Critical Care
Commentary
Striking the balance: Who should be screened for CP-CRE acquisition?
Identifying which patients are at high risk of acquiring carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is important to prevent further...
Article
Clinicians call for expanded pulmonary palliative care
From the Journals
Steroids could reduce death rate for TB patients with acute respiratory failure
Tuberculosis patients admitted to intensive care units with acute respiratory failure had significantly better survival at 90 days after treatment...
Conference Coverage
Sarcopenia an effective measure of frailty in elderly patients
Sarcopenia is an independent predictor of 1-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, results from a single-...
Conference Coverage
ACS should make firearm injury prevention a priority, COT member survey says
Nearly 90% of American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma members of believe that the American College of Surgeons should give the highest or...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA gives orphan drug designation to BIV201 for ascites treatment
News
FDA: New labeling warns against combining opioids, benzodiazepines
Prescription opioid pain or cough medicines and benzodiazepines will now carry the strongest available warning regarding serious side effects and...
News
In septic shock, vasopressin not better than norepinephrine
Vasopressin didn’t perform better than norepinephrine in preventing kidney failure when used as a first-line treatment for septic shock.
News
Candida colonization raises risk of Acinetobacter-based VAP
Key clinical point: Candida species colonization was an independent risk factor for ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter...
News
New IDSA aspergillosis guidelines endorse galactomannan for diagnosis
News
Blood Aspergillus RNA a promising biomarker for invasive aspergillosis
Key clinical point: Elevated Aspergillus RNA blood levels during the first 4-6 weeks of antifungal treatment predicts poor response at week 12....