High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) is a generic name for oxygen delivery devices that provide oxygen nasally at higher flow rates than conventional nasal cannulae. Conventional ventilation usually can only provide flow rates up to 15 L/min, while HFNC can deliver flow rates up to 60 L/min.
In this retrospective cohort study of patients with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in an Australian ICU, those with SIRS who received acetyl salicylic acid (ASA; aspirin) were compared to those who did not receive aspirin.
New data from the Women's Health Initiative Study estrogen-only arm demonstrates that estrogen treatment not only was associated with a lower incidence of breast cancer diagnosis, but also fewer breast cancer deaths.
Radiation exposure from ct is quite substantial. A "typical" abdominal CT (AB-CT) examination exposes a patient to X-radiation equivalent to more than 500 chest X-rays.
A combination histamine-1 receptor antagonist and a corticosteroid nasal spray has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis.
