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Previously healthy patients hospitalized for sepsis show increased mortality
November 5, 2019
WASHINGTON – U.S. patients hospitalized with community-acquired sepsis had higher mortality when they had no other comorbidities.
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Readmission for COPD exacerbation upped in-hospital mortality risk
October 25, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – Reduction of readmission rates has potential to improve health and economic outcomes, according to researchers.
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Vitamin C–based regimens in sepsis plausible, need more data, expert says
October 22, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – Results from the randomized, phase 3 VICTAS study, anticipated in the coming months, may shed light on the clinical role of this adjunctive strategy.
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In-hospital flu shot reduced readmissions in pneumonia patients
October 22, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – In-hospital influenza vaccination linked to lower readmission rates in database analysis.
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Early palliative care consult decreases in-hospital mortality
October 21, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – More discharges to hospice, and more health care surrogates chosen, when palliative care consultation occurs within 24 hours of ICU admission
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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
October 21, 2019
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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Minimize blood pressure peaks, variability after stroke reperfusion
October 15, 2019
ST. LOUIS – Controlling blood pressure variability improves outcomes after stroke.
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MRI saves money, better than CT in acute stroke
October 14, 2019
ST. LOUIS – The annual savings from skipping CT in favor of MRI for patients with suspected stroke would offset the cost of round-the-clock MRI staffing.
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Automated ventilation outperformed nurses in post-op cardiac care
October 13, 2019
MADRID – Automated mechanical ventilation keeps post-op patients in safe breathing zones better than nurses.
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Opinion
IDWeek examined hot topics in the clinical treatment of infectious diseases
October 6, 2019
WASHINGTON – Identifying diseases using cell-free microbial DNA from plasma and next-generation DNA sequencing are some of the hot topics in ID diagnosis and treatment.
