Clinical
News
Hospital-acquired C. diff. tied to four ‘high-risk’ antibiotic classes
High-risk antibiotics included second-, third-, and fourth-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and lincosamides.
Clinical
Short Takes
In The Literature's Short Takes
News
Drug doses for heart failure could possibly be halved for women
Clinical
Consider triple therapy for the management of COPD
Does triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) result in lower rates of COPD exacerbations when compared with dual therapy...
News
Older IBD patients are most at risk of postdischarge VTE
Readmission for venous thromboembolism in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases most often occurs within 60 days of discharge.
News
Statins may do double duty as antidepressants
COPENHAGEN – Mounting evidence suggests antidepressant efficacy for statins in immunometabolic-related depression.
Clinical
Exercise intervention reverses functional decline in elderly patients during acute hospitalization
Can an individualized, multicomponent exercise program help reverse functional and cognitive decline in acutely hospitalized, elderly patients?
Clinical
ARNIs effective for acute decompensated heart failure
In patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), is an angiotensin receptor–neprilysin...
News
Wrong cuff size throws off pediatric BP by 5 mm Hg
NEW ORLEANS – The study helps inform the use of a cuff that’s too big or too small when the correct sized cuff is unavailable.
Clinical
Health care–associated infection rates going down
Have targeted quality improvement measures led to an improvement in the prevalence of health care–associated infections (HAIs)?