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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.
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The authors tested samples sent to stanford hospital microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI).
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Post-marketing surveillance outside the United States of the two FDA-licensed rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq (Merck, licensed in 2006) and Rotarix (GSK Biologicals, licensed in 2008), have identified a very low but increased risk (1 case/100,000 vaccinated infants) of intussusception following Rotarix vaccination.
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A structured search and analysis was conducted of all published articles describing historical and physical features of children with culture-confirmed bacterial meningitis.
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Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus related to variola, which causes a clinically similar (although less severe) illness to smallpox.
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During the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 influenza seasons, children ages 1-3 years, with influenza-like symptoms, were randomized to receive oseltamivir suspension vs. matching placebo for 5 days.
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In this issue: Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions.
