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October 2011 - FRMC

10/14/2011
Should an intensive BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) regimen replace the commonly used ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) regimen as front-line...
Should an intensive BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) regimen replace the commonly used ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) regimen as front-line...
Should an intensive BEACOPP...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Whereas hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) cost the US healthcare system tens of billions of dollars annually and cause >90,000 deaths, authors of a retrospective study report that the burden of HAIs in trauma patients is especially high...
Whereas hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) cost the US healthcare system tens of billions of dollars annually and cause >90,000 deaths, authors of a retrospective study report that the burden of HAIs in trauma patients is especially high...
Whereas hospital-acquired...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
After Massachusetts was ordered to comply more fully with a provision in the federal government’s Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) statute requiring states to provide mental health assessments for children enrolled...
After Massachusetts was ordered to comply more fully with a provision in the federal government’s Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) statute requiring states to provide mental health assessments for children enrolled...
After Massachusetts was ordered...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Older people, particularly those presenting to a hospital with an acute illness, have a high rate of inappropriate medication use, according to researchers. Because of the risk of intolerance associated with adverse pharmacodynamics or...
Older people, particularly those presenting to a hospital with an acute illness, have a high rate of inappropriate medication use, according to researchers. Because of the risk of intolerance associated with adverse pharmacodynamics or...
Older people, particularly those...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
A retrospective study found that although acid-suppressive medication reduces the risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in noncritical hospitalized patients, using these drugs routinely as...
A retrospective study found that although acid-suppressive medication reduces the risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in noncritical hospitalized patients, using these drugs routinely as...
A retrospective study found that...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Administering triptorelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue, to suppress ovarian function in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer can help prevent transient or permanent amenorrhea.
Administering triptorelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue, to suppress ovarian function in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer can help prevent transient or permanent amenorrhea.
Administering triptorelin, a...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Treatment regimens for clinically localized prostate cancer have, since the 1990s, included radiotherapy plus long-term treatment with luteinizing-hormone–releasing analogues and oral antiandrogen agents to induce apoptotic regression in...
Treatment regimens for clinically localized prostate cancer have, since the 1990s, included radiotherapy plus long-term treatment with luteinizing-hormone–releasing analogues and oral antiandrogen agents to induce apoptotic regression in...
Treatment regimens for...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
Although the accurate number and dollar value of counterfeit drugs are difficult to quantify, the issue has received attention recently in the United States because pharmaceutical companies are becoming more internationally based and because...
Although the accurate number and dollar value of counterfeit drugs are difficult to quantify, the issue has received attention recently in the United States because pharmaceutical companies are becoming more internationally based and because...
Although the accurate number and...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care
10/14/2011
As the economy continues to sputter and salaries remain stagnant, health insurance costs are increasing at a rapid rate, creating a difficult financial situation for many people and companies struggling to adapt to the prolonged slump.
As the economy continues to sputter and salaries remain stagnant, health insurance costs are increasing at a rapid rate, creating a difficult financial situation for many people and companies struggling to adapt to the prolonged slump.
As the economy continues to...
10/14/2011
First Report Managed Care

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