Association Between Toxic Effects and Survival in Patients With Cancer and Autoimmune Disease Treated With Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy.

This cohort study analyzed the safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with cancer and autoimmune disease, and examined whether immune-related toxic effects were associated with outcomes.

Neurologists' Attitudes Toward Use and Timing of Deep Brain Stimulation.

Objective: We sought to explore current perspectives and attitudes of general neurologists and movement disorder specialists toward deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson disease (PD), focusing on perspectives on its earlier use in the clinical course of the disease.

Methods: We designed a 30-question online survey comprised of Likert-type, multiple choice, and rank-order questions, which was distributed to 932 neurologist members of the American Academy of Neurology. We analyzed clinicians' sociodemographic information, treatment patterns used for patients with PD, reasons for and against patient referral for DBS, and general attitudes toward DBS.

Brachial plexopathy as a complication of COVID-19.

COVID-19 affects a wide spectrum of organ systems. We report a 52-year-old man with hypertension and newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus who presented with hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 and developed severe brachial plexopathy. He was not treated with prone positioning respiratory therapy.