NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children and adolescents with conditions that require frequent placement of intravenous lines, administration of 50% nitrous oxide makes the process of IV…
NEW YORK – Hemoglobin A1c (A1C) levels are not sensitive or specific enough to be used to identify children and adolescents with or at risk for diabetes, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When shoulder dystocia occurs during childbirth and a McRoberts’ maneuver fails to alleviate the condition, subsequent maneuvers are usually successful — although some…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Omalizumab may improve symptoms in people with severe allergic asthma that is not controlled by corticosteroids and beta-agonists, suggests a new study supported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When inserting a feeding tube through the nose, a pacifier and a squirt of sugar water can help relieve pain in preterm babies,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bupropion sustained release (SR) contributes to smoking cessation efforts in patients with schizophrenia, according to a report in the April 5th online Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -In the emergency department, a standardized protocol of hydromorphone administration is more efficacious than usual care for controlling acute severe pain, a team at…
NEW YORK – Among women about to undergo a cesarean delivery, the addition of a povidone-iodine scrub before entering the OR to a standard povidone-iodine paint application in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Scientific Statement issued by the American Heart Association notes that in the US, mean triglyceride levels have increased over the past 3…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Danish observational study provides no evidence that use of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is associated with an increased risk of incident cancer…