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AAP: Return-to-play protocols for teen athletes often neglected
Half of parents and two in five coaches would not follow required return-to-play rules after a child suffers a hard head hit in organized sports,...
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HFSA: Emphasizing "acute" in acute decompensated heart failure
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CHEST: Oral solithromycin shows pneumonia pivotal-trial efficacy
Solithromycin may offer a way to once again have a macrolide available for empiric oral treatment of more severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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IDWeek: EV-D68 found more virulent but not more deadly in children
Key clinical point: Enterovirus D68 was more virulent – but not more lethal – than other strains of EV and rhinovirus. Major finding: Among 87...
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Experts debate infection control merits of ‘bare beneath the elbows’
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ACS: Don’t shy away from venovenous ECMO for trauma lung failure
Key clinical point: Venovenous ECMO can be life saving when trauma patients go into respiratory failure. Major finding: Thirty-two patients had...
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IDWEEK: Smother and pull, but don’t chop – how to identify and remove botfly larvae
Identifying a botfly infestation can be the toughest part of treating it.
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VIDEO: Ultrafiltration’s role for acute heart failure remains uncertain
Key clinical point: Early halt to the AVOID-HF trial prevented the study from definitively comparing ultrafiltration with intravenous diuretic...
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For subacute STEMI, thrombectomy adds no benefit to PCI
Key clinical point: Thrombus aspiration doesn’t reduce microvascular obstruction in subacute STEMI patients undergoing PCI late after symptom...
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Antibiotic prescribing patterns for pediatric CAP vary widely
Antibiotic prescribing patterns for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia vary substantially across both children’s hospitals and non–children’s...