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What’s new in pediatric sepsis
June 26, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Don’t obsess about “Golden Hour” for delivering sepsis treatment bundle, expert advises.
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Repeated qSOFA measurements better predict in-hospital mortality from sepsis
June 26, 2019
Do repeated quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) measurements improve predictive validity for sepsis using in-hospital mortality, compared with a single qSOFA measurement at the time a clinician first suspects infection?
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What drives intensification of antihypertensive therapy at discharge?
June 25, 2019
Are decisions to intensify antihypertensive medication regimens appropriate in older hospitalized adults?
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Opioid use curbed with patient education and lower prescription quantities
June 25, 2019
Postsurgery patients given education on opioids and prescribed fewer tablets took less medication.
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Penicillin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae most common cause of bacteremic CAP
June 24, 2019
Narrow-spectrum aminopenicillins should be used specifically to treat children hospitalized from suspected bacterial CAP.
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New single-dose influenza therapy effective among outpatients
June 24, 2019
Is baloxavir marboxil, a selective inhibitor of influenza cap-dependent endonuclease, a safe and effective treatment for acute uncomplicated influenza?
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No Pip/Tazo for patients with ESBL blood stream infections
June 21, 2019
Can piperacillin/tazobactam be used as a “carbapenem sparing” alternative in patients with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae blood stream infections?
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HM19: Sepsis care update
June 19, 2019
Best practices and guidelines for the care of patients with sepsis and septic shock continue to evolve.
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Abuse rate of gabapentin, pregabalin far below that of opioids
June 19, 2019
SAN ANTONIO – “Both gabapentin and pregabalin are abused but at rates that are 6-56 times less frequent than for opioid analgesics,” wrote Dr. Kofi Asomaning.
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Adjuvant corticosteroids in hospitalized patients with CAP
June 18, 2019
The benefit of adjuvant corticosteroids is most clear in hospitalized patients with severe CAP.
