Infectious Diseases
Clinical
Underlying peripheral arterial or venous disease in patients with lower extremity SSTIs
Hospitalists are in a unique position to identify patients with underlying peripheral arterial and venous disease when they are admitted for lower...
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Ensuring a smooth data collection process
A quality improvement project provides a med student with an excellent opportunity to improve his clinical skills.
Clinical
Pediatric acute appendicitis: Is it time for nonoperative treatment (NOT)?
Nonoperative treatment may be a reasonable alternative to standard surgical management for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children.
Clinical
Antibiotics after incision and drainage for simple abscesses improves outcomes
Clinical question: Does antibiotic administration after incision and drainage of simple abscesses improve cure rates?
News
Public health hazard: Bring your flu to work day
Many physicians and pharmacists report working while having influenza-like illness.
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IGRA preferred test for latent TB diagnosis
Only one-third of physician respondents to a survey knew that the T-SPOT.TB test had the highest sensitivity for identifying those with latent TB...
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Coordinating data collection in a QI project
Conducting a successful quality improvement project requires one to be forward-looking.
News
Some measures to control HAI sound better than they perform
SAN DIEGO – A panel at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress weighed in on the value of a variety or measures available to control...
Clinical
When do patients with SSTIs require hospital admission and IV antibiotics?
Skin and soft tissue infections encompass a wide variety of clinical presentations and severity, and can be mimicked by a number of noninfectious...
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Sepsis response team does not improve mortality/organ dysfunction
A sepsis response team did not have a positive effect on mortality or organ dysfunction in septic patients, compared with standard treatment by a...