NEW YORK (Reuter Health) – With the availability of more sensitive troponin I assays, lowering the diagnostic threshold for detection of myocardial necrosis from 0.20 to 0.05 ng/mL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Elderly women who were treated for urinary tract infections with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for hyperkalemia in the…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, President of the Joint Commission, discusses flu vaccination in the workplace. When healthcare workers are vaccinated at high rates, transmission in hospitals is reduced,…
Leigh Robb, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MedAire, describes the function of this company that provides medical services to air passengers, including medical advice on board, medical repatriation and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The vasodilatory effect of inhaled nitric oxide does nothing to ease the severity of vaso-occlusive crises in patients with sickle cell disease. That…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses salivary cortisol testing which is increasingly being used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hypothalamic pituitary…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand cardiovascular disease. Cortisol has effects in causing disease over the long-term. It lowers growth hormone levels, increases…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Erythromycin infusion fosters preparation of the upper gastrointestinal tract for endoscopy in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding without the need for nasogastric tube…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adult patients with asthma exacerbations do as well with 2 days of oral dexamethasone as with 5 days of oral prednisone, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite the fact that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is usually isolated nowadays from purulent skin and soft tissue infections in children, treatment with…