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Malnourished U.S. inpatients often go untreated
June 10, 2018
Malnourishment is seldom flagged or treated in patients admitted to the hospital.
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Trio of blood biomarkers elevated in children with LRTIs
June 4, 2018
TORONTO - Proadrenomedullin is most strongly associated with disease severity in children with lower respiratory tract infections.
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Neonatal deaths lower in high-volume hospitals
June 1, 2018
AUSTIN, TEX. – Researchers examined the association between the risk of neonatal mortality and the day of the week of the birth.
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Rethinking preop testing
June 1, 2018
ORLANDO – Think twice before ordering that preoperative test, experts say.
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Antibiotic stewardship in sepsis
May 31, 2018
Antibiotic use is the most important modifiable factor related to development of antibiotic resistance.
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Simple tool improves inpatient influenza vaccination rates
May 31, 2018
TORONTO – The influenza rate could have been improved by an additional 22% had 77% of patients not refused vaccination.
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Simple bedside tool effectively detected sepsis in the ED
May 30, 2018
An innovative measurement was successful in detecting sepsis.
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Peer mentorship, groups help combat burnout in female physicians
May 29, 2018
NEW YORK – Female physicians are at higher risk of burnout in part because of lingering implicit and unconscious biases in society and the workplace.
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MDR Candida auris is on the move
May 24, 2018
MADRID - C. auris made its first appearance in Spain 2 years ago, and infection control specialists are still struggling to eradicate it.
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In-hospital mortality predictors eyed in pneumonia patient subset
May 22, 2018
About one in four intubated or mechanically ventilated patients with gram-negative pneumonia die during hospitalization, results from a large retrospective cohort study found.
