MIAMI BEACH – "Green suit hypertension" can result in cancellation of procedures on the scheduled day of surgery,... »

LONDON – Being obese increased the risk of surgical site infection nearly fourfold among patients who underwent operations... »

SAN DIEGO – Inpatients who most strongly preferred to leave medical decisions to their doctors were discharged a third of a... »

So far, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has touted the "carrots" associated with the use of health... »

The Food and Drug Administration reviewed new drug applications significantly faster, and approved more new drugs first,... »

SAN DIEGO – A majority of clinicians still lack a qualified electronic health records system and are therefore ineligible... »

An update to the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guidelines for the management of aneurysmal... »

SAN DIEGO – Converting some conventional hospitalists to intensive care unit hospitalists reduced the average length of... »

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – When a child needs fluids or drugs but you can’t find a good vein, turn to bone.

Intraosseous (IO)... »

BOSTON – Implementation of a revised algorithm for the identification of early-onset sepsis in newborn infants significantly... »

BOSTON – Children treated in the emergency department for abuse or neglect are at increased risk for further maltreatment,... »

BOSTON – A narrow, targeted approach to fluconazole prophylaxis prevents most cases of neonatal candidiasis among extremely... »

A small absolute increase in the risk of cardiovascular death occurs during a 5-day course of azithromycin therapy,... »

DALLAS – In a surprising twist, multidrug resistance and antibiotic appropriateness were not correlated with mortality in a... »

DALLAS – Unannounced surveillance detected Acinetobacter contamination in more than one-fourth of burn/trauma intensive... »

Just as Sanofi-Aventis loses its exclusivity for its blockbuster drug Plavix (clopidogrel) this month, several generic... »

The shifting balance of data for and against broader use of statin treatment tilted again toward more liberal use, with... »

BOSTON – Although it ranks behind hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden cardiac death in children and young... »