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Twenty minutes may be all it takes to identify a case of acetaminophen (APAP) poisoning, according to the developers of a new test for the condition that, they say, could streamline treatment for patients with liver failure related to the drug. In a recent study, the 20-minute test (AcetaSTAT, Acetaminophen Toxicity Diagnostics) was performed as […]
Read MoreNeurologists, even those with a practice focus or fellowship in multiple sclerosis (MS), were not able in some cases to differentiate between MS and other common disorders, such as migraine and fibromyalgia, a new study suggests. Andrew Solomon, MD, and colleagues from the University of Vermont, Burlington, solicited and collected data from four academic centers, […]
Read MoreAmid heightened efforts to try to prevent pain and surgical patients from developing long-term opioid use or misuse, one research team has come up with a handy alternative to time-consuming screening tools for identifying patients at risk, while other researchers report on key risk factors linked to long-term use. In the first of the studies […]
Read MoreHospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)—which account for 20% to 25% of hospital-acquired infections—should be treated with shorter courses of antibiotics, according to new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and American Thoracic Society (Clin Infect Dis 2016 Jul 13. The new guidelines recommend seven days or less of antibiotics for most […]
Read MoreDrug-resistant ‘superbug’ could make antibiotics useless A drug-resistant “superbug” that doctors have been dreading has shown up in the U.S. for the first time, researchers reported Thursday. The bacteria has genetic changes that make it resistant to a last-ditch antibiotic called colistin and while it had been seen in Europe and China, no one in […]
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