NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Empiric therapy in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with invasive Candida infections is associated with improved outcomes (less death and neurodevelopmental impairment),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of tenofovir in HIV-infected women during pregnancy is not associated with small-for-gestational age (SGA) or low birth weight (LBW) in their offspring,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A cause of visible hematuria can be determined in almost half of cases, according to a report from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with antenatal vaginal cultures, intrapartum PCR screening for maternal group B streptococcal colonization reduces the rate of neonatal GBS disease, a French…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs), a strategy of prophylactic bubble continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) followed by early…
NEW YORK (Reuter Health) – Results of a meta-analysis indicate that outcomes related to recovery are equivalent or superior with intracapsular tonsillectomy as compared with total tonsillectomy in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tight glycemic control in preterm babies who develop hyperglycemia should be avoided for now, until more data on the risks and benefits are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A medical directive allowing triage nurses in the emergency department to initiate oral steroid therapy in children presenting with moderate to severe acute…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A transdermal sumatriptan formulation, NP101, in development for acute treatment of migraine, remains effective during a year of successive uses, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When antiepileptic drug therapy fails to control disabling temporal lobe epilepsy adequately, patients have a much better chance of becoming seizure free with…