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IV-to-oral antibiotics can benefit patients with MRSA bloodstream infection
May 7, 2020
Is sequential IV-to-oral antibiotic therapy as effective as outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in patients with MRSA BSI?
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Don’t delay antibiotic treatment in elderly patients with UTI
May 6, 2020
Is there an association between delayed antibiotic treatment and adverse outcomes in elderly patients with suspected or confirmed urinary tract infections (UTIs)?
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Pandemic effect: All other health care visits can wait
May 5, 2020
Survey shows that most adults are unlikely to seek treatments not related to COVID-19.
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Sepsis patients with hypothermia face greater mortality risk
May 5, 2020
Is lower body temperature associated with lower rates of sepsis bundle implementation, sicker patients, and poorer outcomes?
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Adding mechanical to pharma prophylaxis does not cut DVT incidence
May 4, 2020
Does adding mechanical prophylaxis to pharmacological prophylaxis lower the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)?
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CMS hikes telephone visit payments during pandemic
May 1, 2020
Physician groups praised the move to increase payments for telephone visits.
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Primary care physicians reshuffle their work, lives in a pandemic
May 1, 2020
“Our knowledge of this disease is five steps behind, and changing at lightning speed,” said Dr. MaryAnn Dakkak.
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Continuity rules
May 1, 2020
Hospital medicine outcomes are often hampered by suboptimal continuity of care.
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New tetracycline antibiotic effective in acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections
May 1, 2020
Is omadacycline, a new tetracycline-class antibiotic, as effective as linezolid in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections?
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POPCoRN network mobilizes pediatric capacity during pandemic
April 30, 2020
The Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network has worked like medical crowd sourcing.
