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Cablivi (caplacizumab-yhdp) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

FDA Approves Cablivi for Rare Blood-Clotting Disorder

Drug approved to treat adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Preliminary results from a patient being tested for Ebola suggest that the patient has another condition

Patient Tested for Ebola at Philadelphia Hospital

Testing was done out of 'an abundance of caution'
For older adults undergoing surgery

EEG-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Cut Postop Delirium in Seniors

Significantly less median cumulative time found with EEG suppression in EEG-guided group vs. usual care
Recommendations have been updated for tonsillectomy in children; the revised clinical practice guideline was published as a supplement to the February issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Recommendations Updated for Tonsillectomy in Children

Strong recommendations presented against administering perioperative antibiotics, codeine after tonsillectomy
Omadacycline is noninferior to moxifloxacin for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and noninferior to linezolid for acute bacterial skin infections

Omadacycline Noninferior to Moxifloxacin for Pneumonia

Second study shows noninferiority to linezolid for acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections
Federal value-based incentive programs are not associated with reductions in device-associated catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates

Value-Based Incentive Program Does Not Cut Catheter-Linked UTIs

VBIP implementation not linked with immediate changes or changes in trends for any outcome
Irrespective of age and weight

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Up With PCOS Regardless of BMI

PCOS one of most influential predictors of T2DM after adjustment for BMI, education, family history
Implementation of a novel enhanced recovery after surgery protocol can reduce patients' postoperative opioid requirements after elective spinal or peripheral nerve surgery

ERAS Protocol Can Cut Opioid Use After Spine Surgery

Decline seen in postoperative opioid requirements after elective spinal, peripheral nerve surgery
The urban African-American population has a high prevalence of hypertensive crisis and hypertensive emergencies

Hypertensive Crisis Prevalent in Urban African-Americans

Prevalence of hypertensive crisis is 11.4 percent in this population
A magnetic resonance imaging-guided treat-to-target strategy is not associated with improved disease activity remission rates for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission

MRI-Guided Tx Strategy Not Superior for Rheumatoid Arthritis

No difference seen in proportion reaching primary end point versus conventional strategy