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Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: Is ‘less is more’ the right approach?
Expert questions whether current guidance favoring total thyroidectomy goes too far.
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Use multimodal analgesia protocols after minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
Review offers a roadmap for avoiding opioids while still minimizing postoperative pain relief.
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New appropriate use criteria reframe severe aortic stenosis
“Cardiology is seeing a radical change in the management of aortic stenosis,” said Dr. Vinod H. Thourani.
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Nearly 10% of patients with candidemia had CDI
SAN DIEGO – Patients with diabetes, hemodialysis, solid organ transplantation, or a prior recent hospital stay are at increased risk of...
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Thirty-one percent of multidrug-resistant infections were community acquired
SAN DIEGO – Community-acquired multidrug-resistant infections included MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and gram-negative infections.
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Simple rule boosted yield of molecular tests for enteric pathogens
SAN DIEGO – This reduced testing by 43% but retained high sensitivity.
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Wait at least 2 days to replace central venous catheters in patients with candidemia
SAN DIEGO – It likely will reduce 30-day mortality.
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Ciprofloxacin cured gyrA wild-type Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections
SAN DIEGO – Test identifies if infections will respond to ciprofloxacin.
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Rectal swabs concurred with stool tests in children with GI illness
SAN DIEGO – Appears to be a good substitute for a bulk stool sample.
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Steroids underused in bacterial meningitis despite low risk
SAN DIEGO – When used, they are being used later than is recommended.
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Negative nasal swabs reliably predicted no MRSA infection
SAN DIEGO – But physicians often prescribed vancomycin anyway, accumulating potentially avoidable treatment days.
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Statins linked to lower death rates in COPD
Vera A. De Palo, MD, MBA, FCCP, comments: The interplay of multiple chronic diseases contributing to a patient’s medical history is a complex one...
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Study supports routine rapid HCV testing for at-risk youth
Routine finger-stick testing was the most cost-effective way to screen urban adolescents and young adults for hepatitis C virus infection.
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Household MRSA contamination predicted human recolonization
Pets do not need to be colonized with MRSA to be reservoirs. They can carry it in “the petting zone.”
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Focal cultures, PCR upped Kingella detection in pediatric hematogenous osteomyelitis
Focal cultures, PCR, upped <i>Kingella</i> detection in pediatric bone and joint infections.