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Management of Alcohol-Related Hepatitis with Dr. Craig McClain

Louisville Lectures

He then discusses research findings related to alcoholic hepatitis and after, Dr. McClain explains the therapies being validated for the treatment of AH, their complications, as well as transplantation. Disclaimers ©2016 LouisvilleLectures.org Watch on YouTube Listen as a Podcast Watch more from the GI & Hepatology Series Craig J.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased from 11.3% Nonetheless, millions of US adults older than 50 years have never been screened for colorectal cancer and could potentially benefit from having access to family physician–performed colonoscopy services.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. In 2016, Google developed an eye-scanning technique for looking at retinal images and detecting diabetic retinopathy as well as a trained ophthalmologist.

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The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

In 2016, FDA determined that e-cigarettes and their component parts fell under the term “new tobacco products,” requiring manufacturers of such products to submit PMTAs for FDA review before the Agency would issue a marketing order permitting the legal sale of the product.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

It is believed that this sequestered portion of his lung placed him at an elevated risk for infections as this is a known complication of bronchopulmonary sequestration. doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0032-2016. 2018 Jul;48(3):247-250. doi: 10.1177/0049475518765305. Epub 2018 Apr 6. PMID: 29621946. Lyon SM, Rossman MD. 2017 Jan;5(1).

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How to replace a gastrostomy tube

PEMBlog

“Gastrostomy Tube Replacement in a Pediatric ED: Frequency of Complications and Impact of Confirmatory Imaging.” 174, 2016, doi:10.1016/ j.jpeds.2016.03.032. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 8, 2012, pp. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2011.12.014. 2011.12.014. Goldin, Adam B., The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 2016.03.032.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Orange Book But Were Too Afraid To Ask

FDA Law Blog

Finally, the Patent Listing section of the Orange Book addresses some of the major issues FDA wrestled with in adopting the 2016 rules implementing the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. While nothing in it is new, it—especially when read with the TE Code guidance—makes sense of FDA’s quite complicated approach to drug listing.

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