Each week we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When spontaneous circulation is restored after cardiac arrest, patients with hyperoxia have higher rates of in-hospital mortality than those with hypoxia or normal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitalized cirrhotics are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) up until age 45 but not afterward, a new study suggests. Patients hospitalized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined bivalirudin (Angiomax) and vascular closure devices are better to staunch bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than either strategy alone, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Peripartum hysterectomy is associated with significantly more complications and deaths compared to nonobstetric hysterectomy, a new study confirms. “We knew that peripartum hysterectomy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Across many subgroups of preterm infants, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) and conventional ventilation are just as likely to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and they…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In mice, treating primary respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with the cysteinyl leukotriene 1 receptor antagonist montelukast reduces airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation after RSV…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When hypothyroid women become pregnant, they need to increase their levothyroxine dose by two tablets per week, or 29%, a new trial has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Heparin bridging while withholding warfarin before implantation of a heart rhythm device substantially increases the risk of bleeding, new research shows. By contrast,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A slight modification to the embryo transfer (ET) technique leads to significantly better pregnancy rates, according to researchers in Iran. They use an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two techniques are commonly used to collect urine from preterm infants, but a randomized trial shows that catheterization is less painful and more…
