Hospital Medicine

The 30-person panel, including physicians and patients, recommended a median 12.5 tablets of 5mg opioid for 20 common procedures.

A Denmark retrospective study of 7 million-plus individuals found associations between increased TBI severity and frequency, and suicide risk.

Chervenak was recently appointed chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Lenox Hill Hospital and chair of the academic department of obstetrics & gynecology and associate dean for international medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Troy Trygstad spoke with MD Magazine® about the upcoming flu season and emphasized how different clinicians and parts of the healthcare system can play a role in promoting immunization.

Patisiran also makes history as the first FDA-approved small interfering ribonucleic acid treatment, a class of drugs that silences the portion of RNA involved in causing the disease.

Natural Cycles requires women enter a daily basal thermometer body temperature to detect minor rises in temperature at the time of ovulation. It also tracks the user’s menstrual cycle.

In a systematic review and meta-analysis, low-quality drugs are most prevalent low- to middle-income countries, and can cost up to $200 billion annually.

According to pooled data, 91.8% of the hospitalizations due to firearm injuries in pediatric and adolescent patients were of urban patients, 4.8% were of micropolitan patients, and 3.3% were of rural patients.

Through Warrior Centric Health, the 25-year US Navy vet has bridged the gap between civilian physicians and the specific-need veterans left behind.

In a trio of phase 3 studies, omadacycline met the FDA-designated primary and secondary efficacy outcomes while reporting consistent safety measures and tolerability.

Researchers were surprised to see the relatively high rates of secondhand smoke-related respiratory symptoms, such as shortness of breath and wheezing, among adolescents without asthma.

If done ethically, the genetic database's collaboration with GSK could provide researchers what they really need to improve neurological care: the right patients in the right studies.

Women and men are more likely to survive when treated by female doctors compared to male doctors, but the difference in heart attack survival is greater for women.

A qualitative narrative analysis of 300-plus submitted essays led to answers as to what factors contribute to inclusive environments at work or education institutions.

New research finds that the prevalence of opioid use remained high during the study period from 2007 to 2016.

After a high-volume flu season driven by outbreak of the mutated H3N2 strain, Sanofi has bolstered its vaccine class with options specific to older populations.

The second member of the FDA-approved thrombopoietin receptor agonist drug class was proven efficacious and safe in a pair of phase 3 trials.

The FDA accepted the NDA for NKTR-181, a drug with slowed entry into the brain that attenuates the dopamine release underlying euphoria.

If these results are confirmed by future research, the use of blood eosinophil count tests could improve patient care and reduce asthma-associated healthcare costs.

At the 100-week mark, 89% of participants taking dolutegravir/rilpivirine (Juluca) maintained viral suppression, with viral loads of < 50 copies/mL.

A study of pediatric patients with asthma admitted to emergency departments has determined that while rhinovirus is the most prevalent infection, it is the non-rhinovirus pathogens that are associated with an increased absolute risk of treatment failure.

Researchers found that just 18.4% of young women diagnosed at pediatric emergency departments with pelvic inflammatory disease received HIV and syphilis screening, despite their higher risk for those sexually transmitted infections.

The PocketECG Cardiac Rehabilitation System provides electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring and alerts during cardiac rehabilitation.

Researchers found that enhanced disinfection with UV light in targeted rooms led to a decrease in hospital-wide incidence of C. difficile and vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

A review of literature on depression and anxiety in patients with heart failure reports that 21.5% have depressive symptoms and 19% meet the criteria for a depressive disorder&mdash;2 to 3 times higher than rates in the general population.