NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 7 - A new study questions a recent recommendation that dentists give prophylactic antibiotics to all patients who have had joint replacement. In early 2009, the American ...
No increased delirium with hydromorphone after hip surgery Aspirin for 28 days is non-inferior to and as safe as dalteparin for preventing venous thromboembolism. HealthDay News — Twenty-eight days of ...
Nearly half a million total joint replacements are performed in the United States each year. [1] As a result, a number of patients have benefited from these procedures. While the risk of prosthetic ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Routinely giving antibiotic prophylaxis for 10 days in arthroplasty patients apparently did nothing beyond what was achieved with shorter protocols to prevent prosthetic joint ...
Daily aspirin ups bleeding risk For patients aged 80 or 85 years, aspirin cost less and saved more quality-adjusted life-years than low-molecular-weight heparin. HealthDay News — Aspirin is a ...