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Comparing Cardiac Genetic Testing Pathways: Impacts on Access, Informed Choice, and Decisional Satisfaction

Abstract Background Mainstreaming genetic testing has emerged as a strategy to improve access and reduce wait times for patients who may benefit from genetic testing. Ensuring patients fully grasp the implications of testing when formal genetic counselling is not provided, remain...

Association Between the Number of US Food and Drug Administration–Warned Anesthetic Exposures and Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient at Age 3 Years in Very Preterm Infants

Abstract In 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that general anesthetics and sedative agents in children younger than 3 years may impair neurodevelopment. Very preterm infants could be especially vulnerable because of brain immaturity. We examined the associati...