This week's topics include electronic nudges for flu shots, reducing plaques in coronary arteries, electronic sepsis alerts, and managing cachexia in people with cancer. Rick: Addressing weight ...

Its breakdown leads to capillary leak and organ dysfunction. Moreover, sepsis-induced alterations of sublingual microcirculation are associated with a worse clinical outcome. The present study was ...

Men who currently use or have a history of using anabolic androgenic steroids exhibit impaired myocardial flow reserve, indicating coronary ... impaired myocardial microcirculation as a myocardial ...

The findings, researchers say, suggest that “supraphysiologic doses of testosterone and synthetic steroids could have adverse impacts in coronary microcirculation.” Led by Yeliz Bulut, MD (Copenhagen ...

Sepsis is your body's severe response to an infection that has entered your bloodstream. Early recognition and quick treatment are key to surviving sepsis, but many people do not know what it looks ...

I pointed out to the receptionist that cellulitis can be a dangerous condition, leading to sepsis. Still no appointment on offer. 'I'll send you a form via text,' she said. 'Fill it out and a ...

In the randomized clinical trial study, "Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis: The ADAPT-Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial," published in JAMA ...

Introduction: Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy is a common complication of sepsis and is associated with higher mortality. To date, effective diagnostic and management strategies are still lacking.

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.04.016. Kedev S, Vasilev I. Assessment of coronary microcirculation during cardiac catheterization. Curr Pharm Des. 2018 Jul 1. doi: 10.2174/1381612824666180702112018. Richard ...

In experiments conducted in rodents, use of these methods together detected signs of sepsis in the skeletal muscle microcirculation before vital organs like the brain had been affected. Investigators ...

were more likely to receive an accurate diagnosis with the use of coronary function testing (CFT), in a recent ... In a recent study, half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency ...