When giving gluteal injections, it is safest to use the upper outer quadrant. The choice of site for injection must be based on good clinical judgment, using the best evidence available and ...

Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

Metoclopramide is used for the symptomatic treatment of post-operative or chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastroparesis. Metoclopramide is generally ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):43-55. Improving Gluten Strength Gluten is important to the baking industry because it provides elasticity and shape to dough by forming a network of ...

The purpose of this review is to describe the available evidence for osteoporosis treatments in young and premenopausal women. A review of articles evaluating the treatment or prevention of ...

Orlistat, an antiobesity drug with well-documented efficacy in weight reduction and maintenance, has beneficial effects on metabolic variables. It reduces the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in ...

The primary cicatricial alopecias are an uncommon, complex group of disorders that result in permanent destruction of the hair follicle, usually involving scalp hair alone. Prompt diagnosis and ...

Incidental osteonecrosis in the distal left femur in a case of beta-thalassemia with COVID-19: Role of [99mTc]Tc-MDP whole-body bone scan.

Although often viewed as benign injuries, clavicular fractures can lead to complications, particularly nonunions. The nonunion rate has been reported to be between 0.1% and 15%. Contributing ...

Purpose: Evidence on the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the prevention and treatment of upper-respiratory-tract infection (URTI) in children is reviewed.

Objective: To review drug interaction studies of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and concurrent oral medications. Data Sources: PubMed was searched (to December 5, 2011) using ...

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is the prototypic cardiac channelopathy underscored by profound genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. In 1991, the first LQTS chromosome locus was identified and ...