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Helium-oxygen therapy improves treatment of infants with bronchiolitis
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Dec 9, 2011
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Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Hospitalist, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants seen in the emergency department with bronchiolitis have greater improvements over 4 hours when they receive helium-oxygen therapy rather than pure oxygen, according to a report in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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Combination therapy effective for predicted refractory Kawasaki disease
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Dec 8, 2011
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Critical Care, Family Medicine, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with Kawasaki disease that is likely to be refractory, based on a standardized scoring system, respond well to primary treatment with a combination of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and pulsed IV methylprednisolone (IVMP), a Japanese team reports in Pediatrics for...
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Daptomycin may be indicated for MRSA with high vancomycin MICs
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Dec 5, 2011
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Critical Care, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Pharmacists, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes of bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with elevated vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) are better when treated with daptomycin rather than vancomycin, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases...
PPI best for preventing GI bleeding in patients with ACS or STEMI
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Dec 2, 2011
Ulinastatin useful up front for Kawasaki disease: study
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Dec 2, 2011
High-dose human regular U-500 insulin may have longer duration of action
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Nov 18, 2011
Controversial surgery doesn’t cut risk of repeat ischemic stroke
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Nov 18, 2011
Risk assessment important in VTE prophylaxis for medical inpatients
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Nov 4, 2011
IBD raises postop risk of venous thromboembolism
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Oct 20, 2011
PCR helps non-HIV pneumocystis pneumonia diagnosis
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Oct 18, 2011
Omega-3, antioxidant supplements may do more harm than good in acute lung injury
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Oct 12, 2011
Prothrombin concentrate reverses rivaroxaban anticoagulation
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Oct 11, 2011
Extended drainage after pericardiocentesis reduces recurrence of tamponade
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Oct 7, 2011
Protocol makes MRI safe for some patients with pacemakers or ICDs
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Oct 4, 2011
RBC transfusion raises risk that UTI will spread to the bloodstream
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Sep 30, 2011
AAP continues to advise restricted use of fluoroquinolones in children
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Sep 28, 2011
Risk of serious falls similar with oxybutynin and tolterodine
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Sep 27, 2011
Drug-induced pancreatitis often goes unrecognized
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Sep 26, 2011
Short course of prednisone effective for clopidogrel hypersensitivity
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Sep 22, 2011
Mesalamine once-daily OK for ulcerative colitis maintenance therapy
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Sep 21, 2011
E. coli urinary infections showing more resistance
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Sep 14, 2011
Efficacy of wide range of oral analgesic drug/dose combinations quantified
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Sep 12, 2011
Acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy
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Sep 12, 2011
Aspirin first for migraine regardless of pain intensity: report
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Sep 9, 2011
New guidelines for managing urinary tract infection in febrile infants
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Sep 2, 2011
Beta-blockers benefit chronic kidney disease patients with heart failure
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Sep 2, 2011
