The meta-analysis included 19 studies involving 1281 patients. Ultrafiltration was superior to the control treatments for weight loss (WMD 1.24 kg, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.38-2.09 kg, P = 0 ...

In September 2021, the protocol was amended to allow enrolment of patients with or without type 2 diabetes and to decrease the eGFR inclusion criterion to 25 mL/min/1.73m 2 due to new safety data ...

The addition of simvastatin plus rifaximin to standard therapy did not improve outcomes among patients with decompensated cirrhosis who were at high risk for clinical complications, according to a ...

Also, many older people with comorbidities are hospitalized because COVID-19 exacerbates an underlying disease, leading to decompensated diabetes or kidney failure, for example.

Among patients with acute decompensated heart failure, device-based thoracic duct decompression demonstrated the ability to reduce congestion safely, according to results of a first-in-human study ...