NSAIDs for Children
- Too little high-quality research has been done to provide a solid basis for guidelines for pain relief in children.
- If a child needs drug treatment for pain due to acute otitis media, soft-tis ...
Recent articles
Exenatide and cardiovascular risks
- In recent years, post-marketing studies of the new oral blood glucose lowering drugs haven been undertaken. These studies are important to ascertain the long-term cardiovascular efficacy and saf ...
NHG Guideline on ‘Arthritis’
- The guideline on ‘Arthritis’ issued by the Dutch College of General Practitioners provides GPs with recommendations for the diagnostic workup and the non-drug and drug treatment of various form ...
Final results of registration studies into idarucizumab
- One disadvantage of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is that their coagulant action cannot be corrected, whereas this is possible with vitamin-K antagonists. The arrival of idarucizumab has ma ...
Conflicts of interest
- New research has again confirmed that financial conflicts of interest involving the pharmaceutical industry among authors of drug research reports increases the likelihood of positive conclusion ...
Meshes for small umbilical hernias
- The study discussed here shows that the use of a mesh significantly reduces the risk of recurrence within two years of small (1–4 cm) umbilical hernias among adults relative to primary suture re ...
Oxygen supplementation in acute myocardial infarction
- Supplying O2 might seem an obvious treatment for acute conditions in which O2 is of pathophysiological importance, like actual or impending myocardial infarction.
- O2 was officially authorised a ...
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
- Cases of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are divided into physiological emesis gravidarum (morning sickness), hyperemesis gravidarum (severe nausea with persistent vomiting) and nausea or v ...
