From MedPage Today:
- Nephrologists Iffy About Dialysis in Expectant Moms. A third of nephrologists reported being somewhat to very uncomfortable caring for a pregnant patient on hemodialysis despite a growing number having to do so.
- What Makes an Opioid Stronger or Weaker Than Morphine? A February 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided updated estimates of prescription opioid analgesic use among adults ages 20 and over.
- Mixed Results for Avastin Plus Chemo in Ovarian Cancer. Women with recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer obtained an unprecedented survival benefit with a chemotherapy-bevacizumab (Avastin) combination, but the improvement still failed to achieve statistical significance.
- Doctors, Stop Sticking Your Patients So Often. Doctors, stop sticking your patients so many times for redundant blood work during hospital stays, especially when results won’t affect your clinical decisions. It’s not always that urgent, blood draws add costs, and it’s not much fun for patients to get poked with a sharp needle multiple times a day.
