The Davao City Health Office urges Dabawenyos to be vigilant against Leptospirosis during the rainy season, offering free ...

Cefazolin is safe for surgical site infection prophylaxis in orthopedic procedures for patients with beta-lactam allergies, a ...

The efficacy of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in preventing urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants with grade III, IV, or V vesicoureteral reflux is controversial. In this investigator ...

The addition of vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis in arthroplasty may reduce surgical-site infections; however, the efficacy and safety are unclear. In this multicenter, double-blind ...

Arguably the most notable of the FDA’s upcoming decisions is that regarding Gilead’s twice-yearly HIV prophylaxis lenacapavir ...

Updated CDC guidelines on PEP after nonoccupational HIV exposure address newer ART agents and clinical considerations for patients with a history of long-acting ART.

Conclusion In hospitalized patients with cirrhosis who have elevated INR values, pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis should be strongly considered if there is no active or recent bleeding and if more ...

Dr. Nigel Key and Dr. Anna Falanga join us for a conversation on the updated ASCO VTE prophylaxis and treatment in patients with cancer guideline. They discuss recent evidence assessing apixaban for ...

This is the first real-world evidence that expanded prophylactic antibiotic use can reduce community transmission of iGAS.

DVT prophylaxis reduces the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis through medications, compression stockings, and devices. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can occur when a blood clot forms in a deep ...

Eight times more American young adults now take medication to protect them from HIV than a decade ago, a new study finds.