Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: propensity score http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Azithromycin not tied to increased risk of CV death (HealthDay)—The widely used antibiotic azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax)—under scrutiny recently because it may increase the risk of death for those with existing heart disease—appears to be safe for young and middle-aged adults without heart problems, according to a large new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-azithromycin-tied-cv-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:02 EST news286690324 Using nitrous oxide for anesthesia doesn't increase—and may decrease—complications and death Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a pair of studies in the May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-nitrous-oxide-anesthesia-doesnt-increaseand.html Other Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:23:51 EST news285830621 Chlorthalidone no better than hydrochlorothiazide for HTN (HealthDay)—For older adults with hypertension, chlorthalidone is not associated with fewer adverse cardiovascular events or death, but correlates with increased hypokalemia compared with hydrochlorothiazide, according to a study published in the March 19 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-chlorthalidone-hydrochlorothiazide-htn.html Cardiology Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:00:02 EST news283020104 Some stroke patients whose life support is withdrawn may have achieved a less-than-ideal More than a third of patients who suffer a major bleeding in the brain and have their life support withdrawn might have eventually regained an acceptable level of functioning if life support had been sustained, suggests a new study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-patients-life-withdrawn-less-than-ideal.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:22 EST news279448080 Sulfonylureas up cardio events versus metformin (HealthDay)—Use of sulfonylureas for initial treatment of diabetes is associated with increased cardiovascular events and death compared with metformin, according to a study published in the Nov. 6 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-sulfonylureas-cardio-events-metformin.html Medications Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:24:28 EST news271488260 Intracranial tumors can be resected safely in elderly (HealthDay)—Elderly patients do not have poorer short-term outcomes after surgical resection of primary or metastatic intracranial tumors, after accounting for other risk factors, according to research published online Oct. 12 in Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-intracranial-tumors-resected-safely-elderly.html Cancer Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:20:01 EST news270047730 No increased risk of stroke after spinal fusion surgery (HealthDay) -- In the three years following spinal fusion surgery, the incidence of stroke is similar to or insignificantly lower than that of controls, according to a study published in the June issue of The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-spinal-fusion-surgery.html Cardiology Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:00:04 EST news263745468 In Massachusetts, 'individual mandate' led to decreased hospital productivity As the "individual mandate" of the Affordable Care Act moves forward, debate and speculation continue as to whether universal health insurance coverage will lead to significant cost savings for hospitals. The assumption is that providing appropriate primary care will improve the overall health of the population, resulting in less need for hospital services and less severe illness among hospitalized patients. Findings from a recent study published in Health Care Management Review challenge that assumption. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-massachusetts-individual-mandate-decreased-hospital.html Health Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:28:24 EST news262862844 Oxygenating system associated with lower risk of death for H1N1 patients with respiratory failure Patients with severe 2009 H1N1 influenza who developed respiratory failure and were treated with a system that adds oxygen to the patient's blood had a lower rate of in-hospital death than similar patients who did not receive this treatment, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine meeting in Berlin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-oxygenating-death-h1n1-patients-respiratory.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:47:45 EST news237026852