Conference Reports

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Is Rare But Severe in Paediatric Patients With COVID-19

By Shazia Qureshi

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands -- November 2, 2020 -- Among paediatric patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but clinically severe spectrum and comes with a high mortality rate, according...

MuLBSTA Score Accurately Predicts Mortality, Outcomes in Hospitalised Patients With COVID-19

By Nancy Melville

YORK, Me -- October 21, 2020 -- The MuLBSTA score successfully stratified hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia based on severity, and accurately predicted overall outcome, according to a study presented at the 2020 Virtual Meeting of...

Revascularisation Superior to Medical Therapy in Very Elderly Patients With Acute MI, Renal Dysfunction

By Eric Ramos

CHICAGO -- October 20, 2020 -- Revascularisation with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is superior to medical therapy alone in very elderly patients with baseline renal dysfunction presenting with acute myocardial infarction...

Crushed Prasugrel Tablets Before Primary PCI Does Not Improve Outcomes in Patients With STEMI

By Eric Ramos

CHICAGO -- October 19, 2020 -- Prehospital administration of crushed tablets of prasugrel, compared with integral prasugrel tablets, in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing planned primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not...

Patients With Upper GI Bleeding on Antithrombotic Drugs Have Less Need for Endoscopic Therapy

By Shazia Qureshi

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands -- October 15, 2020 -- Patients who present with upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and who are already taking antithrombotic agents may not need endoscopic therapy, according to a study presented at the 2020 United European Gastroenterology...

High Prevalence of Ischaemic-Like Gastrointestinal Injury in Patients With SARS-CoV-2

By Shazia Qureshi

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands -- October 15, 2020 -- In a study of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection who underwent gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, significant acute mucosal injuries in the GI tract were observed in almost...

Decreasing Midazolam Dose in Patients With Epilepsy Linked to Greater Need for Rescue Therapy

By Louise Gagnon

OTTAWA, Ontario -- October 13, 2020 -- Despite guidelines for elevated midazolam doses to decrease the use of rescue therapy in patients with status epilepticus, patients with the condition are typically administered lower doses of the benzodiazepine in urgent care,...

Patients With Diabetes Have Worse Outcomes After Mechanical Thrombectomy Than Non-Diabetic Patients

By Louise Gagnon

OTTAWA, Ontario -- October 13, 2020 -- Patients with diabetes fare worse than non-diabetic patients after undergoing mechanical thrombectomy to treat large vessel occlusion, according to a study presented at the 2020 Virtual Meeting of the American Neurological...

Immediate Surgery for Complicated Appendicitis in Pregnancy Linked to Better Outcomes

By Nancy Melville

YORK, Me -- October 9, 2020 -- Pregnant women who develop complicated appendicitis show significantly better outcomes when treated with immediate surgery rather than nonsurgical management or delayed surgery after nonsurgical management fails, according to a study...

Induction Agents Have Similar Haemodynamic Effects With Trauma Intubation in Emergency Department

By Nancy Melville

YORK, Me -- October 8, 2020 -- No significant differences are seen in the haemodynamic effects of the 3 common induction agents etomidate, ketamine, and propofol during rapid sequence intubation of trauma patients, despite some known differences between the agents,...