Administrative databases may not give an accurate representation of hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates and may be inappropriate for use to compare hospitals and determine financial penalties.
A fixed dose of oral apixaban alone was noninferior to conventional therapy for the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism and was associated with significantly less bleeding.
Historically, men with high-risk prostate cancer were believed to have low survival rates after definitive treatment with either surgery or radiation. However, long-term results of dose-escalated radiotherapy of doses ≥ 75.6 Gy, along with long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), demonstrate 5-year survival rate of 92%, 5-year biochemical control rate of 82%, and symptomatic local failure rate of 0%. Death from prostate cancer was only 5.5% at 10 years in men treated with high-dose radiation therapy and ADT.
In a study of men in the Veterans Affairs health care system with low serum testosterone levels, the use of testosterone therapy was associated with an increased risk of mortality, myocardial infarction, or ischemic stroke.
