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A 58-year-old retired school principal was seen in the office because of malaise and weight loss. He had been well until 4 years ago when he was discovered, at a routine annual exam, to have lymphocytosis.
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Statins and liver function; dosing timing for thyroxine; rivaroxaban for VTE, DVT, and stroke; echinacea and the common cold; and FDA actions.
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With the development of an increased understanding of cellular biology, in general, and the regulation of eosinophils, in particular, the heterogeneous diagnosis of hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) has now been better defined and a classification system has been developed with clear clinical implications.
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Very limited data are available on autologous transplant outcomes for uncommon or rare multiple myeloma (MM) subtypes.
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The occurrence of skin rash in patients receiving cetuximab is common, and for patients with colon cancer, this has been associated with better clinical outcomes.
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Laboratory studies and clinical data support the concept that prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) can induce or worsen lung injury, via activation of inflammatory mediators and/or microvascular fibrin deposition, processes that may be ameliorated by heparin.
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In this study from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Herasevich et al tested an electronic algorithm that incorporated patient characteristics and ventilator data and notified clinicians immediately when potentially injurious ventilator settings were being used.
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Due to its lack of cardiovascular side effects, the short-acting non-barbiturate sedative, etomidate, has been one of the primary agents used to sedate hypotensive patients during rapid-sequence intubation (RSI).
