Changes in doses of antiepileptic drugs occurred more often in pregnant women than in nonpregnant controls
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
Factors linked to fewer completed telemedicine visits include older age, Asian race, non-English as preferred language, Medicaid insurance
Oral Azacitidine Benefits Some Older Adults With AML
Overall, relapse-free survival prolonged among older patients in first remission after chemo who receive CC-486 versus placebo
FDA Authorizes Marketing of EndoRotor System
Device provides minimally invasive way to resect and remove necrotic tissue in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis
Incidence of Dislocation After Hip Arthroplasty May Be Higher Than Thought
Age, sex, head size, fixation method, and surgical approach independently associated with dislocation risk
Timing of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Examined for C-Section
Risk for surgical site infection not increased for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis after cord clamping versus before incision
SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Risk Drops With Presence of Antibodies
Risk for infection during 31 weeks of follow-up reduced with presence of anti-spike, anti-nucleocapsid IgG antibodies
Fludarabine modulates expression of type VII collagen during haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a severe, complicated inherited blistering skin disease with few treatment options currently available. Recently, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) has been used as an …
Skin Disease is More Recalcitrant Than Muscle Disease: A Long-Term Prospective Study of 184 Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis.
Persistent skin manifestations, especially calcinoses, contribute to morbidity in children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).To compare the course of skin and muscle involvement and document frequency of calcinosis in JDM.Prospective cohort …
Evaluation of platelet-rich plasma on hair regrowth and lesional T-cell cytokine expression in alopecia areata: A randomized observer-blinded, placebo-controlled, split-head pilot study.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has shown some promise in the treatment of alopecia areata.To evaluate the effect of PRP on hair regrowth and lesional T-cell cytokine expression in alopecia areata METHODS: …