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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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Despite the findings of two new studies,1,2 providers should focus on the fact that two earlier, large studies have compared safety data from women using Yasmin (Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Wayne, NJ) to that of other oral contraceptive (OC) users,3,4 family planning experts emphasize.
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In July 2009, data from the National Vital Statistics System were published presenting a snapshot of the sexual and reproductive health of young people aged 10-24 between 2002 and 2007.
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Get set for possible changes in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine use. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review committee has voted that clinical data support the efficacy and safety of GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix vaccine candidate for the prevention of cervical precancers and cervical cancer related to HPV types 16 and 18 in girls and young women.
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Research of an experimental urine test indicates that it successfully diagnoses chlamydia infection in men within the hour, which improves the ability to successfully treat the infection on the spot and prevent retransmission.
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Family planning clinicians have new research information to add to their emergency contraception (EC) knowledge bank as they incorporate use of two new branded products into their practice.
