A recent publication in Interventional Pain Medicine, authored by Rohan Jotwani, MD, MBA, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, and colleagues, demonstrates the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A combination of drugs designed to prevent pain, distress and physiologic instability in premature infants being intubated works better than premedication with morphine,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite changes in the flora responsible for microbial keratitis, second-generation fluoroquinolone monotherapy remains the empirical treatment of choice, researchers from the UK report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pneumothorax occurs in 15% of patients having a transthoracic needle biopsy of a pulmonary nodule, according to the findings of a population-based cross-sectional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Resolution of pain and inflammation after cataract surgery is faster when patients are treated once a day with bromfenac ophthalmic solution, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As a first-line operation for primary open-angle glaucoma, insertion of a Molteno drainage tube provides better control of intraocular pressure (IOP) than does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who receive general anesthesia for cesarean delivery have much higher rates of postpartum hemorrhage than those who have epidural anesthesia, a study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After six monthly intraocular injections of ranibizumab (Lucentis; Genentech) for macular edema, the benefits are maintained for another 6 months when ranibizumab is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women controlling their own epidural analgesia used less bupivicaine and still reported high satisfaction, in a new study of nulliparous women undergoing spontaneous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a head-to-head trial, latanoprost proved to be noninferior to timolol in the treatment of glaucoma in children, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women given supplemental oxygen during and after cesarean delivery do not have decreased rates of wound infection or endometritis, according to a new…
