Aim: It has been shown that HMG-CoA inhibitors, also called statins, may interfere with the tubular reabsorption of albumin, increasing urinary albumin excretion. Patients & methods: We have ...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the severity of permanent tooth impaction and a number of predefined factors, including tooth type, age, gender, tooth ...

Spondyloarthritis (SpA), if not diagnosed and treated early, often leads to significant morbidity. Unfortunately, diagnosis and implementation of therapy are frequently delayed, in many cases by ...

Trained nurses in most critical care settings often administer propofol safely to patients who are intubated and ventilated. However, some practitioners have been lulled into a false sense of ...

The pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of four topical lidocaine patches 5% continuously applied for 72 hours and changed every 12 or 24 hours were examined. In this randomized ...

Pediatr Health. 2008;2(6):761-775. Cardiac assessment in the burned child begins with the assessment of peripheral, followed by the central pulses. Vital signs may be difficult to obtain in the ...

Since Carl Djerassi and Gregory Pincus brought the proof of concept of OCs in the early 1960s, with a pill containing norethidronel as a progestin and mestranol as an estrogen, many different ...

Abstract and Introduction The CVD Burden And Trends In The United States Cardiovascular Disease And Cause For Alarm Epidemiological Evidence For Hope, And The Policy Implications References ...

Cough associated with acute and chronic respiratory conditions is common in patients of all ages. Levocloperastine is a novel antitussive with a pharmacological profile distinct from that of the ...

Hereditary hemochromatosis is an inherited iron overload disorder caused by inappropriately low hepcidin secretion leading to increased duodenal absorption of dietary iron, most commonly in C282Y ...

Introduction Editorial Comment: The Not-So-Sad History of Medicare Cost Containment as Told in One Chart Editorial Comment: The Unsurprising Surprise of Renewed Health Care Cost Inflation ...

Background: Influenza is a potentially life-threatening illness that affects approximately 10% of the population annually, with resulting personal misery and societal disruption. Oseltamivir is a ...