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Arformoterol (R,R-formoterol) is a single isomer form of racemic (RR, SS) formoterol approved for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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The sport (Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial) trial enrolled over 1,000 adults with lumbar disk disease-herniated disk, spinal stenosis, or spondylolisthesis-to compare outcomes between persons who were assigned to surgical treatment vs medical therapy.
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The authors attempt to redefine SCD by concluding that it uncommonly or even rarely occurs "suddenly out of the blue" without any premonitory symptoms.
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Patients with coronary artery disease who have received intra-coronary, drug-eluding stents (DES) may benefit from longer courses of clopidogrel than is currently standard.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of oseltamivir for influenza, it was administered to 1818 patients with Influenza A and 1485 patients with Influenza B, all of whom were being seen in an "usual clinical setting" in 9 different community clinics in Japan.
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Among adults diagnosed with heart failure who had no prior statin use, incident statin use was independently associated with lower risks of death and hospitalization among patients with or without coronary heart disease.
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The lead paper in the November issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology should stimulate lively discussion regarding the counseling of patients of advanced maternal age (AMA), and, if taken at face value, could impact the field of prenatal diagnosis, in general.
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The resection of tumor nodules (or cytoreduction) before primary chemotherapy has been linked closely with survival in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. Chi and colleagues set out to evaluate the merits of cytoreduction completeness in a homogeneous cohort of ovarian cancer patients with bulky metastatic disease.