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The authors of this meta-analysis conclude that their results support the use of aggressive insulin-lowering therapy to reduce major CV outcomes but not all-cause mortality; further, they recommend vigilance in avoiding hypoglycemia while steadily reducing HbA1c.
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Procalcitonin (PCT) is a laboratory metric that helps to distinguish bacterial from viral infections. PCT measurement has been previously shown to help identify bacterial infections in patients presenting with otitis media and other respiratory infections.
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The ECG tracing shown above was obtained from a 50-year-old man with a history of longstanding hypertension.
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Less than one-third of health care workers with probable or possible patient-to-health care provider transmission of H1N1 reported consistently using a surgical mask or N95 respirator.
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The FDA has granted market approval for pitava-statin, the seventh HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, or "statin." It is a high-potency statin similar to rosuvastatin and atorvastatin.
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A prospective, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial was conducted of oral supplementation of bovine lactoferrin (BLF) alone or in combination with the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) to reduce the incidence of late onset sepsis (> 72 hours after birth) in very low birth-weight (VLBW) (< 1,500 g) newborns.
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From June to November 2007, 10 neonates were hospitalized at Chicago's Northwestern University Children's Memorial Hospital.
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In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 140 patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria were randomized to rosiglitazone 4 mg BID for four days vs. placebo, in addition to atovaquone/proguanil.
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The diagnosis of C. difficile-related disease (CDD) in children is controversial, as recently reviewed.
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Well-characterized strains of Staphylococcus aureus were grown in broth culture and after lysis PCR primers amplifying the lukS-PV and lukF-PV genes were employed. The amplicon was inserted into a pGEX vector and was transfected into E. coli.
