Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked ...

The ACCF/AHA guideline calls urinalysis testing for micro­albuminuria in patients with hypertension or diabetes “reasonable,” and gives it a weaker endorsement for those at intermediate risk without ...

A strategy of early valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis in the absence of symptoms may be more beneficial than watchful waiting in carefully selected patients, the AVATAR trial ...

In a recent recommendation published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) described the pros, cons, challenges, and ...

An influential board of infectious disease physicians recommended Wednesday that hospitals and other health care facilities stop routinely screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19, saying the ...

Despite growing evidence showing that revascularization for stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) does not improve outcomes compared with optimal medical therapy, but can help with symptom relief, a ...

Receipt of a patient-centered educational leaflet decreases the desire to take antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), according to a study published in the December issue of Open Forum ...

Health care facilities should no longer routinely screen symptom-free patients for COVID-19 upon admission or before procedures and rely instead on enhanced layers of infection prevention ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TAVR was superior to clinical surveillance in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Almost all ...

Respondents were less comfortable not taking antibiotics and more likely to misperceive ASB as a UTI when told that the surgeon recommends antibiotics. HealthDay News — Receipt of a patient-centered ...