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Left RightLinezolid has benefits in MRSA nosocomial pneumonia: study
Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
1:41 | Posted on Jan 23, 2012 in Critical Care, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacists, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For nosocomial pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), linezolid is more effective and better tolerated than the gold standard vancomycin, according to a randomized controlled trial. MRSA...
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Inhaled antibiotic combo promising antipseudomonal in cystic fibrosis patients
Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
1:44 | Posted on Dec 12, 2011 in
Critical Care, Hospitalist, Medical Students, Pediatrics, Pharmacists, Pulmonary Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fosfomycin/tobramycin for inhalation (FTI) is effective in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) airway infection and reduced lung function, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study found.
FTI maintained the substantial improvements in lung...
High-dose daptomycin an option in cardiac device-related endocarditis
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1:15 | Posted on Dec 12, 2011 in
Cardiology, Cardiology: Interventional, Critical Care, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacists, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-dose daptomycin appears to be a safe and effective therapeutic option for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)-related infective endocarditis due to staphylococci, clinicians from Italy report.
In a small study, they observed that daptomycin at a daily dose...
Sublingual buprenorphine effective for acute fracture pain
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1:23 | Posted on Dec 6, 2011 in
Emergency Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Orthopedics, Pharmacists, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For adult patients seen in the emergency department with acute bone fracture, a sublingual dose of buprenorphine is as effective as intravenous morphine in relieving pain, an Iranian team reports in the Annals of Emergency Medicine online November 25.“Because sublingual dosing...
Daptomycin may be indicated for MRSA with high vancomycin MICs
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Dec 5, 2011
Beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combos may be effective against virulent E. coli
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Nov 22, 2011
High-dose human regular U-500 insulin may have longer duration of action
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Nov 18, 2011
Diuretics increase gout risk by raising serum urate levels
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Nov 18, 2011
Tranexamic acid saves lives following severe combat injury and hemorrhage
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Oct 21, 2011
Ticagrelor not tied to pulmonary function drop in ACS
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Oct 5, 2011
Outcomes favorable with pitavastatin treatment after acute MI
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Oct 3, 2011
AAP continues to advise restricted use of fluoroquinolones in children
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Sep 28, 2011
Higher clopidogrel loading dose improves outcomes of PCI for STEMI
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Sep 28, 2011
Drug-induced pancreatitis often goes unrecognized
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Sep 26, 2011
Treatment of stroke with tirofiban seen safe, may have benefits
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Sep 20, 2011
Prolonged post-PCI bivalirudin infusion has benefits in STEMI
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Sep 19, 2011
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole questionable for pediatric soft-tissue infections
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Aug 17, 2011
Add-on dapagliflozin improves diabetes control without weight gain
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Aug 12, 2011
Meta-analysis defines risk of congestive heart failure with sunitinib
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Aug 8, 2011
High-dose oxytocin shortens labor without increasing adverse effects
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Jul 25, 2011
Weight-based insulin dosing safe at recommended doses
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Jul 21, 2011
High-dose chemo with stem-cell transplant for breast cancer not worthwhile
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Jul 20, 2011
Adverse thyroid effects of generic and brand-name amiodarone similar
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Jul 12, 2011
Loading dose of clopidogrel safe in elderly MI patients
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Jul 12, 2011
More risk than benefit with combination antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation
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Jul 8, 2011
Indacaterol seen safe, effective for COPD over long term
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Jul 7, 2011
Semi-synthetic omega-3 product lowers very high triglyceride without raising LDL
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Jun 28, 2011
Certain sartans linked to increased cancer risk in diabetics
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Jun 23, 2011
Indacaterol more effective than tiotropium for COPD
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