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) – For treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease, angioplasty using a paclitaxel-eluting balloon (PEB) is associated with a high sustained patency rate and a low…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a meta-analysis indicate that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) derive little net benefit from antiplatelet therapy in terms of cardiovascular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Golimumab, a new anti-TNF monoclonal antibody, administered subcutaneously every 4 weeks, shows sustained efficacy in reducing signs and symptoms of active psoriatic arthritis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intraoperative hypothermia to less than 35 C more than doubles the risk of surgical site infections after trauma laparotomy, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 20-year survival rate for people diagnosed with thin or T1 melanomas 1 mm thick or less, the most common type, is 96%,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a randomized study provide no evidence of benefit from high-concentration oxygen therapy relative to titrated oxygen therapy in patients with initially…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small randomized study of patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis, minimally invasive endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy was associated with a lower risk of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with advanced gastric cancer have not benefitted from one or two chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease, salvage chemotherapy improves their overall…
