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Majority of influenza-related deaths among hospitalized patients occur after discharge
January 2, 2018
SAN DIEGO – More than 50% of hospitalized patients who died after a diagnosis of influenza expired within 30 days of hospital discharge.
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
December 8, 2017
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
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ARDS incidence is declining. Is it a preventable syndrome?
November 13, 2017
TORONTO – Improvements in hospital practices may be the key to success.
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IGRA preferred test for latent TB diagnosis
November 2, 2017
Only one-third of physician respondents to a survey knew that the T-SPOT.TB test had the highest sensitivity for identifying those with latent TB infection.
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VIDEO: Balanced crystalloids protect kidney better than saline
November 1, 2017
TORONTO – Vanderbilt University Medical Center is transitioning from primarily using saline to balanced crystalloid IV fluids to prevent adverse renal events in hospitalized patients.
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Caprini score is not a good predictor of PE in patients with DVT
October 25, 2017
Commonly used model failed to predict pulmonary embolism in patients with DVT.
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Ideal intubation position still unknown
October 17, 2017
For an endotracheal intubation, the sniffing position may be a better choice than the ramped position, a new study suggests.
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CDC data show decline in some hospital-acquired infections
October 16, 2017
SAN DIEGO - Reduced use of urinary catheters and central lines appears to be having an effect in controlling some HAIs.
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With inpatient flu shots, providers’ attitude problem may outweigh parents’
September 22, 2017
Providers need to learn more about barriers to inpatient influenza vaccination.
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Statins linked to lower death rates in COPD
September 19, 2017
Researchers explore whether COPD progression results from systemic inflammation.
