Sunday, January 13, 2013

Medical News

Medical News

NSAID–antihypertensive combinations may risk kidney damage

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Physicians should be aware that treating patients with a combination of antihypertensives along with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may cause kidney damage, say researchers.

Monitor white blood cell count in pertussis infants

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Researchers say that taking early and repeat white blood cell counts could help determine which children with pertussis are at highest risk for death.

Targeted prostate biopsies skew proportion of high-risk cases

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Image-targeted biopsy of the prostate leads to a substantial increase in the proportion of prostate cores identified as high risk compared with standard transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy, the results of a UK study indicate.

Little to choose between catheter types for intermittent self-catheterization

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Patients undertaking intermittent self catheterization for urinary retention should be offered the choice of clean noncoated, hydrophilic, or gel reservoir catheters, say researchers who found none offers a strong advantage in avoiding urinary tract infection.

Targeted prostate biopsies skew proportion of high-risk cases

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Image-targeted biopsy of the prostate leads to a substantial increase in the proportion of prostate cores identified as high risk compared with standard transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy, the results of a UK study indicate.
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