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Preoperative organ dysfunction worsens SAVR outcomes

Posted on: 07/02/2014 - 17:35

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The presence of preoperative dysfunction in more than any one of four key organ systems profoundly reduces survival in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, a study...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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New stroke guidelines focus on women’s risks

Posted on: 06/02/2014 - 21:00

Newly released guidelines provide the first evidence-based recommendations for preventing stroke in women. The document addresses the issues that uniquely increase stroke risk in women – pregnancy,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Sleeve gastrectomy often worsens GERD

Posted on: 06/02/2014 - 16:10

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy not only fails to improve gastroesophageal reflux disease in most patients who undergo the weight-loss procedure, it actually worsens GERD symptoms in many of them and...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Shift in approach needed for managing inflammatory arthritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/02/2014 - 21:35

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The common strategy of managing inflammatory arthritis during pregnancy by stopping all prepregnancy medications and prescribing prednisone is counterproductive, Dr. Megan E.B....

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Survey: Anti-MRSA drugs routinely prescribed for simple abscesses

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 23:30

Nearly 90% of more than 500 dermatologists surveyed said they would initially prescribe an antibiotic to cover possible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus when incising and draining...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

CARDIA: Trajectory of blood pressure in young adults predicts later CAC

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 21:00

Serial blood pressure measurements during young adulthood appear to predict the risk of subclinical coronary artery calcification, a surrogate for CVD risk, in middle age, according to a report...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

DECAAF published: Assess extent of fibrosis before AF ablation

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 21:00

For patients scheduled to undergo AF catheter ablation, estimating the extent of atrial fibrosis using delayed enhancement MRI can help distinguish those likely to respond from patients likely to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Current gout guidelines stress ‘treat to target’

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 15:25

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The current American College of Rheumatology gout guidelines contain a number of recommendations that may come as a surprise to rheumatologists and primary care physicians alike....

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

2014 adult vaccine schedule includes recombinant flu vaccine

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 22:00

The recombinant influenza vaccine is now recommended as an option for adults with egg allergies, according to the 2014 recommended vaccine schedule for adults. Approved last year, the recombinant...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Physicians want to vaccinate, but money gets in the way

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 22:00

While almost all internists and family physicians feel a responsibility to ask about patients’ immunization status at least annually, most refer them to another source for all but basic seasonal...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

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