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Highlights from November

This month’s handpicked reading list

CRITICAL CARE

Oxygen Saturation Targets and Neurologic Outcomes Following Cardiac Arrest

A secondary analysis of the Pragmatic Investigation of Optimal Oxygen Targets trial compares neurologic outcomes between lower and higher oxygen saturation targets following cardiac arrest.

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DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

Hospitalization Trends and Risk Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease

An observational study suggests that all-cause and rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease-related hospitalizations are increasing, and in-hospital mortality has not changed over time but remains substantial.


HUMANITIES

Covert Triage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A qualitative analysis of interviews with intensivists in German hospitals finds widespread covert triage as a response to legal uncertainty around triage guidelines during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PULMONARY AND CARDIOVASCULAR

Longitudinal Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Trajectories Inform Clinical Outcome in Kidney Transplantation Patients

A retrospective analysis of patients in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System examines the ways in which longitudinal pulmonary arterial pressure trajectories inform clinical outcome in patients undergoing kidney transplantation.

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SLEEP

Association Between a Recalled Positive Airway Pressure Device and Obstructive Lung Disease

A province-based retrospective longitudinal study indicates that compared with other manufacturers, recalled devices were not independently associated with obstructive lung disease development or progression following adjustment.


THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Association of Shared Decision-Making With Long-Term Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening

A retrospective cohort study demonstrates that having a shared decision-making visit was associated with significantly higher lung cancer screening adherence for four years after the initial screening, supporting shared decision-making as a strategy to increase lung cancer screening adherence.

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Cardiac Effort to Compare Clinic and Remote 6-Minute Walk Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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