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End-of-life advice: More than 500,000 chat on Medicare’s dime
The 90-year-old woman in the San Diego–area nursing home was quite clear, said Karl Steinberg, MD. She didn’t want aggressive measures to prolong...
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Small study advances noninvasive ICP monitoring
A new device noninvasively measures intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Pediatric version of SOFA effective
Researchers use new Sequential Organ Failure Assessment algorithm to predict death in critically ill children.
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Acute liver failure in the ED
Emergency physicians are often on the front line in deciding about a transplant – and there are tools to guide them
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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.”