Critical Care
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Ventricular assist devices linked to sepsis
It all began when a microbiologist started noticing an increasing number of bloodstream infections among patients with ventricular assist devices...
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New tool predicts antimicrobial resistance in sepsis
Here’s how to predict antibiotic resistance in sepsis patients infected with gram-negative bacteria.
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Adding cefepime to vancomycin improved MRSA bacteremia outcomes
NEW ORLEANS – Do cefepime and vancomycin have a synergistic relationship useful for shortening MRSA bloodstream infections?
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Septicemia admissions almost tripled from 2005 to 2014
Septicemia was the most common diagnosis for inpatient stays among those aged 75 years and older.
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Cancer, heart disease increase MRSA mortality
Despite advancement in antimicrobial treatment, MRSA mortality rates have changed little in 9 years.
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Noninvasive therapy cut COPD readmissions
WASHINGTON – Noninvasive ventilation therapy may let patients concerned with readmission breathe easy.
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VIDEO: Software predicts septic shock in hospitalized patients
Algorithm will have a moderate level of sensitivity to avoid “alert fatigue.”
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Speedy sepsis care slows in-hospital mortality
WASHINGTON – Sepsis and septic shock patients treated within 3 hours had lower in-hospital mortality rates than those treated between hours 3 and...
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Oral iron of no benefit in heart failure with iron deficiency
High-dose oral iron therapy doesn’t improve exercise capacity in the estimated 50% of patients with symptomatic heart failure who also have iron...
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Consider strongyloidiasis before giving oral steroids
Strongyloides stercoralis infection can flare dramatically when patients take oral steroids.
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Adjunctive rifampicin doesn’t improve any outcome in S. aureus bacteremia
Staphylococcus aureus