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Antibiotic prophylaxis does not impact the incidence of urinary tract infections after trans-perineal prostate biopsy, a new study has found.

The hemostatic powder TC-325 has demonstrated its noninferiority to standard treatment in the endoscopic control of bleeding from nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal causes, reports a study.

In a subgroup analysis of the phase IV FIRST trial presented at ASH 2021, the oral iron chelator deferiprone was comparable to the infusion-administered deferoxamine in terms of efficacy and safety in iron-overloaded children receiving chronic transfusion therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other anaemias.

The Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) test is a strong predictor of long-term mortality in community-dwelling older adults, outperforming other physical and functional measures, according to a Singapore study.

The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) might be a potential indicator of in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), a recent study has found.