JOURNAL UPDATE

Physician Burnout Significantly Increased During 2020 to 2021

Additionally, decreases in satisfaction with work-life integration and increases in depression seen

• Total Number of HPV Vaccination Encounters Down During Pandemic
• Bariatric Surgery Tied to Lasting, Clinically Important Improvements in Pain
• Occupational Exposures Tied to ALS Risk
• Outcomes May Be Better for Warfarin Users Who Stop Aspirin Use

OTHER JOURNAL ARTICLES

Early Mortality High for Aortic Dissection Patients Not Planned for Surgery

At 48 hours, mortality was 23.7 percent for those medically treated versus 4.4 percent for those surgically treated

Genetic Predisposition to Smoking Causally Linked to Stroke Outcomes

Link remained significant in multivariable Mendelian randomization analyses adjusting for genetically predicted alcohol consumption

Multidose Antibiotic Prophylaxis No Better for Breast Implant Surgery

Multiple-dose regimen not superior to single-dose regimen among women undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction

MI Outcomes May Be Worse in Patients With Rheumatic IMID

MI outcomes poorer in Medicare beneficiaries with versus without rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory disease

Insomnia May Up Risk for Subjective Memory Decline in Older Adults

Middle-aged and older adults with insomnia more likely to report memory decline over subsequent three years

Diabetes-Related Deaths Not Decreasing in Rural Areas in the U.S.

Women and older adults experience more consistent decreases in diabetes-related deaths

Transcranial Doppler, Hydroxyurea Use Low for Sickle Cell Anemia

Despite increases in TCD screening and hydroxyurea use from 2014 to 2019, use still remains low for children, teens

Norovirus Outbreaks Have Increased to Prepandemic Levels

In surveillance year 2021 to 2022, 992 outbreaks were reported compared with 1,056 and 343 in 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021

Coffee Intake Linked to Longer Prostate Cancer-Specific Survival

Longer prostate cancer-specific survival seen for specific subgroups, including those with the CYP1A2 AA genotype

Nearly One in 10 U.S. Teens, Adults Had Past-Year Depression

Sharp increases in depression seen among teens, young adults from 2015 to 2019

Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Psoriasis May Be Causally Related

Genetic predisposition to psoriasis not linked to total IBD, but is associated with Crohn disease

Telehealth May Increase Use of Specialty Care for Serious Mental Illness

However, no association seen with substantive changes in medication adherence

Several Factors Significantly Tied to Atopic Dermatitis Disease Burden

Strongest associations seen for disease severity and time spent managing symptoms

Sleep Deprivation May Increase Risk for Systemic Lupus in Women

Additive interactions between low sleep duration and depression or bodily pain may contribute to risk for systemic lupus erythematosus

Unintentional Overdose Deaths in U.S. Teens Spiked in 2020

Eight in 10 teen unintentional overdose deaths involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids