Comparison of chest- and wrist-based actigraphy in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Aims: Activity trackers for clinical trials and remote monitoring are appealing as they provide objective data outside of the clinic setting. Algorithms determine physical activity intensity and count steps. Multiple studies show physical inactivity in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Asthma biologics: Real-world effectiveness, impact of switching biologics, and predictors of response.

Background: Confirmation of effectiveness of asthma biologics in the real world is desirable because patient characteristics and experiences may differ from those included in randomized controlled trials.

Objective: To evaluate real-world effectiveness of asthma biologics and identify predictors of response.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study in patients with severe asthma receiving biologics.

A 46-Year-Old Woman Who Presented with Diabetic Ketoacidosis and COVID-19 Pneumonia with Multiple Pulmonary Thromboemboli: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurs because of a novel enveloped ribonucleic acid coronavirus called severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). One of the major reported complications of COVID-19 includes both arterial and venous thromboembolism (VTE). Here we describe a case of COVID-19 provoked pulmonary embolism in a young patient already receiving prophylactic treatment for VTE.

Why now? Delayed drug-induced pancreatitis due to dapsone for dermatitis herpetiformis.

Drug-induced pancreatitis can be caused by a wide array of medications. In fact, the diagnosis is likely commonly missed due to the difficulty in diagnosing one agent as the sole cause. We present a case of dapsone-induced pancreatitis in a 75-year-old male with history of celiac disease.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Presenting with Sinus Node Dysfunction and Refractory Shock.

BACKGROUND Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy that is usually associated with preceding respiratory or gastrointestinal infection and has the hallmark manifestation of ascending flaccid paralysis. We report an atypical presentation of GBS. CASE REPORT A 76-year-old male presented with acute onset of diaphoresis and altered mental status.