NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of ketamine with propofol, known as ketofol, offers little advantage over propofol alone for emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia, in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) was superior to a bare-metal stent (BMS) in a group of unselected patients who had primary percutaneous coronary intervention…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Varicocelectomy leads to significant improvements in sperm count and motility, regardless of surgical technique (i.e., high ligation, inguinal or subinguinal approach), a meta-analytic…
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 (Reuters Health) – Administration of an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent or ESA (in this case, darbepoietin) to patients with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI) improves survival without increasing…
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) – Kidney transplant recipients who are inoculated with autologous marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have less risk of organ rejection and of opportunistic infection…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with type 2 diabetes whose glucose levels are inadequately controlled on high doses of insulin, the addition of dapagliflozin improves HbA1c…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with midazolam or propofol for sedation during prolonged mechanical ventilation, dexmedetomidine offers advantages in terms of improved patients’ interaction with ICU staff…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Total extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) is associated with less chronic pain and higher patient satisfaction compared to the Lichtenstein open surgical repair, according…
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) – For treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease, angioplasty using a paclitaxel-eluting balloon (PEB) is associated with a high sustained patency rate and a low…
