Even before COVID-19 ravaged the medical workforce, physicians, nurses, and other health workers were at increased risk for burnout and depression. Although these professionals are equipped to manage…
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy (OT) assistants at NYU Langone Health are finding themselves working on the front line of this pandemic to help patients recover from COVID-19.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of “real-life” data from a French myocardial infarction (MI) registry fails to show any clinically relevant interaction between clopidogrel and proton…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Complete visualization of the entire small intestine is achieved more easily with double-balloon endoscopy than with single-balloon endoscopy, according to a report from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Suppressive therapy with corticosteroids and antihistamines is effective for managing clopidogrel hypersensitivity in the majority of cases, allowing antiplatelet therapy to continue uninterrupted,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with myeloma treated with thalidomide, antithrombotic prophylactic therapies with aspirin, warfarin or enoxaparin reduce thromboembolic events to a similar degree, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study questions the “universal definition” of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-related myocardial infarction (MI type 4a) — an increase of the biomarkers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the emergency department, successful intubation on the first try is equally likely using either succinylcholine at a median dose of 1.65 mg/kg…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Premature infants of < 34 weeks’ gestation on respiratory support should not be treated with inhaled nitric oxide, according to a new consensus…
Doctors often prescribe unfractionated heparin to obese patients with venous thromboembolism below the recommended doses based on body weight, according to a new study. As a result, some…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with pneumonia and blood oxygen saturation less than 90% are usually hospitalized. Yet, results of new study suggest that the threshold for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The authors of a systematic review and meta-analysis of relevant studies encourage clinicians to exercise good judgment in using the injectable antibiotic tigecycline…
