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Inpatient cirrhosis mortality has dropped, except when patients had sepsis

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 05:01

Hospital mortality among patients with cirrhosis fell by 41% in the United States between 2002 and 2010, far outpacing improvements in survival among ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Outcomes worse for lung cancer patients with VTE

Posted on: 23/03/2015 - 18:04

Hospitalized lung cancer patients who had venous thromboembolisms had significantly worse outcomes than did other patients, according to a study publi... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Novel HCV therapies found cost effective, with caveats

Posted on: 16/03/2015 - 21:00

Two different statistical models found that novel therapies for chronic HCV infection, particularly the combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir, are ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 16:15

Interrupting biologic therapy before surgery led to flares in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and did not appear to prevent postoperative complicati... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 16:15

Interrupting biologic therapy before surgery led to flares in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and did not appear to prevent postoperative complicati... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

C. difficile responsible for nearly a half million infections in the United States

Posted on: 25/02/2015 - 22:00

The Clostridium difficile bacterium resulted in nearly 500,000 infections and 29,000 deaths in the United States in 2011, Dr. Fernanda C. Lessa and he... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Posted on: 30/01/2015 - 16:06

Although rates of complications following pancreatectomy are relatively similar in patients both above and below the age of 80 years, significantly hi... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Posted on: 30/01/2015 - 16:06

Although rates of complications following pancreatectomy are relatively similar in patients both above and below the age of 80 years, significantly hi... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin critical to preventing posttransplantation HCV recurrence

Posted on: 01/01/2015 - 05:01

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin treatments should be administered to patients with hepatitis C virus who undergo liver transplantations in order to significantly decrease the risks of posttransplant HCV...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Medicare beneficiaries in hospice care get better care, have fewer costs

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 20:47

Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries suffering from poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care were found to have lower rates of hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care units, and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Inpatient cirrhosis mortality has dropped, except when patients had sepsis

Outcomes worse for lung cancer patients with VTE

Novel HCV therapies found cost effective, with caveats

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

C. difficile responsible for nearly a half million infections in the United States

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin critical to preventing posttransplantation HCV recurrence

Medicare beneficiaries in hospice care get better care, have fewer costs

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