Do Glucocorticoids Improve Symptoms and Reduce Return Visits or Admission Rates Among Children With Croup?

Role of glucocorticoids in treating croup.

Hydroxyurea Can Reduce or Eliminate Transfusion Requirements in Children with Major and Intermediate Thalassemia

Background: Hydroxyurea (HU) is a well known chemotherapeutic agent that has been used largely for various myeloproliferative diseases over the past 20 years. In β-thalassemia, the effect of HU is much less clear and remains controversial. This study was undertaken to describe the hematologic and clinical responses of thalassemia major and intermediate patients to HU treatment during 2 years. M...

Do more cardiac rehabilitation visits reduce events compared with fewer visits?

A major goal after a cardiovascular event, whether a myocardial infarction, exacerbation of heart failure, or revascularization procedure, is return to the community and resumption of normal health and functioning. This process has a number of components. They include making sure that there is adequate social support, that patients understand what medications to take, that patients understand w...

Do retail clinics increase early return visits for pediatric patients?

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of early return visits for pediatric patients using a retail clinic. METHODS We used medical records of pediatric patients seen in a large group practice in Minnesota in the first 2 months of 2008. A retrospective analysis of electronic patient records was performed on 2 groups of patients: those using the retail clinic (n = 200) and ...

Do early dental visits reduce treatment and treatment costs for children?

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper was to determine if number and cost of dental treatments in high caries-risk children differs in children with early dental intervention compared to children with later intervention. METHODS Billing data from children age zero to seven years old, whose first dental visit was between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004, were collected from 20 corporate treat...