Paddy Farrington

TL;DR: The findings provide support for the concept that acute infections are associated with a transient increase in the risk of vascular events, by contrast with influenza, tetanus, and pneumococcal vaccinations, which do not produce a detectable increase inThe risk ofascular events.

TL;DR: In this paper, the risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke associated with COVID-19 was quantified by analysing all COVID19 cases in Sweden.

TL;DR: The authors have performed a case-control analysis and a self-controlled case-series analysis using 1987-1999 diagnosis data for 16,341 cases of hip fracture and 29,889 controls drawn from the United Kingdom General Practice Research Database, showing an association between hip fractures and antidepressant treatment.

TL;DR: Antidepressant prescriptions are associated with an increased risk of MI; however, the lack of specificity between types of antidepressants and the lower risks found in the self controlled analysis suggest that these associations are more likely due to factors relating to underlying depression and health services utilisation than to specific adverse drug effects.

TL;DR: It is suggested that covid-19 is a risk factor for deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding and these results could impact recommendations on diagnostic and prophylactic strategies against venous thromboembolism after covd-19.