary care influences downstream acute care use. We aimed to determine if poor continuity of care is associated with greater rates of acute care use and decreased prescriptions for guideline-recommended drugs. Read More

Open Heart 2022 May;9(1)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Ireland.

Background: The clinical significance of peak troponin levels following ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been definitively established. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between peak high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and all-cause mortality at 30 days and 1 year, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in STEMI.

Methods: A single-centre retrospective observational study was conducted of all patients with STEMI between January 2015 and December 2017. Read More

BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2022 May;10(3)

Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Introduction: Various studies have shown a number of glycemic parameters to improve over several weeks in people with type 1 diabetes during the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether and to what extent such improvement is sustained during following COVID-19 surges remains unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate glycemic parameters during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in people with type 1 diabetes and to determine factors associated with glycemic improvement. Read More

BMJ Glob Health 2022 May;7(5)

Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

Introduction: Despite growing evidence of the long-term impact of tuberculosis (TB) on quality of life, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates of TB-related disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) do not include post-TB morbidity, and evaluations of TB interventions typically assume treated patients return to pre-TB health. Using primary data, we estimate years of life lost due to disability (YLDs), years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLL) and DALYs associated with post-TB cardiorespiratory morbidity in a low-income country.

Methods: Adults aged ≥15 years who had successfully completed treatment for drug-sensitive pulmonary TB in Blantyre, Malawi (February 2016-April 2017) were followed-up for 3 years with 6-monthly and 12-monthly study visits. Read More

J Acad Nutr Diet 2022 May 20. Epub 2022 May 20.

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; R&D department, Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 22 (Välskärinkatu 12), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.

Background: Depression and diet quality appear to be associated in the general population. Nevertheless, little is known about their relationship among pregnant females.

Objective: The aims of this study were: first, to investigate longitudinally whether diet quality is associated with depressive symptoms during pregnancy; second, to examine whether variation in diet quality during pregnancy predicts variation in depressive symptoms; and third, to explore how individual dietary components are associated with depressive symptoms. Read More