The patent’s assignee is Continuous Motionflow, Llc. News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “It is estimated that more than a million ...
active/passive ankle motion exercises. Rehabilitation after hip arthroplasty is started earlier and is more aggressive today than at its inception 25 years ago. Early mobilization has been proven to ...
Functional impairment (FI) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and impact on quality of life (QOL). Bupropion for hot flashes control in breast cancer survivors: A prospective, double-blind ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer announced that the FDA has accepted for review a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Eliquis (apixaban), for prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which ...
The largest randomized controlled trial to date enrolled over 13,000 patients and evaluated whether or not aspirin is effective for the prevention of VTE in patients undergoing proximal femur or ...
Rivaroxaban (Xarelto; Bayer/Janssen) has gained an additional indication, this time for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized patients at increased risk for ...
Venous thromboembolism is a frequent complication of total hip or total knee arthroplasty, with serious clinical and economic consequences. It is largely preventable with adherence to evidence-based ...
Extended-duration thromboprophylaxis (>14 days) for total hip replacement/total knee replacement was associated with significantly lower risk for thromboembolic and bleeding events than short-duration ...
The first clinical use of heparin was for chemoprophylaxis in surgical patients. In 1937, Murray and Crafoord published data evaluating surgical patients who received prophylaxis for DVT. 14 Despite ...