NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – N-acetylcysteine is increasingly used to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) but it is not effective, according to a paper in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions for…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of a more selective approach to urinary tract imaging after an initial febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in children outweigh the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While calcification of the gallbladder wall is historically linked to a high risk of gallbladder cancer and hence an indication for cholecystectomy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While magnetic resonance imaging is contraindicated for patients with most implanted cardiac devices because of safety concerns, MRI can in fact be performed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has updated its recommendations for the use of antiemetics during cancer treatment, and one key change…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A simple ultrasound examination of the femoral artery puncture site before elective percutaneous coronary intervention decreases the rate of subsequent vascular complications, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with a limited number of brain metastases, treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery alone is as good as whole-brain radiotherapy plus stereotactic radiosurgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administering acetylcysteine to patients before and after they undergo coronary or peripheral angiography does not reduce the occurrence of contrast-induced nephropathy, according to…