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On Jan. 29, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved revisions to the lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra®) package insert to include drug-drug interaction information for concurrent lopinavir/ritonavir administration with inhaled medicines such as salmeterol or salmeterol in combination with fluticasone propionate (Serevent®, Advair®) and sildenafil (Revatio®).
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Frailty is not a diagnosis that typically comes to mind when clinicians examine HIV patients, but with increasing numbers of older people being diagnosed or younger patients growing old with the disease, it should be on HIV clinicians' radar.
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AIDS-defining conditions and risks are different for HIV-positive patients who are older, usually defined as age 50 and above, experts say.
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An estimated 430,000 children worldwide became infected with HIV in 2008, mostly through birth or breastfeeding from an HIV-infected mother.
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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common DRG for Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals and is therefore the target of considerable regulatory attention due to its financial impact on the federal budget.
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Results from a Phase 3 study of dabigatran, intensive lipid-lowering in CVD, H1N1 vaccine dosing and efficacy, and FDA Actions
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When an older patient lies obliquely (at an angle) when asked to lie on a bed, he or she may be developing dementia.
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Recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding was increased in patients with known cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease when daily low-dose aspirin was continued along with proton-pump inhibitors, but overall mortality was significantly less during the 8-week follow-up.
