F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, shares insights from a review of recent study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine examining duty-hours rules at 63 residency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The adverse effects of intraoperative blood transfusions are dose-dependent, and even relatively small amounts may worsen outcomes, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While first-void urine specimens have been used traditionally to test for Chlamydia trachomatis, newer DNA detection methods produce reliable results using midstream specimens,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three years of weekly treatment with a sustained-release formulation of growth hormone is as safe and effective as standard daily growth hormone (GH)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fosfomycin/tobramycin for inhalation (FTI) is effective in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) airway infection and reduced lung function, a double-blind,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A retrospective study found that children diagnosed with biliary atresia had elevated direct or conjugated bilirubin levels soon after they were born, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with sore throat, signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis, either alone or in combination, cannot be used to definitively diagnose or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children having surgery, isotonic parenteral maintenance fluids (PMS) are safer than hypotonic PMS in guarding against postoperative hyponatremia, with six the number…
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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Premature infants of < 34 weeks’ gestation on respiratory support should not be treated with inhaled nitric oxide, according to a new consensus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dabigatran (Pradaxa, Boehringer Ingelheim) is as effective as warfarin in preventing stroke and systemic embolism after cardioversion in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation,…
