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Patients who received ketamine on the day of surgery for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) had no statistically significant change in the risk of death during hospitalization or in the risk of developing attention deficit disorder, seizures, or paralysis in the six months after surgery.

Sinus infection rates in areas where hurricanes made landfall show minor fluctuations, but no consistent trends, in the six weeks following the storms, compared to equivalent time periods in previous and subsequent years.  

Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who are prescribed a GLP-1 medication and insulin are 55% less likely to have a hyperglycemia-related ED visit, 26% less likely to have an amputation-related visit, and 29% less likely to have a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)-related ED visit in the following year compared to those on insulin alone.

The median time from the first recorded clinical finding with established association to pancreatic cancer diagnosis is 116 days. However, this varies significantly by the clinical indication initially identified. 

Black and Asian mothers have higher rates of cesarean deliveries during their first deliveries compared to those who are Hispanic, White, Indigenous American, or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. 

Patients aged 60 to 74 at increased risk of severe complications from a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection have up to a 75% reduced likelihood of an RSV-related complication if they have received the RSV vaccination. 

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Female patients, particularly those without diabetes, are at the highest risk of undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD), with 20% showing lab evidence of CKD stage 3 or higher but lacking a formal diagnosis. 

Women with a history of an intrauterine device (IUD) placement have a similar likelihood of having multiples (1.79%) compared to those with no history of birth control use (1.84%). Little difference was observed among those with copper or hormonal IUDs.

There is no statistically significant change in likelihood of appendicitis or appendectomy among patients who have a COVID-19 or influenza vaccination or infection.

The rate of obesity in U.S. adults increased by 13.6% between 2010 and 2024, though the rate has remained largely unchanged since 2020. The rate of severe obesity in U.S. adults increased through 2021 then began trending downward through 2024. 

Children aged 6 to 11 treated with Miralax (polyethylene glycol 3350; PEG 3350) are less likely to be diagnosed with new or recurrent symptoms of depression, new mood swings, or new seizures compared to those treated with a different constipation treatment. 

Patients who received a live or recombinant shingles vaccination between ages 50 and 65 are less likely to be diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease after age 65 compared to those who didn’t receive a shingles vaccination.

Between Q1 2017 and Q3 2024, only 536 per 10,000 IUD placements had a documented administration of a pain or anxiety medication on the same day as the procedure encounter. 

Babies born to mothers who receive the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine during pregnancy are 61% less likely to have an RSV infection compared to babies whose mother did not receive the RSV vaccine. 

Speech delay diagnoses among toddlers increased between Q1 2018 and Q4 2021 and remained steady at 16-17% in 2023 and 2024.  

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are 49% more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia than children without ASD.

In all countries outside of the United States (U.S.), night shift is less likely to be staffed by newer nurses than day shift. However, in the U.S., a larger portion of night shifts are covered by low-tenure nurses than day shift.

In the span of one year, more than 5.8 million duplicate imaging orders were potentially prevented. 

Patients with diabetes who are prescribed semaglutide, exenatide, liraglutide, or dulaglutide experience a 23–44% reduced likelihood of dementia compared to those prescribed other diabetes management medications.