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In a nested, case-control analysis using a large computerized clinical dataset, a 16% reduction in colorectal cancer incidence was observed after 3 or more years of angiotensin inhibitor and/or angiotensin receptor blocker treatment of hypertension.
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After a median follow-up of 5 years, the aromatase inhibitor, anastrozole decreased the incidence of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women by 53% compared to women receiving a placebo.
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Synopsis: In this study, the authors evaluated and refined previously published risk stratification for locoregional failure (LF) by applying it to a multicenter patient cohort.
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In March 2014, Ebola virus infection emerged in Guinea, West Africa, and spread through communities in Guinea and Liberia. Additional reports of suspect cases in Sierra Leone and Mali are under investigation.
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In an observational study of 205 patients with bloodstream infections caused by strains of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, mortality was higher in patients who received monotherapy vs. those treated with combination therapy (44.4% vs 27.2%, P = 0.018).
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There have been several advances in medical understanding of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of CDI since the last national guidelines were published in 2010.
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A patients history frequently becomes an issue in malpractice claims against emergency physicians (EPs), says Phillip B. Toutant, Esq., an attorney in the Southfield, MI, office of The Health Law Partners
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A recent malpractice case involved an elderly man who was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal (GI) bleed by an emergency physician (EP), who determined that the patient should be admitted.
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A patient with a chief complaint of back pain also reported leg weakness to the emergency physician (EP) evaluating him, but the EP assumed the weakness was related to the back pain.
