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- A descemetotomia de relaxamento alivia as forças de tensão no descolamento firme
- Acetaminophen and asthma: A review of evidence in the literature
- Additional catheter-directed thrombolysis benefited patients with DVT
- Adiponectin associated with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease risk in women
- Adolescent with papules, waxy hyperkeratosis on palms and soles
- Advancing ophthalmology through publication, scientific meetings, leadership development
- AFFIRM: MDV3100 reduced risk for overall death
- Age cited as important variable in conservative treatment of distal radius fractures
- Aggressive treatment urged for pregnant women with iliofemoral DVT
- Alcohol consumption influenced unsafe sex practice
- Alcohol, obesity identified as underlying causes of nonischemic sudden cardiac death
- AMA calls on Congress to ‘stop stalling,’ stabilize Medicare
- AMA calls on Congress to ‘stop stalling,’ stabilize Medicare
- An 18-month-old female presents with fever, erythema, swelling around umbilicus
- An important contribution: Role of ADT and endocrinologists in treating unacceptable sexual behavior
- Androgen deprivation therapy not associated with CV death
- Angiogenesis inhibition therapy for AMD still under discussion in Asia
- Antibiotics in swine feed may promote bacterial gene exchange
- Apixaban more effective than aspirin in reducing stroke recurrence
- Artery disorder frequently undiagnosed in millions of women
- Arthroscopy remains a viable, reliable method for treating lateral epicondylitis
- Aspirin associated with 40% reduced risk for unprovoked VTE recurrence in Warfasa study
- ASSERT: Subclinical atrial tachyarrhythmias associated with increased risk for ischemic stroke, systemic embolism
- Axis-line-distance technique preferred method to evaluate perioperative scoliosis treatment
- Bariatric surgery decreased CV risks among obese patients
- Benefits of statin therapy confirmed in large, long-term trial
- Beyond increased risk: Obesity complicates cancer diagnosis, treatment
- BMD loss not a risk factor for major osteoporotic fractures
- Breakthrough studies revive discussion of anti-VEGF treatment regimens for AMD
- Breakthrough studies revive discussion of anti-VEGF treatment regimens for AMD
- Breast-fed infants responded differently to rotavirus vaccine than formula-fed infants
- Bundles battling infections in hospitals
- CAOS: The direction and future of robotics and navigation explored
- CDC awards grants to health departments for HIV prevention
- CE-MARC: CV magnetic resonance bested standard imaging technique for diagnosing CHD
- Changes in clinical practice raise new reimbursement issues in Belgium
- Children exposed to HIV at high risk for language impairment
- Children exposed to HIV at high risk for language impairment
- Cirujano explica la transición de peristálticas a venturi en la facoemulsificación
- Cirurgião explica transição do faco peristáltico para o venturi
- Clinical prediction tool useful for identifying patients at low risk for Lyme meningitis
- Cluster of foodborne trematode infections affect more than 50 million worldwide
- Coaching bystanders in CPR boosts chances for survival from cardiac arrest
- CoLS PEEK fixation screws receive FDA approval
- Competition, collaboration and caring for the orthopedic patient are key
- Comprehensive physical, intake of medical history are key in diagnosis of painful hips
- Consider the biceps tenodesis after SLAP repair
- Continuous epicapsular infusion of anesthetic effective for post THA pain
- Cord blood stem cells improved metabolic control in type 1 diabetes
- Criteria for hospital admission of febrile infants may need re-examination
- Cryptococcus common cause of respiratory infection among HIV patients
- CT scan reveals adrenal mass
- Data favor immediate vs. deferred ART in patients recently infected with HIV-1
- Deaths attributed to HF decreasing in Europe
- Decline seen in adverse events after cataract surgery among Medicare patients
- Despite oversight, palivizumab improperly prescribed
- Diabetes delivers ‘health shock’ to education, employment for young adults
- Disparities in HBV surveillance highlight need for outreach programs
- Diuretic improved life expectancy of patients with systolic hypertension
- Dry eye prevention and management crucial to refractive surgery success
- Echocardiographic evaluation in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy focus of recommendation papers
- Echography pinpoints posterior lens capsule rupture before cataract surgery
- Education level may influence myopia in adults
- Education, outreach and research remain the cornerstones of AOFAS
- Efforts needed to increase adult vaccinations in office-based settings
- Elimination of infant HIV in Zimbabwe associated with better access to antiretroviral medication, continued usage
- Epidural steroid injections do not improve outcomes in patients with lumbar stenosis
- Etapas simples para os cirurgiões otimizarem a fluídica do faco
- EVEREST II: Device reduced mitral regurgitation in patients at high risk for surgery
- Experts await more data on dronedarone
- Experts discuss potential benefits of raising HDL
- FAME II clinical trial enrollment stopped after interim analysis showed benefit of FFR
- FDA approves exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension in type 2 diabetes
- FDA approves formulations of tenofovir for HIV in children
- FDA OKs expanded use of endovascular graft to treat aortic tears
- FDA proposes draft guidelines intended to improve representation of women in clinical studies
- FDA risk communication system yielded inconsistent results
- FDA risk communication system yielded inconsistent results
- FDA risk communication system yielded inconsistent results
- FDA: Improper use of imaging generator a likely cause of excess radiation exposure
- Fewer adults with diabetes undergo lower-limb amputations, but remain at increased risk
- Further research needed to explain variation in invasive pneumonia, RSV link
- Gestational diabetes linked to heightened risk for ADHD
- Give your Facebook users a reason to ‘like’ you
- Glenohumeral internal rotation decreases over time for major league pitchers
- Glucocorticosteroid use during pregnancy may have metabolic implications in offspring
- Google Flu Trends effective surveillance tool for EDs
- HCV therapeutics: Times are changing
- Health care and poverty: A long distance traveled, yet still so far to go
- Health care reform in the United States: Where we came from and where we are going
- High infection risk areas identified for Lyme disease
- High serum TSH linked to systolic, diastolic BP in children, adolescents
- Higher mortality rates after pelvic injury found at non-trauma centers
- Highly sensitive troponin I assay allowed earlier diagnosis of MI
- High-volume medical centers do better job managing complications associated with pediatric heart surgery
- Hip resurfacing: The metal-on-metal bearing material is not the problem
- How to get the most out of mentorship
- HPV self-testing complemented current cervical cancer screening methods
- Human cases of influenza A (H3N2) variant appear on the rise
- Human rotavirus vaccine immunogenic, well tolerated for preterm infants
- Human rotavirus vaccine immunogenic, well tolerated for preterm infants
- Hypertension, thyroid hormone levels linked in children
- Impingement syndrome: Diagnostic approaches have increased accuracy and treatment options
- Improper sanitation, refrigeration identified as sources of STEC outbreak
- Improvements needed in personal health record usability
- In a recession-hounded economy, carefully weigh fellowships and practice types
- Inability to recognize power failures in NPWT devices may have caused wound complications
- Indications for meniscal repair include tear size, location and patient age
- Informed consent: What you need to know
- In-hospital mortality rates misleading method for assessing hospital care
- Internet-based intervention failed to improve patient care after MI
- Internet-based technology facilitates clinical outcome data collection and adverse event monitoring
- Investigate extensions, installment payments if unable to pay your taxes
- Investigational herpes vaccine ineffective in women
- Investigational vaccine shows promise
- IPD rates on the rise in Spain
- Is intraoperative optical coherence tomography a useful guide for surgery?
- Joint kinematics differ for knee arthroplasty approaches and patellar positions
- La Niña weather pattern linked to influenza pandemics
- Las incisiones relajantes en la membrana de Descemet liberan la tensión en el desprendimiento extenso
- LateTIME: Despite safety, no benefit to bone marrow cell therapy weeks after MI
- LEADERS: Biodegradable polymer BES noninferior to durable polymer SES at 4 years
- Lifestyle choices play important role in glaucoma management
- Local anesthetic improves pain scores after fusion
- Major respiratory viruses of childhood: Illness and prevention
- Medicare and the health care debate: Fantasy may take on more realism in 2012
- Micropulse treatment may be better than anti-VEGF in treating central serous chorioretinopathy
- Modifiable risk factors identified for HIV-1 transmission in Africa
- Molecular testing may mitigate mystery of indeterminate thyroid nodules
- More potent antiviral therapies needed to prevent HSV-2 shedding
- More research needed to evaluate role of vitamin D in reducing CVD
- More than half of US jails did not receive vaccine during flu pandemic
- Most teens still not tested for HIV
- Most teens still not tested for HIV
- Myriad causes contributed to California pertussis outbreak
- New AF ablation consensus document previewed at symposium
- New bisphosphonate users who adhere to dosing recommendations at lower risk for fracture
- New questions being raised about treatment of retinal disease
- New vaccine protected adolescents against meningococcal B
- New vaccine protected adolescents against meningococcal B
- No association found between CYP2C19 genotype, CV events
- No cause for delaying hip fracture surgery found in patients receiving antiplatelet drugs
- Noninvasive presbyopia correction technique shows great promise
- Novel classes of drugs identified with antiproliferative effect in thyroid cancer
- Novel procedure shows promising results as treatment for persistent AF
- Nurse practitioner reduces unnecessary emergency department visits
- Obesity and eye health: an important connection to convey to patients
- Opportunities shown in personal health record usability
- Ortho apps deliver useful information and functions to the user
- Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2012 returns to Maui
- Overall US obesity prevalence steady during 12-year period
- Panelists debate hip arthroplasty technology
- Pasos sencillos para optimizar la estabilidad de fluidos en la facoemulsificación
- Patient selection key for patellofemoral replacement for patients with degenerative conditions
- Patient with diabetes reports blurred vision in one eye
- Patients on long-term warfarin should have option for INR home monitoring
- Patients with femoroacetabular impingement may benefit from hip arthroscopy
- Patients with STEMI have higher hospital readmission rates in US than other countries
- PCON sponsors SECO course on diabetes
- PCR plays key role in diagnosing meningitis
- PCR plays key role in diagnosing meningitis
- Phentermine/topiramate improved weight loss when added to lifestyle modifications
- Physicians, patients disagree about shared access to medical records
- Plating no more invasive than nailing for distal femoral shaft fractures
- Play at 1 year does not predict midterm return to sports after ACL reconstruction
- Pneumococcal bacteremia reduced with vaccination, penicillin prophylaxis in sickle cell pediatric patients
- Pneumonia upped risk for mortality, longer hospitalization in cardiac surgery patients
- Polio no longer endemic in India
- Polio no longer endemic in India
- Pre-emptive peripheral nerve block delays recovery after total knee arthroplasty
- Probiotics could prevent Listeria monocytogenes
- Prostaglandin inhibiting therapies reduced cancer risk in HIV-infected women
- Pulmonary pressure a strong predictor of death in patients with HF
- Punctal plugs, cooling minimize dry eye, thermal trauma after phaco
- Real-time continuous glucose monitoring improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
- Recovery phase of stress test revealed most common long QT syndrome type
- Report: Growth in US health spending remained slow in 2010
- Report: Growth in US health spending remained slow in 2010
- Research identifies ‘bath salts’ as new source of flesh-eating infection
- Rule out more serious spine or cord trauma before diagnosing nerve pinch injuries
- SCAAR: New-generation DES safer than older DES, BMS
- Several risk factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in children
- Single-dose azithromycin easily administered vs. standard therapy for yaws
- Single-pass, double-pass femtosecond LASIK flap creation produce similar results
- Small percentage of providers perform most interventional spine procedures
- Social media enabled fast tracking of cholera vs. traditional surveillance
- Statin therapy reduced mortality in patients hospitalized with influenza
- Statin use may raise risk for diabetes in postmenopausal women
- Statin use may raise risk for diabetes in postmenopausal women
- Stricter standards needed for guidelines on oral diabetes treatments
- Studies: Comfort, cost may affect patient compliance with medication regimen
- Study identifies risk factors for revision of autologous chondrocyte implantation
- Study reports sharp rise in use of bone growth factors for spine fusion
- Study: 15-year interval appropriate for osteoporosis screening among older, postmenopausal women with normal BMD
- Study: New physician training hour limits could be expensive
- Supporting global immunization: A humanitarian interest and a self-interest
- Surgical menopause not associated with significant increase in fracture risk
- Surveillance needed to prevent disease spread from wildlife trade
- Targeted Tdap reduced pertussis incidence, increased coverage
- Targeted use of Tdap in adolescents reduced pertussis incidence, increased coverage needed
- Technique, patient and implant selection key to avoiding fracture during THA
- Testing of blood glucose levels recommended for all patients upon noncritical hospitalization
- The OSNE300 Survey
- TKA implant designers should further study mechanical testing, literature results
- Tranexamic acid, giving fluids first reduce the need for transfusion in arthroplasty
- Turn to patient education in the absence of advances in treatment options
- Two new HIV drugs now available for pediatric patients
- Understanding suitability of health care services difficult, may lead to overuse in US
- Unexpectedly high levels of MRSA found in retail pork products
- Usefulness of CTA varies widely based on patient population
- Valeant withdraws offer to purchase Ista
- Vitamin D may protect against stroke, cognitive impairment
- Vitrectomy a viable option in select DME cases
- War on obesity takes a hit
- Yoga decreased insomnia in postmenopausal women
- Young females engaging in multiple-person sex