Increased Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients On Antidepressants
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have found that critically ill patients were more likely to die if they were taking the most commonly prescribed antidepressants when they were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The researchers conducted a retrospective study using the electronic medical records of 10,568 patients to look at in-hospital mortality and mortality a year after being admitted to the ICU... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Early Treatment of RA Is Critical -- But What Is 'Early'?Early Treatment of RA Is Critical -- But What Is 'Early'?
Kevin Deane, MD, considers how clinicians can begin disease-modifying therapies earlier in patients with new-onset RA. Medscape Rheumatology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
