Converge Coverage Archives - Page 90 of 105

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Abnormal potassium plus suspected ACS spell trouble
October 21, 2017
BARCELONA – “If you have a patient in the emergency department with a possible ACS and potassium imbalance, you should really be cautious.”
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MI, stroke risk from HFrEF surpasses HFpEF
October 17, 2017
DALLAS – Events go up as ejection fraction declines.
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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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Thirty-one percent of multidrug-resistant infections were community acquired
October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Community-acquired multidrug-resistant infections included MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and gram-negative infections.
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Wait at least 2 days to replace central venous catheters in patients with candidemia
October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – It likely will reduce 30-day mortality.
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Steroids underused in bacterial meningitis despite low risk
October 14, 2017
SAN DIEGO – When used, they are being used later than is recommended.
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Negative nasal swabs reliably predicted no MRSA infection
October 13, 2017
SAN DIEGO – But physicians often prescribed vancomycin anyway, accumulating potentially avoidable treatment days.
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VA study finds high MRSA infection risk among those colonized with the bacterium
October 13, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Patients colonized with MRSA are at high risk of MRSA infection both in the predischarge and postdischarge time periods, results from an 8-year VA study showed.
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VIDEO: Intermittent furosemide during acute HFpEF favors kidneys
October 12, 2017
DALLAS – Bolus treatment cut creatinine increases by two-thirds.
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BP accuracy is the ghost in the machine
October 7, 2017
When it comes to measuring a patient’s blood pressure, “we do it wrong.”