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Updated AABB guidelines strongly recommend lowering platelet transfusion thresholds even further.

In a population-based study, the incidence of stroke was higher among Down syndrome patients than among controls.

In this meta-analysis, patients were twice as likely to have flares during the 3 months after stopping prophylactic colchicine or NSAIDs.

In a retrospective study, patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants had similar rates of intracranial hemorrhage compared with recipients of low-molecular-weight heparin.

Infection significantly increased the risk for at least 18 months, while vaccination mitigated the risk.

In HIV and ID Observations, Dr. Paul Sax recounts a frustrating experience with an insurance company.

In this large observational study, oxygen therapy was linked to fewer hospitalizations.

Dr. Paul Sax discusses the categories of ID cases that get referred to ID doctors in HIV and ID Observations.

Starting treatment within 4 days rather than later leads to fewer early recurrent strokes with no significant intracranial hemorrhage signal, according to a comprehensive meta-analysis.

Rapid correction of hyponatremia rarely is associated with osmotic demyelination syndrome, with the greatest risk in extreme cases.