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Enteral contrast did not add diagnostic benefit in suspected appendicitis

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 21:30

Enteral contrast did not augment the accuracy of computed tomography in appendectomy patients, compared with intravenous contrast CT alone, according to a large multihospital <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Emergency physicians may be overprescribing PPIs

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:00

DALLAS – The frequency at which U.S. emergency department physicians prescribed proton pump inhibitors more than doubled during 2001-2010, despite mounting safety concerns surrounding this class of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA approves tedizolid for acute bacterial skin infections

Posted on: 21/06/2014 - 00:10

Tedizolid, an oxazolidinone antibacterial drug, has been approved as an intravenous and oral treatment for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections caused by gram positive bacteria, the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Seven percent of patients with life-threatening skin reactions have another episode

Posted on: 03/06/2014 - 21:00

Patients who survived Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis had a 7% incidence of recurrence, based on data from a 10-year population study of more than 500 Canadian patients. The...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA rejects serelaxin for acute heart failure

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 21:45

The Food and Drug Administration has decided that more evidence of serelaxin’s efficacy as a treatment for acute heart failure is needed before the drug can be approved in the United States, Novartis...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Longer-term opioid use in workers’ comp cases highest in Louisiana

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 19:30

In Louisiana, opioid use lasted more than 6 months in 17% of nonsurgical workers’ compensation claims involving employees who received at least one prescription for pain medication, the Workers...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Don’t miss these features of dermatomyositis

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 16:05

DESTIN, FLA. – Dermatomyositis doesn’t always present with the violaceous upper eyelid erythema and associated edema seen in textbook cases. Rather, it often presents without muscle disease and with...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Don’t miss these features of dermatomyositis

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 16:05

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Asthma deaths declined modestly during 1999-2010

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 18:50

SAN DIEGO – Between 1999 and 2010, age-adjusted deaths from asthma in the United States declined modestly but significantly, deaths from angioedema increased significantly, and deaths from...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

INR test strips recalled due to reports of inaccurate results

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 17:10

Professional international normalized ratio test strips manufactured by Alere are being recalled because of reports of "inaccurately low" results, including several cases of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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