Mar 20th, 2023 - Case: A 3-year-old girl presented to the emergency department after a brief seizure at home. She looked well on physical exam except for a fever of 103° F and thick rhinorrhea.

Mar 20th, 2023 - Using conventional ultrafiltration during cardiac surgery did not appear to reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications, according to a retrospective analysis. After adjusting for confounding variables, the incidence of the composite primary outcome -- reintubation, prolonged ventilation, pneumonia, or pleural effusion -- was 12.1% in the conventional ultrafiltration group ver...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Physicians accepting payments from drug and device companies administered significantly more hyaluronic acid (HA) injections to Medicare beneficiaries for knee osteoarthritis, researchers found. Those receiving more than $100 in cash or other forms of remuneration were more than three times as likely to give HA injections under Medicare Part B than those receiving no payments (OR 3.28, 95% CI 2...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Tested against a gold standard, the widely accessible pulse oximetry technique turned out to overestimate arterial oxygen saturation in Black kids, researchers reported. Among children with true hypoxemia according to directly measured arterial blood oxygen saturation (SaO2 <88%), a discordant finding of normoxemia by peripheral oxygen saturation levels on pulse oximetry (SpO2 ≥92%), or a false...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Metformin may help cut the risk of osteoarthritis (OA) in those with type 2 diabetes, researchers reported. In a retrospective cohort study of nearly 21,000 adults with diabetes, those who were taking metformin saw a 24% lower risk for developing OA compared with those taking a sulfonylurea (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 0.76, 95% CI 0.68-0.85), according to Matthew Baker, MD, MS, of Stanford Uni...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. A Washington Post analysis suggests long COVID symptoms have become less common since the Omicron variant. Military pilots have higher rates of cancer, as do aircraft ground crews, a Pentagon study found. (AP via ABC News) Wyoming has become the first state to ban the use of pills for abortion. (New York Times) Meanwhile, South Carolina Republican...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Postoperative delirium in older adults was associated with 40% faster cognitive decline, data from a prospective cohort study showed. Among older adults who developed delirium after major elective surgery, cognitive decline over 72 months occurred at a rate of 0.14 population standard deviation (SD) units per year, reported Zachary Kunicki, PhD, MS, MPH, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode...

Mar 19th, 2023 - NEW ORLEANS – Application of a single-use disposable patch to the axillary area for up to 3 minutes led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefit for patients with primary axillary hyperhidrosis, results from a pivotal randomized trial showed. “This is a new kind of device that is going to be a nice tool to have for treating patients who have hyperhidrosis of the axilla,” t.

Mar 19th, 2023 - To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against healthcare staffing agencies that substantially raise their prices during a declared emergency. A New York bill includes a cap on the amount staffing agencies can charge healthcare facilities. And a Texas measure would allow civil penalties against such agencies. These proposed regulations...

Mar 19th, 2023 - NEW ORLEANS – Assessing underlying mechanisms for the effects of age, mean platelet volume (MPV), and tryptase may help identify pediatric patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) who will respond to different treatment options, results from a single-center prospective study showed. “Given that the majority of CSU cases in adults are due to autoimmunity and there being very [few] studi.

Mar 18th, 2023 - The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates At what age is one supposed to be wise? I feel like I’m falling behind.

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2023 - WOW Frozen Food LLC, a Plantation, Fla. establishment, is recalling approximately 488 pounds of meat and poultry sfihas products that were produced without the benefit...

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2023 - WOW Frozen Food LLC, a Plantation, Fla. establishment, is recalling approximately 488 pounds of meat and poultry sfihas products that were produced without the benefit...

Perrigo Company plc is issuing a voluntary recall of certain lots of Gerber® Good Start® SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula in the U.S., that were manufactured at the Company's Gateway Eau Claire, Wisconsin manufacturing facility from January 02, 2023 to January 18, 2023. This product is being reca

Perrigo Company plc is issuing a voluntary recall of certain lots of Gerber® Good Start® SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula in the U.S., that were manufactured at the Company's Gateway Eau Claire, Wisconsin manufacturing facility from January 02, 2023 to January 18, 2023. This product is being reca

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2023 - Hoyo, SBC, a Bloomington, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,046 pounds of ready-to-eat beef sambusa products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin...

Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham, Oregon is recalling frozen Organic Strawberries sold to Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood, PCC Community Markets and frozen Organic Tropical Fruit Blend sold to Trader Joe's due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease

Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham, Oregon is recalling frozen Organic Strawberries sold to Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood, PCC Community Markets and frozen Organic Tropical Fruit Blend sold to Trader Joe's due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease

Mar 17th, 2023 - Lanolin, known mainly for its emollient properties, has been named by the American Contact Dermatitis Society as the Contact Allergen of the Year for 2023. Lanolin is a complex and varying mixture of high molecular weight esters, aliphatic alcohols, sterols, fatty acids, and hydrocarbons, but the allergic components are mainly the free lanolin alcohols, especially alkanediols, said Donald V.

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2023 - Hoyo, SBC, a Bloomington, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,046 pounds of ready-to-eat beef sambusa products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin...