JAMA Study points to higher ICU usage, unnecessary costly procedures supriya kashyap kashyap10 Aug 2016 3:11 PM ISTLos Angeles : With the use of intensive care units (ICUs) on the rise in many hospitals, researchers at LA BioMed and UCLA examined ICU usage and...
Acute Pulmonary Embolism - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap28 Nov 2016 9:48 AM ISTVenous thromboembolic conditions leading to acute respiratory failure is common in critically ill medical and surgical patients. This may be the...
Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism: Lung Ultrasound outperforms Wells score supriya kashyap kashyap26 March 2017 12:37 PM ISTA pretest risk stratification enhanced by ultrasound of lung and venous performs better than Wells score in the early diagnostic process of pulmonary...
New type of PET -Scanning may detect even small clots in stroke cases : Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 July 2017 9:35 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolism and now a team of scientists has...
Anti- allergic drugs may be useful in prevention of DVT Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTLondon :Common anti-allergy medicines could prove to be an effective treatment for potentially fatal blood clots in the legs, a study has claimed.The...
New treatment approved for advanced breast cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Oct 2017 9:45 AM ISTNew Treatment with Verzenio (abemaciclib) has been approved by FDA to treat adult patients who have hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal...
Appropriate use criteria for FDG PET/CT imaging of cancer patients by SNMMI Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTThe Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for FDG PET/CT in Restaging and Treatment...
All about New oral anticoagulant , Apixaban Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTNew oral anticoagulants (NOACs) represent direct-acting drugs functioning selectively for one specific clotting factor. Their clinical indications are...
Delaying surgery in hip fracture beyond one day associated with increased risk of death Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Dec 2017 7:05 PM ISTBottom Line: Waiting more than 24 hours to undergo hip fracture surgery may be associated with an increased risk of death and complications.Why The...
Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) as per Guidelines Meghna Singhania11 Dec 2017 7:30 PM ISTMyocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a new entity recently trending in the field of interventional cardiology....
Pulmonary embolism only a rare cause of Syncope says new study Medical Dialogues Bureau30 Jan 2018 7:30 PM ISTAccording to a new observational study conducted on more than 1.6 million adults who went to an emergency department for syncope in five databases in...
Cabozantinib a first line treatment option for differentiated thyroid cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTIn a trial by the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,it has been confirmed that...
