Alternatives to allopurinol.

Transient hypofibrinogenemia due to allopurinol

This study reports a case of an 80-year-old male who suffered from drug eruption due to oral allopurinol for the treatment of gout. This patient complained of widespread erythema and maculopapule with itch, and small quantities of purplish-red rash with diffused distribution on four limbs were noted. After he was hospitalized, the area with purpuric rash increased in size, and hypofibrinogenemi...

Desensitisation to allopurinol: a cautionary tale.

Alternatives to Hysterectomy GJ.qxp

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology with the assistance of Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warran...

Alternatives to competitive analysis

Competitive analysis allows us to make strong theoretical statements about the performance of an algorithm without making probabilistic assumptions on the inputs. However, it has been often criticized with respect to its realism. A wide range of online algorithms –both good and not so good in practice– seem to have the same competitive ratio. A concrete example of this is the inability of compe...

Alternatives to INH chemoprophylaxis.

Also there is some concern about efficacy of rifampicin as single drug prophylaxis in contacts where the source is proved to be excreting INH resistant bacilli. A case of probable rifampicin failure in such situation is described(3) and hence recommendation for chemophophylaxis of confirmed INH resistance vary from rimampicin alone or rifampicin with ethambutol; both regimens for 9 months(4). I...