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Perioperative dexamethasone with neuraxial anesthesia for scheduled cesarean delivery and neonatal hypoglycemia
CONCLUSIONS: Dexamethasone administration after neuraxial anesthesia placement for scheduled non-labor cesarean delivery is associated with altered neonatal glucose metabolism only in pregnancies complicated by diabetes.PMID:36150314 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.09.011
Source: Reproductive Biology - September 23, 2022 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Minhazur Sarker Chelsea DeBolt Chloe Getrajdman Paige Rattner Daniel Katz Lauren Ferrara Joanne Stone Angela Bianco Source Type: research

Costs comparison of treating diabetic macular edema with aflibercept, ranibizumab or dexamethasone at 1 year in France (INVICOST study)
CONCLUSION: The difference in total treatment cost is largely explained by the significantly lower frequency of IVI and annual cost of therapy with DXI, compared with AFL and RAN. INVICOST is the first study comparing treatment costs with AFL, DXI and RAN in France in current clinical practice.PMID:34284605 | DOI:10.1177/11206721211033480
Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology - July 21, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Pierre Gascon Isabelle Borget Alban Comet Laurence Carton Fr édéric Matonti Laure Dupont-Benjamin Source Type: research

Review of ICER Report on Treatment Options for Multiple Myeloma
Who is ICER? ICER is the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review. As far as I can tell, it is funded primarily by insurance companies and by nonprofit organizations who, in turn, are funded by insurance companies. They claim some funding by the federal government as well. Other members include pharmaceutical companies who apparently participate in order to have some voice in ICER ' s proceedings. A quick Google search shows that the title of many of ICER ' s documents is " Building Trust through Rationing, " which I believe is their mantra and suggests that rationing health care is their real purpose...
Source: Myeloma Hope - June 12, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ICER myeloma report Source Type: blogs