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Opinion
Am I still a hospitalist?
August 20, 2019
Hospital medicine and health care delivery systems should drive change in a coordinated, collaborative partnership.
News
New biomarker model outmatches conventional risk factors for predicting mortality
August 20, 2019
Although the majority of these biomarkers have been associated with mortality before, this is the first study that shows their independent effect when combined into one model.
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News
FDA approves Xenleta for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia treatment
August 20, 2019
The approval was based on results from two trials with a total of 1,289 patients.
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News
Short-term parenteral antibiotics effective for bacteremic UTI in young infants
August 20, 2019
No significant differences in urinary tract infection recurrence or hospital reutilization between short- and long-term parenteral antibiotic groups.
News
Post-TAVR anticoagulation alone fails to cut stroke risk in AFib
August 19, 2019
By contrast, antiplatelet therapy linked to reduced risk of stroke, whether or not oral anticoagulation was used in this PARTNER II substudy.
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Differential monocytic HLA-DR expression prognostically useful in PICU
August 19, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – European pediatric “study of the year” paves way for novel sepsis immunotherapies.
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News
To be, or not to be … on backup?
August 19, 2019
A staffing backup system is a necessary tool for almost every practice.
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News
Presepsin can rule out invasive bacterial infection in infants
August 16, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Novel test addresses unmet need for biomarker for invasive bacterial infection.
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‘Substantial burden’ of enterovirus meningitis in young infants
August 16, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “Not a single one of the patients with enterovirus/human parechovirus meningitis had a secondary bacterial infection – and that has important implications for management of our antibiotic stewardship programs,” said Dr. Seilesh Kadambari.
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Social determinants of health gaining prominence
August 16, 2019
Training to recognize patients’ social determinants of health – factors such as income, living and working conditions, and access to healthy food and transportation – is gaining traction.
