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Using established predictors of post-traumatic stress to explain variations in recovery outcomes among orthopedic patients.

The present studies examine whether information contained in medical records can be used to predict outcomes following two orthopedic procedures: repair of hip fracture and total knee replacement. Study 1 reports the acute, in-hospital recovery data…

Tags: *Recovery of Function, 2015, 80 and over, activity, Adult, adults, Aged, Arthroplasty, Clinical Assessment Tools, Coefficient Alpha, Comorbidity, Contrera Kevin, Cremeans-Smith Julie K, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Depression, Descriptive Statistics, disability, Disabled, distress, Female, Funding Source, Greene Kenneth, Health Care, Hip Fractures – Surgery, Hip/*psychology, Human, Humans, Journal of health psychology, Knee, Knee/*psychology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Miller Eric T, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Orthopedic Surgery, outcomes, P-Value, Pain, Pain Measurement, Pfefferle Kiel, Post-Traumatic – Risk Factors, Post-Traumatic/*etiology, Prospective Studies, Record Review, recovery, Regression, Regression Analysis, Replacement, Risk Assessment, Scales, Speering Leann, Stress Disorders, T-Tests, Treatment Outcomes, Walking

Physiological Indices of Stress Prior to and Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Predict the Occurrence of Severe Post-Operative Pain.

OBJECTIVE: The severe pain and disability associated with osteoarthritis often motivate individuals to undergo arthroplastic surgery. However, a significant number of surgical patients continue to experience pain following surgery. Prior research has…

Tags: *Cardiovascular, *Cortisol, *Epinephrine, *Post-operative Pain, *Severity of Illness Index, *Stress, *Surgery, 2016, 80 and over, Aged, Arthroplasty, Catecholamines – Urine, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, Cohort Studies, Cremeans-Smith Julie K, Data Analysis Software, Delahanty Douglas L, Descriptive Statistics, Effect Size, Female, Greene Kenneth, Human, Humans, Hydrocortisone – Urine, Knee, Knee/*adverse effects/psychology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nonexperimental Studies, Ohio, Pain, Pain Measurement/methods, Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), Physiological, Postoperative Pain – Risk Factors, Postoperative/*diagnosis/etiology/*psychology, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Psychological/complications/*diagnosis/*psychology, Regression, Replacement, Scales, Stress, Summated Rating Scaling, Treatment Outcome

Confronting the communication gap between conventional and alternative medicine: a survey of physicians' attitudes.

CONTEXT: An estimated 60 million Americans use some from of complementary and alternative medicine, though approximately 70% do not tell their physicians about this use. Open communication between conventional medical providers and patients in this…

Tags: *Attitude of Health Personnel, *Complementary Therapies, *Physician-Patient Relations, *Physicians, 1999, Adult, Alternative therapies in health and medicine, Crock R D, Female, Humans, Jarjoura D, Male, Middle Aged, Ohio, Polen A, Rutecki G W, Surveys and Questionnaires

Hematologic counts as predictors of delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

PURPOSE: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, but currently no single clinical method or ancillary test can reliably predict which subset of patients will develop delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI).…

Reduction mammaplasty: an outcome analysis.

Reduction mammaplasty is usually performed to relieve painful symptoms and physical signs of macromastia. Justification for reduction mammaplasty should be based on the probability of relieving these clinical signs and symptoms. This retrospective…

Tags: *Mammaplasty/adverse effects, 1995, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Annals of plastic surgery, Dabbah A, Fat Necrosis/etiology, Female, Humans, Lehman J A Jr, Middle Aged, Parker M G, Retrospective Studies, Tantri D, Treatment Outcome, Wagner D S

A Structured Approach for Safely Reintroducing Bariatric Surgery in a COVID-19 Environment.

Due to the profound effect of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare systems, surgical programs across the country have paused surgical operations and have been utilizing virtual visits to help maintain public safety. For those…

Final Two-Year Outcomes for the Sentry Bioconvertible Inferior Vena Cava Filter in Patients Requiring Temporary Protection from Pulmonary Embolism.

PURPOSE: To report final 2-year outcomes with the Sentry bioconvertible inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in patients requiring temporary protection against pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a prospective multicenter trial, the…

Education and Imaging. Gastrointestinal: Severe colon obstruction in acute pancreatitis.

Tags: *Tomography, 2015, Acute Disease, Cecum/diagnostic imaging, Cocieru A, Damania R, Humans, Intestinal Obstruction/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatitis/*complications/*diagnostic imaging, Severity of Illness Index, X-Ray Computed

Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater with Early Development of Bone Metastasis: Case Report and Review of the Rare Malignancy.

Tags: 2016, Ampulla of Vater/*pathology/surgery, Bone Neoplasms/*secondary/surgery, Carcinoma, Cocieru Andrei, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery, Damania Rahul, Humans, Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Signet Ring Cell/*pathology/surgery, Weaver Joshua

Two-trocar cholecystectomy by strategic laparoscopy for improved cosmesis (SLIC).

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Until the advent of singleincision laparoscopic surgery, few advances were aimed at improving cosmesis with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Criticisms of the single-incision laparoscopic surgery technique include a larger…

Two-portal endoscopic carpal tunnel release: an outcome analysis of 333 hands.

Outcome data were collected on 239 patients who underwent endoscopic release of the transverse carpal ligament. The procedure was performed on 333 hands in 239 patients. All patients had failed to respond to nonoperative management for carpal tunnel…

Tags: 1998, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Annals of plastic surgery, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome/physiopathology/*surgery, Davies B W, Endoscopy/*methods, Female, Fritz A M, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pennington G A, Treatment Outcome

Hyperammonaemia-induced skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction results in cataplerosis and oxidative stress.

KEY POINTS: Hyperammonaemia occurs in hepatic, cardiac and pulmonary diseases with increased muscle concentration of ammonia. We found that ammonia results in reduced skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration, electron transport chain complex I…

Tags: *ammonia, *ATP, *cellular respiration, *cirrhosis, *Mitochondria, *Oxidative Stress, *portacaval anastamosis, *Reactive oxygen species, *skeletal muscle, 2016, Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism, Aged, Allawy Allawy, Animals, Cell Line, Cell Respiration, Creatine Kinase/metabolism, Dasarathy Srinivasan, Davuluri Gangarao, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Female, Flask Chris A, Hoppel Charles, Humans, Hyperammonemia/*metabolism, Kasumov Takhar, Kumar Avinash, Liver Cirrhosis/metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Muscle, Muscle/*metabolism, Myosin Heavy Chains/metabolism, NAD/metabolism, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Rennison Julie H, Sandlers Yana, Singh Dharmvir, Skeletal/*metabolism, Sprague-Dawley, Thapaliya Samjhana, The Journal of physiology, Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances/metabolism, Van Wagoner David R

The many facets of occupational asthma.

Occupational asthma is an all-encompassing term that describes asthma derived from, worsened by, or encountered in an occupational setting. The diagnosis can be elusive and is easily confused with other disorders. Nevertheless, clarity of the…

Tags: 1991, Adult, Asthma/*diagnosis/etiology/rehabilitation, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Demeter S L, Disability Evaluation, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Diseases/*diagnosis/etiology/rehabilitation

Quantitation of abnormal 67Ga uptake in pulmonary interstitial vascular disease–a new test to detect diffuse lung disease.

Gallium 67 has been used as a modality to diagnose and follow the clinical course of diseases such as tumors, infections, inflammatory disorders, and interstitial lung disease. It has been appreciated, however, that mild to moderate changes in scan…

Gastric epithelial polyps. A 10-year study.

We have reviewed the 10-year experience of a community teaching hospital with gastric epithelial polyps and have analyzed 121 polyps removed from 35 patients. Hyperplastic polyps constituted nearly 75% of the polyps examined; fundic gland polyps…

Tags: 1989, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Deppisch L M, Female, Humans, Journal of clinical gastroenterology, Male, Middle Aged, Polyps/*pathology/surgery, Retrospective Studies, Rona V T, Sex Factors, Stomach Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery

Effect of Precompression on the Power Doppler Assessment of Breast Lesion Vascularity.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of precompression on power Doppler visualization of blood flow in breast masses. METHODS: This Institutional Review Board-approved and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study evaluated 30…

Survey of cadaveric donors to a body donation program: 1978-1993.

Body donation files from the Department of Anatomy at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine were reviewed from the 569 donors used in our program from 1978-1993. The data were entered into a computerized database to evaluate the…

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the thyroid gland.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the presentation, diagnosis, and appropriate management of renal clear cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland. METHODS: We describe a clinical case of solitary thyroid metastasis from renal clear cell carcinoma and…

Tags: 2008, Carcinoma, Duggal Neal Murari, Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Horattas Mark C, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms/*pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Renal Cell/*secondary, Thyroid Neoplasms/*secondary

Hand hygiene and face touching in family medicine offices: a Cincinnati Area Research and Improvement Group (CARInG) network study.

BACKGROUND: Family medicine offices may play an important role in the transmission of common illnesses such as upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). There has, however, been little study of whether physicians teach patients about URTI…

Primary hyperparathyroidism and coexisting nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: rapid postoperative correction.

Shortly after diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism, a patient had serum hyperosmolality, polyuria, isosthenuria, profound potassium depletion, and elevated plasma antidiuretic hormone levels, all consistent with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.…

Tags: 1991, Diabetes Insipidus/*complications/etiology, Ellis G, Humans, Hypercalcemia/complications, Hyperparathyroidism/*complications/surgery, Hypokalemia/complications, Male, Middle Aged, Polsky F, Southern medical journal, Spirtos G

Splenic rupture from colonoscopy. A report of two cases and review of the literature.

Splenic injury after colonoscopy is rare. Only 15 cases previously have been reported in the English literature. Partial capsular avulsion is the proposed mechanism of injury. Any condition causing increased splenocolic adhesions may be a…

Tags: 1997, Colonoscopy/*adverse effects, Espinal E A, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hoak T, Humans, Middle Aged, Porter J A, Slezak F A, Spleen/injuries, Splenectomy, Splenic Rupture/*etiology/surgery, Surgical endoscopy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Barrett's esophagus: an acquired condition with genetic predisposition.

We describe four families with a strong familial expression of Barrett's/gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) complex spanning one to four generations with two to seven affected members per family. The purpose of this report is to highlight genetic…

Tags: 1993, Adenocarcinoma/genetics, Aged, Barrett Esophagus/*genetics/pathology, Biopsy, Dominant, Esophageal Neoplasms/genetics, Esophagus/pathology, Fahmy N, Female, Gastroesophageal Reflux/*genetics, Genes, Humans, King J F, Male, Middle Aged, Pedigree, The American journal of gastroenterology

Postoperative femoral motor neuropathy: diagnosis and treatment without neurologic consultation or testing.

OBJECTIVE: To review the diagnosis and treatment of postoperative femoral motor neuropathy without neurologic consultation or testing. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of 6 consecutive patients with postoperative femoral motor neuropathy…

Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy for uteri weighing 1000 grams or more.

INTRODUCTION: Prospective randomized trials have proven the benefits of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) compared with abdominal hysterectomy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LAVH performed for…

Tags: 2008, Adult, Clemons Jessica, Fanning James, Female, Fenton Bradford, Humans, Hysterectomy, Johnson Jil, JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Laparoscopy/*methods, Leiomyoma/surgery, Middle Aged, Organ Size, Switzer Michella, Uterine Neoplasms/surgery, Uterus/*pathology, Vaginal/*methods

Laparoscopic cytoreduction for primary advanced ovarian cancer.

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the feasibility of laparoscopic cytoreduction for primary advanced ovarian cancer. METHODS: All patients with presumed stage 3/4 primary ovarian cancer underwent attempted laparoscopic cytoreduction. All patients had CT…

Tags: 2010, Aged, Fanning James, Feasibility Studies, Female, Fenton Bradford, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/*methods, Hojat Rod, Humans, Hysterectomy, Johnson Jil, JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Laparoscopy/*methods, Laser Coagulation, Middle Aged, Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology/*surgery, Ovariectomy/*methods, Treatment Outcome

Findings from a 10-year follow-up of bone mineral density in competitive perimenopausal runners.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in perimenopausal competitive runners with long-term follow-up. STUDY DESIGN: Fifteen master female runners between 40 and 50 years old who ran at least 20 miles per week were evaluated. BMD was…

Phase I/II prospective trial of autologous platelet tissue graft in gynecologic surgery.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To perform the original phase I/II trial of autologous platelet tissue graft in gynecologic surgery to evaluate toxicity and efficacy on decreasing pain. DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomized trial (Canadian Task Force classification…

Feasibility of the Maylard transverse incision for ovarian cancer cytoreductive surgery.

The vast majority of abdominal incisions used in gynecologic surgery are either transverse or vertical midline. The advantages of a vertical midline incision are considered to be rapid abdominal entry and increased exposure to the abdomen and pelvis.…

Tags: 2007, 80 and over, Aged, Fanning James, Feasibility Studies, Female, Flora Robert F, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects/*methods, Humans, Journal of minimally invasive gynecology, Middle Aged, Ovarian Neoplasms/*surgery, Pruett Allison, Reoperation, Tissue Adhesions/*etiology

The epidemiology of respiratory tract infections.

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are the most common, and potentially most severe, of infections treated by health care practitioners. Lower RTIs along with influenza, are the most common cause of death by infection in the United States. Risk…

Clinical characteristics of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as the sole cause of community-acquired pneumonia.

The clinical characteristics of 26 patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae as the only identified pathogen who required hospitalization were evaluated. Most patients (18) had reinfection based on serological results.…

A multicenter, randomized study comparing the efficacy and safety of intravenous and/or oral levofloxacin versus ceftriaxone and/or cefuroxime axetil in treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia.

Five hundred ninety patients were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial comparing the efficacy and safety of 7 to 14 days of levofloxacin treatment with that of ceftriaxone and/or cefuroxime axetil in the management of…

Group A streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis due to Group A streptococcus has been observed with increasing frequency over the past decade. Appropriate management requires rapid recognition of this life-threatening infection and expeditious antimicrobial therapy as well as…

Gemifloxacin versus amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. The 070 Clinical Study group.

Six hundred patients were evaluated in this randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multicenter, parallel-group study comparing the efficacy and safety of gemifloxacin (320 mg once-daily for 5 days) and amoxicillin/clavulanate (500/125 mg three-times…

Tags: *Fluoroquinolones, 2000, 80 and over, Acute-Phase Reaction, Adult, Aged, Amoxicillin/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Anti-Infective Agents/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Bronchitis/*drug therapy, Chronic Disease, Clavulanic Acid/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Combination/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Female, File T, Garau J, Gemifloxacin, Haemophilus influenzae/drug effects, Humans, Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), Lode H, Lynch S, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis/drug effects, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Naphthyridines/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, NEOMED College of Medicine, Schlemmer B, Streptococcus pneumoniae/drug effects, Treatment Outcome, Young C

Macrolide therapy for community-acquired pneumonia due to atypical pathogens: outcome assessment at an early time point.

BACKGROUND: Therapy directed against atypical pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is often recommended. This post-hoc analysis evaluated the effect of addition of a macrolide to ceftaroline fosamil or ceftriaxone treatment…

Tags: 2017, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Atypical pathogen, Bacterial/*drug therapy, Ceftaroline fosamil, Ceftriaxone/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Cephalosporins/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Chlamydial Pneumonia, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Clinical Trials, Combination/adverse effects/methods, Community-Acquired Infections/*drug therapy, Community-acquired pneumonia, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Eckburg Paul B, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Friedland H David, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Legionella pneumophila, Llorens Lily, Macrolide, Macrolides/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phase III as Topic, Pneumonia, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Talbot George H, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome

Outcome of treatment of respiratory tract infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, including drug-resistant strains, with pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxycillin/clavulanate.

The efficacy of a new pharmacokinetically enhanced formulation of amoxycillin/clavulanate (AMX/CA) 2000/125 mg, twice daily, designed to provide adequate levels of amoxycillin over the 12-h dosing interval to eradicate penicillin-resistant…

Tags: *Treatment Outcome, 2002, 80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Amoxicillin/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Bacterial, Bacterial/drug therapy/immunology, Bronchitis/drug therapy/microbiology, Combination/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Resistance, Drug Therapy, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Jacobs Michael R, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies as Topic, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia, Poole Michael D, Respiratory Tract Infections/*drug therapy/metabolism/microbiology, Streptococcal Infections/*drug therapy/metabolism/microbiology, Streptococcus pneumoniae/*drug effects, Wynne Brian

FOCUS 1: a randomized, double-blinded, multicentre, Phase III trial of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in community-acquired pneumonia.

OBJECTIVES: Ceftaroline, the active form of the prodrug ceftaroline fosamil, is a novel cephalosporin with bactericidal activity against important pathogens associated with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), including Streptococcus pneumoniae and…

Tags: 2011, 80 and over, Aged, Bacteria, Bacteria/isolation & purification, Bacterial – Drug Therapy, Bacterial/*drug therapy, Ceftriaxone – Administration and Dosage, Ceftriaxone – Adverse Effects, Ceftriaxone/administration & dosage/adverse effects, Cephalosporins – Administration and Dosage, Cephalosporins – Adverse Effects, Cephalosporins/*administration & dosage/*adverse effects, Community-Acquired Infections – Drug Therapy, Community-Acquired Infections/*drug therapy, Critchley Ian A, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Double-Blind Studies, Eckburg Paul B, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Friedland H David, Human, Humans, Infusions, Intravenous, Lee Jon, Llorens Lily, Low Donald E, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, Talbot George H, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, Thye Dirk A, Treatment Outcome, Treatment Outcomes

Integrated analysis of FOCUS 1 and FOCUS 2: randomized, doubled-blinded, multicenter phase 3 trials of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

BACKGROUND: Ceftaroline, the active form of ceftaroline fosamil, is a broad-spectrum cephalosporin with bactericidal activity against pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), including Streptococcus pneumoniae. Ceftaroline was evaluated…

Gemifloxacin once daily for 5 days versus 7 days for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized, multicentre, double-blind study.

OBJECTIVES: Short-course therapy has been advocated for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We compared the efficacy and safety of 5 and 7 day courses of gemifloxacin for outpatient treatment of mild-moderate CAP. PATIENTS AND…

A disease model descriptive of progression between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and community-acquired pneumonia: roles for underlying lung disease and the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of the antibiotic.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may progress to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), but there has been no formal study of the factors responsible. We studied the influence of severity of underlying lung disease, pathogen…

Tags: *Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use, *Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology/prevention & control, *Models, *Pneumonia, 2009, Adelman Martin H, Aged, Area Under Curve, Bacterial/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology/prevention & control, Biological, Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy/microbiology/*physiopathology, Chronic/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology, Department of Internal Medicine, Disease Progression, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Klugman Keith P, Lavin Bruce, Lung Diseases/complications/drug therapy/microbiology, Lung/microbiology, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Monte Scott V, NEOMED College of Medicine, Paladino Joseph A, Pneumococcal/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Disease, Schentag Jerome J, Severity of Illness Index, Singer Mendel E, Streptococcus pneumoniae/*drug effects, Yu Victor L

SOLITAIRE-IV: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous-to-Oral Solithromycin to Intravenous-to-Oral Moxifloxacin for Treatment of Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia.

BACKGROUND: Solithromycin, a novel macrolide antibiotic with both intravenous and oral formulations dosed once daily, has completed 2 global phase 3 trials for treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. METHODS: A total of 863 adults with…

Tags: *clinical trial, *Community-acquired, *Pneumonia, *solithromycin, *Streptococcus pneumoniae, 2016, 80 and over, Administration, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Bacterial, Bacterial/diagnosis/*drug therapy/*microbiology, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis/*drug therapy/*microbiology, Comorbidity, Das Anita F, Department of Internal Medicine, Drug Resistance, Female, Fernandes Prabhavathi, File Thomas M Jr, Fluoroquinolones/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Gonong Joven Roque V, Humans, Intravenous, Jamieson Brian D, Keedy Kara, Macrolides/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Moxifloxacin, NEOMED College of Medicine, Oldach David, Oral, Pneumonia, Rewerska Barbara, Sheets Amanda, Taylor David, Treatment Outcome, Triazoles/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Vucinic-Mihailovic Violeta

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