Remdesivir and baricitinib combo reduce recovery time in Covid -19 patients: NEJM Dr Satabdi Saha14 Dec 2020 7:50 AM ISTResearchers have found in a large, international study of hospitalized patients that adding the antiinflammatory drug baricitinib to remdesivir...
Malaria chemoprevention after discharge lowers death in anemic children: NEJM Medha Baranwal3 Dec 2020 4:00 AM ISTAfrica: Three months of malaria chemoprevention with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine helps in preventing deaths or readmission after hospital discharge...
LMA not superior to face-mask ventilation for lowering death risk in neonatal asphyxia: NEJM MD Bureau27 Nov 2020 3:00 PM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that laryngeal Mask Airway is not as effective as face-mask ventilation in lowering early neonatal death and...
Brensocatib improves clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis patients: NEJM Medha Baranwal27 Nov 2020 9:55 AM ISTDelhi: The use of brensocatib was shown to improve clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis patients, in a 24-week trial. The findings of the...
Golimumab improves insulin production and blood sugar control in T1D: NEJM Medha Baranwal19 Nov 2020 10:00 AM ISTDelhi: Golimumab results in better endogenous insulin production in children and young adults with newly diagnosed overt (stage 3) type 1 diabetes,...
Rotavirus vaccine not associated with intussusception in Indian infants: NEJM Medha Baranwal12 Nov 2020 5:50 PM ISTIndia: Rotavac, a rotavirus vaccine, is not associated with intussusception in Indian infants, reveals postmarketing surveillance data. The findings...
Belimumab add on improves renal response in lupus nephritis patients: NEJM Medha Baranwal2 Nov 2020 4:30 PM ISTUSA: The addition of belimumab to standard therapy improved renal outcomes in patients with lupus nephritis, according to a recent study in the New...
NEJM:Monoclonal antibody treatment lowered viral load in COVID-19, indicates clinical trial Hina Zahid1 Nov 2020 2:45 PM ISTCOVID-19 convalescent plasma–derived virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibody treatment (LY-CoV555) reduced viral loads, lowered the severity of...
Antenatal dexamethasone significantly reduces neonatal deaths in preterm babies: NEJM Medha Baranwal24 Oct 2020 4:00 AM ISTDelhi: The use of dexamethasone in women at high risk for early preterm birth helps in significant lowering of neonatal deaths, suggests a recent...
Finerenone slows CKD progression in diabetes patients, finds NEJM study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Oct 2020 2:30 AM ISTResearchers have found in phase III FIDELIO-DKD trial that an investigational anti-mineralocorticoid agent slowed chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
Bariatric surgery may increase life span in obese patients: NEJM Medha Baranwal16 Oct 2020 10:30 PM ISTSweden: Bariatric surgery increases the life expectancy in obese patients as compared to the usual obesity care, suggests a recent study in the New...
Case of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection reported in NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Sept 2020 12:05 PM ISTDr Robert D.H. Markewitz, at University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany and DrTobias Graf, at University Heart Center Lübeck,...
