Posted by: admin on: July 26, 2011
The American College of Physicians has released new guidelines recommending that doctors not attempt intensive insulin therapy designed to achieve normal blood sugar levels in patients in medical or surgical intensive care units. Doctors should maintain blood sugar levels between 140 and 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) for anyone in medical or surgical intensive care. […]
Posted by: admin on: July 26, 2011
The Endocrine Society has released a new clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hyperprolactinemia. People with high prolactin levels who have few or no symptoms and no demonstrable pituitary tumor may not need treatment, but infertile or pregnant patients, and individuals with bothersome symptoms require specialized treatment depending on the […]
Posted by: admin on: July 26, 2011
AOM is the most common condition for which antibiotics are prescribed for children however, wide variation exists in diagnosis and treatment Accurate diagnosis can be made by otoscopic findings of tympanic membrane bulging. Otoscopic findings are critical to accurate AOM diagnosis Antibiotics are modestly more effective than no treatment but it causes adverse effects […]