NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) to dual antiplatelet therapy after stent implantation boosts patients’ platelet response, investigators in Poland report. The P2Y12…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When should cystic fibrosis patients with hemoptysis or pneumothorax be hospitalized? When should they receive antibiotics? When should a chest tube be placed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ultrasound can be useful in the work-up of infants with a first urinary tract infection, researchers from Sweden report in the May issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Upgrading traditional 2 chamber cardiac pacemakers to modern 3 chamber pacemakers — cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices — improves left ventricular ejection fraction…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug-eluting stents can prevent leg amputations in patients with atherosclerosis and severe below-the-knee ischemia, according to a report in the April 13th Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ambulatory telemetry can provide lifesaving information that is unavailable with other modalities, new research suggests. More than 26,000 patients with routine clinical indications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A bolus of etomidate before rapid sequence intubation has a transient effect on adrenal function with no obvious affect on mortality, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In nondiabetics, high glucose levels signal an increased risk for contrast-induced acute kidney injury during coronary angiography, new research suggests. “Although diabetes is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The advantages of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over fibrinolysis for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are maintained for 8 years,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sunitinib and sorafenib significantly increase patients’ risk of arterial thromboembolic events, according to a report in the March 29th online issue of the…