A phase 3 randomized trial has shown that steroids do not decrease the rate of catheterization after prostate brachytherapy and likely are not necessary. Medscape Medical News
Dr. Shorr discusses study results assessing the value of B-type natriuretic peptide as a restratification tool for patients with acute COPD exacerbations and for spontaneous breathing trial patients. Medscape Pulmonary Medicine
A study of preterm infants showed persistently reduced expiratory flows up to 2 years of age, with normal forced vital capacity and absence of catch-up growth in airway function, suggesting altered lung development. Medscape Medical News
Hemodialysis complicates coronary revascularization and vice versa, but myocardial fatty acid imaging may help to identify hemodialysis patients at risk for SCD post coronary revascularization. Kidney International