NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low platelet count in the presence of hepatitis C viremia indicates the need to begin interferon-based treatment, regardless of the degree of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bloodstream infections are more common with the use of needle-free mechanical valve connectors in intravascular catheters, a new study shows. The needle-free mechanical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An investigational drug called motavizumab may offer better protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) than palivizumab in high risk children, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with bacterial meningitis, age and presenting neurologic status are the most important predictors of hearing loss, and neither dexamethasone nor glycerol…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Prove-it sepsis assay (Mobidiag, Helsinki, Finland) is highly sensitive and specific in identifying bacterial species in blood samples and provides much faster…
Jennifer Daru, MD, Chief of Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco, speaking here at the 2009 Pediatric Hospitalist Conference in Tampa, Fla,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The initial empiric antimicrobial therapy used to treat septic shock may be the most important determinant of whether a patient will survive to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that tenofovir 300 mg-emtricitabine 200 mg (TDF-FTC) is comparable to abacavir 600 mg-lamivudine 300 mg (ABC-3TC) in anti-HIV efficacy but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using hypertonic saline with nebulized epinephrine instead of normal saline does not improve the clinical outcomes of infants in the ER with mild…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a follow-up study of Alaska Natives who received plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine when they were more than 6 months old, a large…