Frailty among young bone marrow transplant survivors increases risk of death savita thakur thakur3 Jun 2016 4:47 PM ISTThe prevalence of frailty in young bone marrow transplant survivors is similar to that seen in the elderly population and frailty is associated with...
RA drugs during pregnancy don't increase infection risk in child Vinay Singh singh17 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTRheumatoid arthritis drugs, that may cause immunosuppression, taken by women during pregnancy, their children do not have a marked excess risk of...
New PIRO score accurately predicts mortality in surgical patients with Sepsis Vinay Singh singh3 July 2018 7:26 PM ISTA PIRO-based model can be used to accurately predict mortality in surgical patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis or septic shock, reports a...
Antimicrobial prophylaxis in immunosuppressed cancer patients -IDS, ASCO Updated Guideline Medha Baranwal Baranwal15 Sept 2018 7:03 PM ISTThe American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) have released an updated guideline on antimicrobial...
Antimicrobials for acute Pyelonephritis : 2018 NICE guidelines Hina Zahid10 Nov 2018 7:00 PM ISTNice has released its latest 2018 guidelines on antimicrobials prescribing in acute Pyelonephritis. Following are the major recommendations for...
Blood transfusion during oncosurgery increases cancer recurrence risk Deepanjana Sarkar10 Feb 2019 12:35 PM ISTA new study published in the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia has pointed out that patients undergoing perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion during...
Biologic therapy increases infection risk in elderly patients of rheumatoid arthritis Medha Baranwal Baranwal26 Feb 2019 7:15 PM ISTBiologic therapy increases risk of infection in elderly patients of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study.The study on the safety of biologic...
Antimicrobial prescribing in lower Urinary tract infection: NICE Guideline Hina Zahid14 March 2019 7:00 PM ISTNICE has released Guidelines on Urinary tract infection (lower) LRTI. Following are the major recommendations:Managing lower urinary tract infection...
Its time to demystify Bone Marrow Transplant Therapy- Dr Rahul Bhargava Deepanjana Sarkar7 May 2019 9:02 AM ISTThe veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has been diagnosed with cancer and was under treatment in New York. Recently, the 66-years-old actor disclosed that he...
Sepsis survivors with higher inflammation after discharge at higher risk for death: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 Aug 2019 7:28 PM ISTUSA: More than 60% of the patients who survived hospitalization for sepsis had a persistent elevation of inflammation and immunosuppression biomarkers...
