Conference Coverage
Conference Coverage
Corticosteroids didn’t help pediatric septic shock
Key clinical point: Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy didn’t offer benefits to pediatric patients with septic shock, regardless of initial...
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Oxygen may make STEMI worse
Key clinical point: Supplemental oxygen therapy in normoxic patients with STEMI was associated with larger infarct size and more recurrent MIs and...
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VIDEO: Bioabsorbable polymer stents offer improved deliverability
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VIDEO: Study reignites dental antibiotic prophylaxis controversy
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Endocarditis in dental patients rises after guidelines discourage prophylaxis
Key clinical point: Antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures dropped sharply while the incidence of infective endocarditis rose...
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Telephone CPR training boosts cardiac arrest survival
Key clinical point: Adoption of the most recent AHA guidelines on telephone CPR by EMS dispatchers will lead to vast improvement in survival for...
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Energy drink poison control calls involved cardiac, neurologic effects
Key clinical point: Energy drink exposures commonly involve children and may lead to serious cardiac and neurologic effects in adults. Major...
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CNS infections may respond with antimicrobials and time
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VIDEO: Hepatitis C screening rises, but where are the positive cases?
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Better thromboprophylaxis didn’t reduce emboli after trauma
Key clinical point: Current thromboprophylaxis strategies may not reduce pulmonary emboli after trauma. Major finding: Pulmonary embolism occurred...