ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...mmarises the recommendations, whilst outlining the rationale behind their timing and their relevance to the European healthcare arena. ESC PCI Guidelines highlights One of the most pertinent points of the ESC guidelines is that thrombolysis for myocardial infarction can be administered within the first 3 h...Pet scanning better for heart disease diagnosis, management
...n in Orlando, Fla. Results of the study provide a rationale for PET scanning to become the initial diagnostic test for assessing a patient's risk of heart attack, say lead researchers Michael Merhige, M.D., UB clinical associate professor of nuclear medicine, and Joseph Oliverio, UB clinical instructor of nuc...Archival virus still necessitates life-long antiretroviral therapy
...., Ph.D., will provide an update on the scientific rationale behind the use of antiretroviral therapy, focusing on the mechanisms that allow life-long persistence of HIV even in patients on potent medication. Siliciano, a professor of medicine at Hopkins and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has...Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
...dicative of "the need to understand more fully the rationale behind the continued use of these medications." An association between potentially inappropriate medications and negative outcomes would support the position that errors like these are common among the elderly outpatient population. Questions still r...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...ecommendation and invite the doctor to explain the rationale for the approach if one is not forthcoming, Kaldjian said. When a patient rejects a doctor's recommendation for seemingly ethical reasons, it may be that those involved simply have not conversed with each other enough to understand each other's thi...Stents and going with the flow
...se types of stents and the clinical and scientific rationale behind their use within a wider context of interventional cardiology. In a related article, Shrive and colleagues evaluate the economic impact of sirolimus-eluting stents given their high cost and widespread use and report they are cost-effective wh...Telemedicine is healthcare's new frontier
...he attached publication, which aims to promote the rationale of a user-driven approach in this application field of paramount importance to the well-being of mankind. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has reached a sufficient degree of maturity that it is now possible to envisage se...Reviparin effective in reducing risk of death after heart attack
...The conceptual basis for its use is sound, and its rationale has been delineated in a variety of publications c...ators. Unfortunately, regardless of its scientific rationale and the positive results of small studies, this definitive trial, combined with a previous overview ...Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery
...me day if we thought they could eat," he says. The rationale for routinely inserting a flexible tube through the nose and into the stomach has been that keeping the digestive tract empty would help it restart more quickly. Surgeons also commonly believe that the practice reduces the likelihood of vomiting and ...Penn researchers add more evidence to demonstrate role of COX inhibitors in heart-disease risk
...hazard from COX-2 inhibitors in patients, the weak rationale for a study of their protective properties in the first instance, and now this evidence from mice would indicate to me that a trial in high-risk patients, such as that proposed for Celebrex is, at best, ill advised."...Researchers identify the link between heart failure and weight loss
... failure. In addition, the study provides a strong rationale for developing strategies to activate the skeletal muscle IGF-1 system in wasting conditions for therapeutic benefit....Mayo Clinic discovery on nature of rheumatoid arthritis lung disease may offer patients therapy
...roaches did not. Explains Dr. Turesson: "This is a rationale for trying newer approaches to treating RA lung disease that involve drugs that block T cell action. That might help us make progress against this disease." Studies are ongoing to examine other important subtypes of cells involved in RA lung disease...Fair decisions more important when hospitals face crisis like SARS
... Throughout each stage, safety was the primary rationale underpinning priority setting. During the containment stage, decisions made for infection control focused on protecting staff. Measures included sending staff home, canceling all non-SARS related surgeries, and terminating hospital educational activi...New treatments for infertility are unjustified
...going tests and treatments that have no scientific rationale and are linked with known risks to mother and fetus, warn researchers in this week's BMJ. Fertility clinics are increasingly offering women tests to measure the number and activity of natural killer (NK) cells circulating in their blood. These cells...Diabetes among older adults imposed an estimated $133.5 billion cost in 1990's
...s of diabetes treatment programs and may provide a rationale for employers to begin to address workplace programs to improve health," according to the study by Sandeep Vijan, M.D., M.S., and colleagues.* The study, published in the December 2004 issue of Health Services Research, was funded by the Social Secur...Doctors can improve colorectal cancer screening rates
...education programs on CRC screening guidelines and rationale would improve access to CRC tests....Chronic sinusitis sufferers have enhanced immune responses to fungi
...indings, Dr. Kita says today's report supports the rationale of treating chronic sinusitis with antifungals. Clinical trials to further test antifungal therapy for chronic sinusitis are being planned, adds Dr. Kita. ...Different subgroups of alcoholics respond differently to serotonin-acting medication
...ly if they had not received sertraline." "The rationale for looking at these two types of alcoholism separately was rooted in earlier research that suggested there were differences in serotonin metabolism between the two groups," said Moak. "What is very interesting about the results that were obtained i......cipants from as far away as Japan will explore the rationale for radiation in the treatment of cancers and discuss new technologies and treatment data. "Stereotactic therapy is showing great promise for the treatment of difficult cancers such as lung, liver and the spine," said Dr. McGarry. "The specialty is...