Levofloxacin Preventive Treatment in Children Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis
In this randomized, controlled trial involving children with household exposure to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, levofloxacin led to a lower incidence of tuberculosis than placebo, but...
Ponsegromab for Cancer Cachexia — A New Dawn for an Old Condition?
Hippocrates, the father of medicine (460 to 370 b.c .), described cachexia as a condition in which “the flesh is consumed and becomes water,…the...
Levofloxacin Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis
The use of preventive tuberculosis treatment after Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, historically with isoniazid and more recently with shorter-duration rifamycin regimens, is a core component...
Case 40-2024: A 56-Year-Old Woman with End-Stage Liver Disease and Headache
A 56-year-old woman with liver disease was admitted with headache, confusion, and abdominal tenderness. On hospital day 5, blurred vision in the right eye...
Nonsurgical Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Chronic venous insufficiency is mainly due to venous hypertension, the cause of which can be structural or functional. Treatment is aimed at decreasing venous...
