Infectious Diseases
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PAS: Process initiative helped improve risk screening in adolescents
Key clinical point: A simple, low-tech process initiative improved rates of screening for health risk behaviors during well-adolescent visits....
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PAS: Oral antibiotics better for complicated pneumonia post discharge than PICC
Key clinical point: Children with pneumonia complicated by empyema should be prescribed oral antibiotics for postdischarge treatment rather than a...
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ILC: HCV treatment delays dented efficacy in era before all-oral therapy
Key clinical point: Efficacy diminishes when HCV treatment is delayed, particularly in patients who progress to advanced cirrhosis. Major finding...
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HCV spike in four Appalachian states tied to drug abuse
Key clinical point: Hepatitis C virus infections more than tripled among young people in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, and...
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PAS: Bronchiolitis clinical pathway reduces length of stay, costs, readmissions
Key clinical point: High adherence to a bronchiolitis clinical pathway can lead to shorter lengths of stay and lower costs for patients in the ED...
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PAS: Program curbs excess antibiotic prescribing in NICU
Key clinical point: Total antibiotic utilization in a level-IIIC neonatal intensive care unit was safely reduced by 27% through a formal...
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PAS: Prior antibiotic exposure leaves children susceptible to resistant infections
Key clinical point: Children exposed to antibiotics are significantly more likely to develop infections with resistant Enterobacteriaceae over the...
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PAS: Brief neonatal antibiotic exposure disrupts gut microbiota long term
Key clinical point: Even a couple of days of exposure to antibiotics in the early neonatal period has a long-term adverse impact upon development...
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Viral illness often precedes genital aphthous ulcers in adolescents
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Consider HCV ‘a cardiovascular risk factor’
Key clinical point: Chronic HCV infection was strongly linked to CV outcome and needs to be considered a CV risk factor. Major finding: Adjusted...
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PAS: Texting beats phone reminders for HPV vaccine completion
Key clinical point: Text message reminders for HPV vaccine completion for those who had already started the series were effective. Major finding:...