Vaccine may replace blood thinners to reduce stroke recurrence Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 Oct 2018 8:20 PM ISTPeople who have had a stroke caused by a blood clot (ischemic strokes) often need to take medications that make their blood less likely to clot, which...
NEJM reports case of eyelid hemangioma with bloody tears Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTItaly: An interesting case of eyelid hemangioma with bloody tears was reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. Alessandra Di Maria, from...
Higher Prophylactic platelet transfusion threshold increases deaths in neonates Vinay Singh singh7 Nov 2018 7:28 PM ISTA new study published in NEJM reports that among preterm infants with severe thrombocytopenia, the use of a platelet-count threshold of 50,000 per...
Elagolix reduces menstrual bleeding in women with Fibroids Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 Nov 2018 7:25 PM ISTElagolix, an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, significantly reduced menstrual bleeding in women affected with Fibroids or...
Perioperative alcohol cessation reduces postoperative complications Vinay Singh singh14 Nov 2018 7:20 PM ISTA new study published in Cochrane reports that perioperative alcohol cessation interventions reduce postoperative complications for people with risky...
Fish oil supplements not linked to bleeding risk during cardiac surgery: Circulation Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 Dec 2018 7:25 PM ISTFish oil supplementation does not increase perioperative bleeding in surgery patients and reduced the number of blood transfusions, finds a new study...
PPIs combined with oral anticoagulants reduce risk of GI bleeding : JAMA Vinay Singh singh6 Dec 2018 7:25 PM ISTPatients at increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding can be prominently protected from such risk by taking proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in...
Preoperative aspirin reduces thrombosis risk in abdominal malignancy surgery Vinay Singh singh7 Dec 2018 7:10 PM ISTA new study published in the Journal of Anesthesia has reported that continuation of aspirin administration is likely to reduce the thrombotic risk...
Apixaban safe and effective anticoagulant in cancer patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 Dec 2018 7:10 PM ISTTreatment with the oral drug apixaban for prevention of blood clot formation in patients undergoing cancer therapy is safe and effective, Mayo Clinic...
Fluoroquinolones can cause serious heart damage, FDA warns Vinay Singh singh23 Dec 2018 7:04 PM ISTThe US. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that fluoroquinolone antibiotics can increase the occurrence of rare but serious events of...
Low platelet count does not increase bleeding risk in PCI Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Dec 2018 7:25 PM ISTChina: Thrombocytopenia (low platelet levels in the blood) is a common occurrence among patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary...
Topical Tranexamic acid reduces risk of rebleeding in epistaxis Vinay Singh singh14 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTA probable reduction was found in the risk of re-bleeding with the use of either oral or topical tranexamic acid in addition to usual care in adult...
