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High burden of insulin-related hypoglycemia

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 20:00

Severe hypoglycemia related to overly "tight" insulin control for type 2 diabetes prompts nearly 100,000 emergency department visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year and is...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

HFPEF’s diverse features pose management and trial challenges

Posted on: 08/03/2014 - 06:00

When the highly-anticipated results from the TOPCAT trial reported last November failed to show a statistically significant efficacy benefit from spironolactone treatment in patients with heart...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA issues warning about using doripenem for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 22:00

When used to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia, the antibacterial drug doripenem is linked to a greater risk of mortality and lower clinical cure rates compared with imipenem and cilastatin for...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Warfarin beneficial after acute a fib–associated MI in chronic kidney disease

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 21:00

Warfarin therapy decreased the composite endpoint of death, recurrent myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke after an incident acute MI with atrial fibrillation among patients who had chronic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

HHS proposes new targets for HAI reduction

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 20:15

Federal officials are proposing new targets for reducing health care–associated infections, including a 75% reduction in invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections by...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Physicians are major source for frequent opioid misusers

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 21:15

Most people who misuse opioid pain relievers cite friends and relatives as their sources for the drugs, but more of the people who misuse these agents most often – those who take them from 200 to 365...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Minimalist transfemoral TAVR winning surgical converts

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:00

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Familiarity with the option of minimalist transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement is causing some top surgeons to broaden their use of nonsurgical valve replacement....

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Medicare to cover cardiac rehab for some HF patients

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 14:20

Medicare will begin covering cardiac rehabilitation for patients with stable, chronic heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Multiple gut surgeries tip scale against laparoscopic gall bladder surgery

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 14:00

NAPLES, FLA. – Only fewer prior abdominal surgeries predicted successful laparoscopic gall bladder surgery after percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement in a review of 245 patients. Notably, the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Myocardial fibrosis assessment fine-tunes ICD selection

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 19:35

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Detection of myocardial midwall fibrosis via cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy provides prognostic information independent of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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