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Neither the presence nor the level of ammonia influences inpatient management of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) with lactulose, which suggests that ammonia levels do not guide therapy in clinical practice, according to a study.
Herd immunity will not work in the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an infectious disease expert who addressed over 3,600 primary care physicians (PCP) from Asia Pacific at the inaugural webcast of the MIMS COVID Conversations Series.
Individually calibrated biomechanical footwear therapy may be effective in reducing knee pain and physical function in individuals with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to the results of the BIOTOK* trial.
The environment and quality of the ocular surface are crucial to the successful implantation of a Boston type I keratoprosthesis (KPro), according to a recent study.
Mood, physical function, learning, and memory are important correlates of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with metastatic brain cancer, a new study has found.
Persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication contributes to an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and suppressing this replication with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate yields greater HCC risk reduction than with entecavir, according to the results of a meta-analysis.
Adults with a history of statin use or dyslipidaemia are at higher risk of having a dry eye disease (DED), a study suggests.
Treatment with luspatercept, a recombinant fusion protein that binds to select transforming growth factor β superfamily ligands, led to a significantly reduced transfusion burden* in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia, according to a recent study.
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels appear to be an independent predictor of coronary artery disease in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, a new study has found.
The use of a vaginal cleansing intervention prior to Caesarean delivery reduced the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs), according to a study presented at ACOG 2020. However, the addition of intravenous (IV) azithromycin prophylaxis had no added impact on SSI rates.
