NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions is common and prolonged when paramedics attempt to perform endotracheal intubation at the same time, research indicates.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is more than twice as likely to show an unexpected nodule or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 12-year study in middle-aged adults suggests that knee pain is frequently the first sign of knee osteoarthritis. “Knee pain is common, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women younger than 65 years old and men younger than 55 with acute chest pain benefit most from cardiac CT angiography (CTA) for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In trauma patients with possible neck injury, paramedics can apply the Canadian C-Spine Rule to reliably avoid unnecessary spinal immobilization “without missing any…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic renal disease appears to reduce platelet responsiveness to clopidogrel, according to a Korean research team. Furthermore, increasing the dose of clopidogrel does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Provocative clinical tests — palpation for nerve thickening and local tenderness, Tinel’s test and flexion compression tests – are of little value in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For pregnant women who require chronic anticoagulation, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is an alternative to warfarin, but not an ideal one, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with bradycardia and a normal ejection fraction, biventricular pacing can prevent the adverse ventricular remodeling and drop in ejection fraction seen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitalized children with impending cardiac arrest have better survival when cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is started during bradycardia rather than after the onset of…