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Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting failure rates are as high as 40% at 18 months. How many of these failures are due to the discontinuation of clopidogrel is the subject of this observational study done at a regional heart center in the Southern California Kaiser system that includes detailed pharmacy records.
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Providers might need to seek other long-acting reversible contraceptive methods other than the new smaller levonorgestrel intrauterine device, Skyla.
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Enrollment for a 3,200-subject Phase III registration study has been completed for Amphora, a non-hormonal contraceptive gel.
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Vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) rates in US girls ages 13-17 failed to increase between 2011 and 2012.
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It is critical to address contraception at each interconception visit with women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
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Results of a trial conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health indicate two new antibiotic regimens.
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Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the contraceptive implant, can help young women achieve their goals.
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Despite better compliance with hand hygiene and screening, use of isolation, and other techniques, ICUs remain notorious breeding grounds for hospital-acquired infections. A universal decolonization strategy reduces the total number of ICU bloodborne infections.
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A retrospective observational study of all children admitted to Children's Hospital of Central California (Madera, CA) with coccidioidomycosis (coccy) from January 2010 to September 2011 was conducted.
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A 54-year old female with end stage renal disease presented with nausea, vomiting, hypertension and minimal fever. One of two blood cultures grew a gram-negative rod that was eventually identified as Halomonas jonsoniae.
