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The rate of sepsis with group b streptococcus (gbs) in neonates of colonized mothers is now less than 1%.
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The authors randomized women with objectively validated heavy menstrual bleeding (mean menstrual blood loss [MBL] of 80 mL or more per cycle, confirmed using the alkaline hematin methodology during two pretreatment cycles) to treatment with oral tranexamic acid 3.9 g/d or placebo for up to 5 days per cycle for 6 menstrual cycles.
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Nearly every reference source discussing the primary management of advanced ovarian cancer will highlight the role of surgical cytoreduction as an important first step in the care of this disease.
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Have people with HTN reduced salt intake?; The P450 system and CV outcomes with clopidogrel; Risk assessment for bleeding during warfarin therapy; Coenzyme Q10 for Peyronie's disease; Impact of using A1c to diagnose pre-diabetes; Should tiotropium be a maintenance asthma medication?
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Children with H1N1 influenza are more likely to have neurologic complications compared to those with non-N1H1 seasonal influenza.
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In this study from 120 hospitals in the Project IMPACT database, the presence of hyperoxia (arterial PO2 300 mm Hg or higher) in the first 24 hours after resuscitation from cardiac arrest was associated with a worse in-hospital mortality than either normoxia or hypoxia.
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Indications for surgical or interventional management in acute type B aortic dissection (ABAD) include malperfusion syndromes, progression of dissection, and aneurysm expansion.
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There is no medical therapy for aortic stenosis (AS), and balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) has sub-optimal long-term results.
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Cardiogenic unilateral pulmonary edema is unusual and, if it is the presenting manifestation of heart failure, diagnosis and appropriate treatment may be delayed.
