BMJ

Is prevalence of e-cigarette and nicotine replacement therapy use among smokers associated with average cigarette consumption in England? A time-series analysis

Objectives Many smokers use e-cigarettes and licensed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), often in an attempt to reduce their cigarette consumption. We estimated how far changes in prevalence of ...
BMJ

Does preoperative rehabilitation for patients planning to undergo joint replacement surgery improve outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Objectives The clinical impact of preoperative physiotherapy on recovery after joint replacement remains controversial. This systematic review aimed to assess the clinical impact of prehabilitation ...
gut.bmj

Efficacy of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in chronic pancreatitis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective The benefits of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) in chronic pancreatitis (CP) are inadequately defined. We have undertaken a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised ...
BMJ

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-to-medium surgical risk patients: time for a reappraisal?

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BMJ

Exercise therapy may postpone total hip replacement surgery in patients with hip osteoarthritis: a long-term follow-up of a randomised trial

Background Exercise treatment is recommended for all patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA), but its effect on the long-term need for total hip replacement (THR) is unknown. Methods We conducted a long ...
ahajournals.org

Valve‐in‐Valve Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Versus Redo Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement: Meta‐Analysis of Early and Late Outcomes

Bioprosthetic mitral valve degeneration is traditionally treated with redo surgical mitral valve replacement (redo‐SMVR), but valve‐in‐valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement (ViV‐TMVR) offers a ...
GitHub

Confidence sequences and uniform boundaries

This library supports calculation of uniform boundaries, confidence sequences, and always-valid p-values. These constructs are useful in sequential A/B testing, best-arm identification, and other ...
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Fire damages two family homes in Tacoma, injures firefighter

Two families were displaced Thursday after a fire damaged their Tacoma homes. Firefighters were dispatched at 12:24 p.m. to the 110 block of South 88th Street after multiple callers reported the fire.
The Straits Times

The best AI tutor for O-level subjects: ChatGPT, Gemini or The Wise Otter?

SINGAPORE - Students are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence (AI) tutors for their daily work. Besides mainstream tools such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the latest contender ...
The Lancet

Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole ...

hWHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia iDepartment of Microbiology ...
Frontiers

Antithrombotic strategies after transcatheter aortic valve replacement a network meta-analysis

The optimal antithrombotic regimen for patients without an indication for oral anticoagulation (OAC) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remains unclear. We conducted a network ...