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Machine learning–derived risk score predicts heart failure risk in diabetes patients
September 22, 2019
Highest WATCH-DM scores linked to 5-year heart failure risk approaching 20%.
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Statins may do double duty as antidepressants
September 10, 2019
COPENHAGEN – Mounting evidence suggests antidepressant efficacy for statins in immunometabolic-related depression.
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Wrong cuff size throws off pediatric BP by 5 mm Hg
September 7, 2019
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.
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HFNC 12 L/min on floor cuts down on bronchiolitis ICU transfers
September 2, 2019
Switching from 6 L/min makes a difference.
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POP AGE shakes up DAPT in elderly
September 1, 2019
PARIS – Clopidogrel hailed as P2Y12 inhibitor of choice in older patients with non-ST-elevation ACS.
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Use hospital MRSA rates to guide pediatric osteomyelitis treatment
August 28, 2019
SEATTLE – If your hospital MRSA rate is less than 10%, cefazolin is a reasonable empiric choice for acute pediatric hematogenous osteomyelitis.
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CPAP safety for infants with bronchiolitis on the general pediatrics floor
August 26, 2019
SEATTLE – “Very, very few” hospitals do bronchiolitis CPAP outside of the ICU.
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FUO, pneumonia often distinguishes influenza from RSV in hospitalized young children
August 22, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “These findings open new possibilities for antimicrobial stewardship in these groups of virally infected children.” Dr. Cihan Papan.
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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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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.
