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The Wells rule for identifying patients at high risk for DVT did not perform as well as one developed from an outpatient population.
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In a two-year study, postmenopausal women randomized to nitroglycerin ointment group had significant increases in areal BMD at the lumbar spine, total hip, and femoral neck and decreased bone resorption.
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A broad-spectrum, parenteral, cephalosporin with activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria has been approved by the FDA. Ceftaroline fosamil is the prodrug of ceftaroline and is marketed by Forest Pharmaceuticals as Teflaro™.
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In animal models, aspirin (asa) has favorable effects on the incidence and/or growth rate of some cancers (CA).
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This observational study found a large reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections compared to historical controls for surgical ICU patients bathed daily with chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated cloths.
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Early plasmapheresis and high-dose intravenous corticosteroids may be as effective as conventional oral corticosteroid therapy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
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Physicians may not be able to rely upon their clinical laboratory to accurately report the neutrophil "band count."
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Uric acid as a weak organic acid (pka 5.8) is poorly soluble at physiological pH. It presence in serum is derived both from diet and endogenous biosynthesis, and it is excreted primarily by renal (75%) mechanisms under normal circumstances.
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Thrombosis of prosthetic heart valves is one of the most feared complications of heart-valve replacement.
