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This paper reviews the experience at a large cardiac surgery center with ventricular arrhythmias in the postoperative period. The authors searched the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) adult cardiac database for all patients undergoing cardiac surgery at Emory University between January 2004 and July 2010.
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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.
