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Borges and colleagues in Sao Palo, Brazil, studied 26 patients with acute lung injury or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to determine whether atelectatic lung areas could be fully recruited and oxygenation improved using a protocol employing progressively higher levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP).
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West Nile Virus (WNV) infection is a growing epidemic that impacts more persons and more aspects of our health care system yearly. A significant percentage of affected patients require admission to and care in an intensive care unit (ICU).
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Drug Labels A Prescription for Misunderstanding?; Osteonecrosis of the Jaw New Side-Effect to Bisphosphate Use; Beta-Blockers and Depression Unlinked?; FDA Actions
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In 47 patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer, staging by combined CT and PET was compared to CT followed at a later time by PET or by CT alone.
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Optimal treatment for carcinoma of unknown primary has not been established. In a multicenter, randomized Phase II trial, 66 patients were treated with cisplatin, gemcitabine and either paclitaxel or vinorelbine.
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Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy has intuitive appeal, but concern has been raised that such an approach hinders postmastectomy radiotherapy.
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Breast cancer patients who received either high-dose, standard-dose or no chemotherapy were studied prospectively, utilizing a comprehensive battery of neuropsych tests.
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An increasing number of active therapies have become available for multiple myeloma in addition to high dose chemotherapy followed by autologous transplant (ASCT).
