IMN || Pulmonary Medicine

Tenecteplase has risks but cuts hemodynamic decompensation in pulmonary embolism

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 22:00

Fibrinolytic therapy with tenecteplase prevents hemodynamic decompensation in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism but raises the risk of major hemorrhage and stroke, so its use is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Dabigatran approved for VTE prevention and treatment

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 17:35

The novel oral anticoagulant dabigatran has been approved for treating and reducing the risk of recurrence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, based on the results of four phase III...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Rethink the VTE prophylaxis mantra

Posted on: 04/04/2014 - 18:55

LAS VEGAS – Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – a sine qua non of the Joint Commission and others – doesn’t seem to prevent deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in hospitalized medical...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA panel backs approval of inhaled insulin for type 1 and 2 diabetes

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 17:40

HYATTSVILLE, MD. – Inhaled insulin will probably become available as a treatment option again, with a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel’s recommendation to approve an orally administered...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Tuberculosis rate drops, disparity continues

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 20:20

Despite the overall decline in tuberculosis, there continues to be a large disparity in incidence between U.S.-born and foreign-born U.S. residents, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 15:30

An Institute of Medicine committee could not reach consensus on a single definition of Gulf War illness and recommended in a new report that clinicians and researchers at least narrow it down to two...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 15:30

Field of Interest: Dermatology

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

VIDEO: Asthma meds’ safety data reassuring in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 16:40

SAN DIEGO – How safe are asthma medications during pregnancy? And how adherent are pregnant women to asthma medications? Dr. Jennifer A. Namazy of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, Calif., summarizes the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps more severe in women

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 16:15

SAN DIEGO – Women with chronic rhinosinusitis and co-occurring nasal polyps appear to harbor more severe disease, compared with men, results from a large retrospective study demonstrate. "For...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Tenecteplase has risks but cuts hemodynamic decompensation in pulmonary embolism

Dabigatran approved for VTE prevention and treatment

VIDEO: Rethink the VTE prophylaxis mantra

FDA panel backs approval of inhaled insulin for type 1 and 2 diabetes

Tuberculosis rate drops, disparity continues

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

FDA issues warning about using doripenem for ventilator-associated pneumonia

VIDEO: Asthma meds’ safety data reassuring in pregnancy

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps more severe in women

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