Archive for the ‘Clinical Guidelines’ Category
Safe Use of Drugs Requires Reports from Clinicians
Posted by: admin on: July 6, 2011
Karen Weiss, MD, MPH, Program Director for the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Safe Use Initiative in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Although precise figures are difficult to determine, studies suggest up to 50% of the harm from medications is preventable, which translates into about 1.5 million preventable adverse drug events each […]
Failure to thrive – initial management
Posted by: admin on: July 5, 2011
Introduction Failure to thrive is a descriptive term for those children less than 5 years of age who have poor weight gain. Classically failure to thrive has been described as weight less than the 3rd centile on two or more separate occasions, or weight which crosses two centile lines over time. While such findings should […]
New Guidelines for Handling Food Allergies- Developed by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Posted by: admin on: July 4, 2011
The guidelines were developed for healthcare professionals. In addition to important background information about food allergy, the guidelines contain 43 clinical recommendations that can help doctors determine whether you have food allergy and if you do, then customize your care. The guidelines provide the following information. Definitions of food allergy and disorders associated with […]
FDA Approves Second Folate-Boosted Oral Contraceptive
Posted by: admin on: June 29, 2011
Folate-Boosted Oral Contraceptive is intended to reduce the risk for rare neural tube defects in a pregnancy conceived during its use or shortly thereafter The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an oral contraceptive Safyral in which 451 μg levomefolate calcium has been added to each tablet of a 21/7 drospirenone 3 mg/estradiol […]
FDA makes more people eligible for gastric-band surgery
Posted by: admin on: June 28, 2011
Food and Drug Administration approved a lower recommended body mass index (BMI) threshold for Lap-Band weight loss surgery, to a BMI of 30 for patients with at least one obesity-related condition. Lap-Band is a procedure that helps patients lose weight by restricting the amount of food that can be consumed at each meal.
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