A cohort study confirmed high risks for symptomatic venous and arterial thromboembolic events in patients with nephrotic syndrome, especially in the first 6 months, and identified predictors of risk. Medscape Medical News
Recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cover use of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines since the recall of PedvaxHIB and Comvax. Medscape Medical News
A phase 1 study of a neuroprotectant agent combining caffeine and ethanol suggests caffeinol can be given safely after tPA with some signal of improved outcome compared with historical controls. Medscape Medical News
Hemoglobin A1c should remain the gold standard. We should refine it to incorporate sensible assumptions about the correlation between successive data values. Medscape General Medicine
Female pediatric burn patients exhibit a reduced inflammatory and hypermetabolic response compared to male patients, according to a study published in the July Annals of Surgery. Reuters Health Information
An increasing number of hospitalists are working at night, filling critical roles in patient care as hospital medicine becomes more complex and oriented to acute care. The Hospitalist
