NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The earlier a patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receives clopidogrel before primary coronary intervention (PCI), the better, according to a study in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in young, active people, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can be managed without early reconstruction, Swedish researchers say. At least 200,000 ACL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) can’t be reliably estimated via catheters inserted through the femoral vein, researchers report in the July issue of Chest…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sonography performed to investigate endometrial pathology in women with abnormal bleeding is easier to perform with gel instillation to distend the uterine cavity…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of traumatic occult pneumothorax, observation is apparently just as safe as the usual practice of immediate tube thoracostomy, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The practice of inserting a filter in the inferior ven cava before performing gastric bypass surgery does not reduce the postoperative occurrence of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with localized prostate cancer can be treated successfully with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), with results comparable to those expected with external-beam radiation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes are better for patients with total coronary artery occlusions when percutaneous coronary intervention is performed with sirolimus-eluting stents rather than with bare…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – On a matched-pair analysis, the results of decompressive surgery followed by radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression were seen to be similar to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation MI are better when the procedure is performed via the radial artery…