Jan 30, 2019
Reduced or altered production of saliva can be unpleasant for patients, but also carries other risks in relation to functional chewing and swallowing, and an increased risk of intra-oral pathology, including tooth decay. Dry mouth can develop for a number of reasons,...
Jan 30, 2019
New guidelines for the management of patients with AF have been published by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, developed in collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The guideline includes a significant change in relation to...
Jan 29, 2019
Apixaban and rivaroxaban are both direct-acting oral anticoagulants, increasingly prescribed in modern practice. Using data from adults with newly diagnosed venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) who were new users of apixaban or...
Jan 28, 2019
Data from a large number of hospital separations in NSW that occurred over a long period of time have recently been studied by Australian researchers. In a sample of 315 274 people admitted for urgent caret, age‐adjusted rates of ADR‐related hospitalisations nearly...
Jan 24, 2019
Paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents reduce restenosis and target lesion revascularization after lower extremity interventions, but what of long term outcomes? A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs investigating paclitaxel-coated devices in the femoral...
Jan 22, 2019
The Drug and Therapeutics Committees (sometimes also called Medicines Advisory Committees or Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees) that operate in hospitals, health services and related settings are often profoundly influential, charged with stewardship of safe,...
