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The Role of Patient Blood Management for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Entries by Kirsty LEE
COVID-19 impacting regular patient care for cardiovascular diseases
Disruption of standard patient care due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been long postulated, and is now supported by a study reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reporting delays in the delivery of essential diagnostic services, particularly for cardiovascular conditions, affecting health outcomes.
SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and an increased risk of thrombotic microangiopathy
While vaccines are starting to become available for the prevention of SARS-Cov-2 infection, it is anticipated that the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will continue for at least the next year.
Registry data shows early and large LDL reductions are associated with lowest post-MI cardiovascular event rates
Evidence in recent years has shown that the lower the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, the lower the risk of future cardiovascular events.
Breast cancer update January 2021
With the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference (SABCS) 2020 by AACR just completed, several new and clinical relevant phase 2 and phase 3 have been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Clinical Cancer Research, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Lancet Oncology. [‘mediPr] provides you with an overview.
Osimertinib approved as the first adjuvant treatment for early non-small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death. In East Asian non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations occur in 40-55% of lung adenocarcinomas.
Increasing dose frequency of lanreotide autogel injections in neuroendocrine tumours
Somatostatin analogues (SSA) control the hormonal hypersecretion in pancreatic and midgut neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), with antiproliferative, antiangiogenic and proapoptotic effects. Lanreotide autogel is a long-acting SSA that is considered the therapy of choice along with octreotide, in controlling symptoms associated with gastroenteropancreatic (GEP)-NETs.
Patient Blood Management and Treatment of iron Deficiency Anaemia in Gynaecological Conditions
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Cabotegravir and rilpivirine intramuscular combination safe in women
Women account for a disproportionate percentage of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in sub-Saharan Africa, comprising 59% of 18 million new adult HIV infections in 2017.
HCV-infected kidneys safe for transplantation with antiviral treatment
Kidney transplants are the best treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), with better survival outcomes than haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. However, in Hong Kong as well as much of the rest of the world, there is an increasing gap between the number of patients requiring a transplant and the number of organs available.