In Critically Ill Patients, Cortisol Clearance Rate DropsMonthly Prescribing ReferenceIn patients, during tracer infusion and after administration of 100mg hydrocortisone, there was a significant decrease of >50% in cortisol clearance. These factors…
Treating allergic conjunctivitis requires multifactorial approach, speaker saysHealio… cat or dog allergies, for instance; artificial tears; sterile irrigation; topical decongestants; topical and systemic antihistamines; mast-cell stabilizers; dual-a…
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Critical Care: New Light on Stress Response
MedPage Today “More pragmatically, the data suggest that ‘stress doses’ of hydrocortisone (200 mg per day), which are advocated to replace cortisol production in critically ill patients who are presumed to have adrenal failure, are at least three times too high … |
Curbing the Rise of Renal Disease and Hypertension in PregnancyMonthly Prescribing ReferenceFlares can be managed with corticosteroids (eg, azathioprine and hydroxychloroquine, which are safe during pregnancy). Reflux nephropathy is associated with inc…
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Corticosteroids relieved rotator cuff tear pain in geriatric patients
Healio “This finding can be useful to physicians when deciding on the type of patients who might best benefit from intraarticular injections of corticosteroids,” the investigators wrote in the abstract. They studied 60 patients with rotator cuff tears and … |
Breast cancer treatment halts bone metastases and also protects bonesMedical XpressA team of researchers at the MedUni Vienna, led by Michael Gnant from the University Department of Surgery at the MedUni Vienna, has discovered two further positive effe…
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New Biolimus Stent Equal to Everolimus Stent at One Year
Science Daily (press release) The NEXT trial assigned 3,235 patients to either BES or an everolimus-eluting stent (EES) in the largest multicenter, randomized open-label study comparing these two devices ever reported. BES was approved in Japan in 2011, while EES is the country’s … NEXT: Biolimus-eluting stent comparable to everolimus-eluting stent at 1 yearHealio Is Nobori NEXT? Biodegradable-Polymer DES Noninferior to EESTCTMD |
NEXT: Biolimus-eluting stent noninferior to Xience/PromusTheHeart.OrgSan Francisco, CA – A biolimus-eluting coronary stent lined with a biodegradable polymer (Nobori, Terumo) was statistically noninferior to an everolimus-eluting stent (Xience V/Promus…
Salem-News.ComAsthma Therapy: Marijuana Vs Corticosteroids and Beta AgonistsSalem-News.Com(PORTLAND, OR) – The subject of asthma has been a huge controversy almost since it was first defined by Hippocrates about 450 b.c. It was recognized as a disease …
Peter J. Tutschka: A Pioneer In Using Cyclosporine In Cancer TreatmentHartford CourantPeter J. Tutschka, the former chief of the cancer center at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, was a scientist and clinician who played an important role in the…