Variability in Pediatric Ideal Body Weight Calculation: Implications for Lung-Protective Mechanical Ventilation Strategies in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Community Trust and the Ebola Endgame.

Building Health System Capacity through Medical Education: A Targeted Needs Assessment to Guide Development of a Structured Internal Medicine Curriculum for Medical Interns in Botswana.

Light-phase prednisone promotes glucose oxidation in heart through novel transactivation targets of cardiomyocyte-specific GR and KLF15.

Half-life of a printed handoff document.

Sputum monitoring during tuberculosis treatment for predicting outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis.

In Choosing Care, HIV Patients Prefer Kindness Over Convenience

According to findings of a study published August 13, 2018, in PLOS Medicine, HIV patients in Zambia were willing to increase wait time and travel distance—and accept significant reduction in medication—in order to access a healthcare provider with a nice attitude. The study, led by UC San Francisco’s Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, reveals how much patients value a positive attitude in relation to other aspects of clinical care.

Read a summary of the study.

MicroRNAs 24 and 27 Suppress Allergic Inflammation and Target a Network of Regulators of T Helper 2 Cell-Associated Cytokine Production.

A guanine nucleotide exchange factor-independent function of Vav1 in transcriptional activation.

Efficacy and safety exposure-response relationships of apalutamide in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Detection of minimal residual disease following induction immunochemotherapy predicts progression free survival in mantle cell lymphoma: final results of CALGB 59909.

Longitudinal Blood Pressure Changes and Kidney Function Decline in Persons Without Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the MESA Study.

Patterns of Progression After Peptide Receptor Radiopharmaceutical Therapy.

Clinical Outcomes of Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Warfarin for Extended Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism.

Contraindicated medication use among patients in a memory disorders clinic.