Asthma and COVID-19: do we finally have answers?

The Battle Against COVID-19: Where Do We Stand Now?

PFO and cryptogenic stroke: Do we finally have closure?

In up to 40 percent of patients with acute ischemic stroke, the etiology remains uncertain [1]. The association of a PFO with stroke in a young woman with cerebral arterial embolism was first described in 1877 [2]. Lechat et al. later described the high prevalence of PFO in adults younger than 55 years of age when no identifiable cause of stroke could be identified [3]. They suggested that para...

Adjuvant treatment for renal cell carcinoma: do we finally have a major breakthrough?

Clinical parameters can be used to identify patients at greatest risk for recurrence following nephrectomy for clinically localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Molecular tools are being developed to improve risk stratification. An increasing list of available treatments for metastatic RCC continues to provide hope that an effective adjuvant therapy will be identified for patients with high-risk...

admission and discharge from icu: do we have any protocol?

number of icu beds is one in the important indexes of providing health care for the critically ill patients around the world. lack of icu beds may delay admission to icu and causes patients’ poorer prognosis [1]. there are 20 and 15 icu beds/100,000 inhabitants in the usa and canada respectively. in european countries including germany, france and uk the number of icu beds per 100,000 persons i...

Route and length of therapy of acute uncomplicated hematogenous osteomyelitis: do we have the answers yet?

www.hospitalpediatrics.org doi:10.1542/hpeds.2013-0035 Address correspondence to Michael Del Vecchio, MD, 3440 North Broad St, Kresge 2nd Floor West, Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19140. E-mail: [email protected] HOSPITAL PEDIATRICS (ISSN Numbers: Print, 2154 1663; Online, 2154 1671). Copyright © 2014 by the American Academy of Ped...