Discontinuation of Statins in Routine Care Settings

Discontinuation of statins in routine care settings: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND Systematic data on discontinuation of statins in routine practice of medicine are limited. OBJECTIVE To investigate the reasons for statin discontinuation and the role of statin-related events (clinical events or symptoms believed to have been caused by statins) in routine care settings. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. SETTING Practices affiliated with Brigham and Women's ...

CDC recommends routine, voluntary HIV screening in health care settings.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today published new recommendations for health care providers that are designed to make voluntary HIV screening a routine part of medical care for all patients aged 13 to 64. The recommendations aim to simplify the HIV testing process in health care settings and increase early HIV diagnosis among the estimated more than 250,000 HIV-posit...

Statins in Critical Care

Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) are the most commonly used drugs for hyperlipidemia and for reduction in the risk of incidence of cardiovascular and stroke events .Recent data suggest that their effects go well beyond lipid lowering seen with long term use and may include acute inflammatory activity, anticoagulation, immunomodulation and promotion of changes...

Statins in Critical Care

The role of statin drugs in the reduction of serum lipids has been well documented. More recently we have evidences which suggest that statins may positively impact many organ systems and disease states independent of lipid reduction. These have added a wide scope of potential targets for statin therapy ranging from plaque stabilization in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to decreasing loss of ren...

Discontinuation of Routine Distribution of Printed Copies of MMWR Weekly