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Liver transplant exceptions deserve fresh look

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

Room air hypoxemia was associated with greater post–liver transplant mortality in hepatopulmonary syndrome patients, according to Dr. David S. Goldberg and his colleagues. On the other hand, HPS...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

PCPs waffle in referrals for total joint replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:15

PARIS – Primary care physicians are only moderately confident about which patients to refer for total hip or knee replacement, according to cross-sectional survey of 218 physicians. One-quarter...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Laser's novel effect improves restrictive burn scars

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 14:50

PHOENIX – New techniques using very-low-density, very-high-energy ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser are helping thousands of patients – mostly soldiers – with restrictive scars from bombs or...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Study backs bariatric surgery center accreditation

Posted on: 22/04/2014 - 20:55

BOSTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may have dropped its accreditation requirement for bariatric surgery centers, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of data calling into question...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Bivalirudin called safe and effective in HIT

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 20:45

WASHINGTON – Bivalirudin is an attractive off-label option for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, Dr. Lee Joseph said at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology....

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

CO2 laser works best for hypertrophic scars

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 14:00

PHOENIX – A fractional carbon dioxide laser at 10,600 nm was the only one of three laser treatments for hypertrophic scars that produced significant overall improvements in a comparison of data on...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Data derail dogma of elective diverticulitis surgery

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 15:35

BOSTON – The risks of readmission and emergency surgery are low for patients with acute diverticulitis initially managed nonoperatively, a population-based, competing risk analysis found. At a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Asymptomatic stage 2 pelvic organ prolapse seldom progresses

Posted on: 11/04/2014 - 18:24

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Women with asymptomatic stage 2 pelvic organ prolapse can be reassured that it rarely progresses, according to the results of a study reported at the annual meeting of the Society...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Younger men with goiter at higher risk for thyroid cancers

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 16:05

PHOENIX – More than one-fourth of men under age 50 undergoing surgery for benign goiter were found to have thyroid cancers, based on

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Neither perioperative aspirin nor clonidine prevents MI

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 13:00

Neither perioperative aspirin therapy nor perioperative clonidine prevented death or MI in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery who were at risk for major vascular complications, according to data...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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