1. Therapy reduces risk of joint damage in hemophiliacs
(Imported/Imported)

... that prophylaxis, initiated between six and 30 months of age, is effective at preventing joint bleeds and preserving joint function and structure in young boys with hemophilia A," said Marilyn Manco-Johnson, ...

2. Short-course isoniazid plus rifampin effective for latent TB in children
(Imported/Imported)

... extracted from adult studies." The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends nine months of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis for children and adolescents with latent TB, the authors point out. The British Thoracic ...

3. MDMA abuse linked to valvular heart disease
(Imported/Imported)

... valvular endothelium, "this should be an argument for endocarditis prophylaxis." In vitro studies have documented activation of the 5-hydroxytryptamine 2B receptor by MDMA, leading to proliferation of ...

4. Primary UTI in infants: prophylaxis for uncomplicated pyelonephritis
(Imported/Imported)

... found that intravenous antibiotic for one week followed by three weeks of the same oral antibiotic provided good prophylaxis for uncomplicated pyelonephritis. The group concluded that four weeks of antibiotic ...

5. UCLA Stroke Center receives American Stroke Association's Award
(Imported/Imported)

... antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis (prevention of deep-vein thrombosis or clots), cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation. The 90-day evaluation period is the first in an ...

6. Risk-reducing surgery a consideration in women with Lynch syndrome
(Imported/Imported)

There is a role for elective surgery as gynecologic cancer prophylaxis in women with Lynch syndrome/hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.There is a role for elective surgery as gynecologic cancer ...

7. Rheumatic heart disease is silent in most affected children
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... Health Organization criteria," patients were treated with antibiotic prophylaxis and surgical treatment when indicated. Summing up, the investigators state: "Systematic screening with echocardiography, ...

8. CABG preferred over stents; drug-eluting may be better than bare-metal type
(Imported/Imported)

... risk also favored CABG. Dr. Carrozza, from Harvard Medical School in Boston, points out several limitations of their study, including a short follow-up and limited use of long-term antiplatelet prophylaxis, ...

9. Low-molecular-weight heparin seen preferable to unfractionated heparin after stroke
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

... "is that it demonstrates that choices regarding deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis can later reach clinically meaningful endpoints such as rate of pulmonary embolism." As reported in the January issue ...

10. ASGE issues updated infection control guidelines for gastrointestinal endoscopy
(Imported/Imported)

... to prevent such infection, including endoscope reprocessing, antibiotic prophylaxis, and protection of endoscopy personnel. The single best protection against patient-to-patient transmission of microorganisms ...

11. Antibiotic prophylaxis does not prevent renal damage in pediatric vesicoureteral reflux
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... of antibiotic prophylaxis in children with VUR," Dr. Laura Travan told Reuters Health. "Even searching for VUR at the very first infection in children with negative ultrasounds is questionable." Dr. ...

12. Cerebral angioplasty does not improve outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... Medical Center, Sacramento, told Reuters Health. Dr. Zwienenberg-Lee and colleagues in The Balloon Prophylaxis for Aneurysmal Vasospasm (BPAV) Study Group evaluated the efficacy of prophylactic PTBA ...

13. Endocarditis prophylaxis no longer advised for most cases of valvular heart disease
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

According to a focused guideline update specific to patients with valvular heart disease, the ACC and the AHA no longer recommend antimicrobial prophylaxis in most situations. According to a focused ...

14. Catheter-directed embolectomy life-saving in massive pulmonary embolism
(Communities/Pulmonary Thoracic)

... catheter in one patient. Ten of the 12 patients also received an inferior vena cava filter for PE prophylaxis after the procedure. All 12 patients experienced an increase in pulmonary perfusion after ...

15. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis underutilized in medical patients
(Imported/Imported)

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in acutely ill, hospitalized medical patients often fails to meet evidence-based guidelines, according to findings from the International Medical Prevention Registry ...

16. Savings significant with enoxaparin over fondaparinux for VTE prophylaxis
(Imported/Imported)

Prophylaxis in patients at risk for venous thromboembolism is more cost-effective with the low-molecular-weight heparin enoxaparin compared with the Factor Xa inhibitor fondaparinux, investigators report.Prophylaxis ...

17. Savings significant with enoxaparin over fondaparinux for VTE prophylaxis
(Company News/Announcements)

Prophylaxis in patients at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is more cost-effective with the low-molecular-weight heparin enoxaparin compared with the Factor Xa inhibitor fondaparinux, investigators ...

18. Primary UTI in infants: prophylaxis for uncomplicated pyelonephritis
(Imported/Imported)

Tags: [Primary, UTI, in, infants:, prophylaxis, for, uncomplicated, pyelonephritis]  ...

19. Antibiotic prophylaxis does not prevent renal damage in pediatric vesicoureteral reflux
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Tags: [antibiotic, treatment, pyelonephritis, renal scars, children, vesicoureteral reflux, VUR, prophylaxis, damage, pediatric]  ...

20. Endocarditis prophylaxis no longer advised for most cases of valvular heart disease
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Tags: [endocarditis, valvular heart disease, prophylaxis, antibiotics, guidelines]  ...