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Restricted feeding does not improve outcomes of acute lung injury
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1:33  |  Posted on Feb 9, 2012 in Critical Care, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Pulmonary Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with acute lung injury on mechanical ventilation, restricting the amount of enteral nutrition provided does not reduce the number of days on the ventilator, infectious complications or mortality. That...
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Adrenal hyperplasia screening unreliable in preemies
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1:47  |  Posted on Feb 9, 2012 in Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A French team concludes that routine neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) should be discontinued for preterm infants, because the positive predictive value of...
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Azathioprine use reduces need for surgery in Crohn’s disease
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1:36  |  Posted on Feb 8, 2012 in Gastroenterology, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early, aggressive use of azathioprine is associated with reduced surgery rates in patients with Crohn’s disease, researchers from Hungary report in the January 10th online American Journal of Gastroenterology. “Now...
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Influenza vaccine safe in children with egg-induced anaphylaxis
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1:14  |  Posted on Feb 8, 2012 in Family Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with egg-induced anaphylaxis can safely receive the influenza vaccine, according to findings published in the January 9th Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “The current influenza vaccination appears...
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Interferon and ribavirin quell HCV genotype 6
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1:46  |  Posted on Feb 8, 2012 in Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin are effective in treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 6 infection, researchers report in a January 17th on-line paper in the Journal of Hepatology. Dr. K....
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