News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: January 6, 2015
Key clinical point: Screening adults born in 1945-1965 and treating all who have HCV with oral anti-HCV regimens is most cost effective.
Major fin...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: December 11, 2014
Key clinical point: Adding terlipressin to albumin didn’t help reverse hepatorenal syndrome type 1, but there were hints of improved surviva...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: December 11, 2014
Key clinical point: Ob.gyn. residents face infertility issues and report a lack of support.
Major finding: Only 3 of 18 residents reporting infert...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: December 10, 2014
Key clinical point: A 16-week lifestyle intervention safely reduced body weight and portal pressure in obese patients with cirrhosis.
Major findin...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: December 4, 2014
Key clinical point: Terlipressin worked as well as noradrenaline as a vasopressor.
Major finding: Treatment achieved a MAP of >65 mm Hg by 6 ho...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 26, 2014
Key clinical point: Records showed that 26% of patients who had CT scans for suspect appendicitis had an Alvarado score of 8-10.
Major finding: A ...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 26, 2014
Key clinical point: Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy didn’t offer benefits to pediatric patients with septic shock, regardless of initial m...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 24, 2014
Key clinical point: Patients can do well without elective surgical resection following successful percutaneous drainage of diverticular-associated...
Video
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 24, 2014
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 24, 2014
Key clinical point: Giving no more than 1.7 liters or more than 5 liters of IV fluids on the day of surgery increased the risk of ileus.
Major fin...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 24, 2014
Key clinical point: The adjusted risk of unintended pregnancy was 84% lower with levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs than with copper IUDs.
Major findin...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 21, 2014
Key clinical point: Higher rates of some adverse outcomes after ART appear to be due to multiple births, not ART itself.
Major finding: Adjusted o...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 21, 2014
Key clinical point: Limit the number of embryos transferred to reduce ectopic risk.
Major finding: The risk of ectopic pregnancy increased signifi...
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 20, 2014
News
- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 20, 2014
