New recommendations from the ACC, AHA, and SCAI include the need for 12 months of dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent placement and use of a 600-mg loading dose of clopidogrel. Medscape Medical News
Bacterial contamination has become the leading transfusion-transmitted infectious risk. Can you detect it? Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This article reviews the literature on specific issues for older adults that need to be considered when treating older adults with burn injury. Geriatrics & Aging
Patients with acute ischemic stroke requiring aggressive treatment to lower blood pressure (BP) should not be excluded from receiving thrombolytic therapy, according to findings reported in the September issue of the Archives of Neurology. Reuters Health Information
