NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In healthy volunteers, prothrombin complex concentrate reverses the anticoagulant effect of rivaroxaban. However, it does not alter the action of dabigatran, Dutch researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with cardiac tamponade, extended drainage using a pericardial catheter versus simple pericardial drainage reduces the likelihood of recurrence, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While magnetic resonance imaging is contraindicated for patients with most implanted cardiac devices because of safety concerns, MRI can in fact be performed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A urinary tract infection may be more likely to spread to the bloodstream in patients who receive a red blood cell (RBC) transfusion,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While fluoroquinolones may be a preferred option in children in some clinical situations, concerns about safety persist and physicians should be aware of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of serious falls among elderly patients taking oxybutynin or tolterodine for urinary incontinence is similar, but oxybutynin may increase the risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An observational study conducted in the Netherlands finds that unexplained acute pancreatitis is often associated with drugs that can cause the condition, but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most patients with allergic reactions to clopidogrel do not need to stop the drug or switch to another antiplatelet drug but rather can…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis (UC), mesalamine can be taken once a day rather than twice or three times daily, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastases at teaching hospitals in July have higher mortality and complication rates than similar patients treated in other…