Infectious Diseases
News
CDC warns of hepatitis A outbreaks in injection drug users
Gap in vaccine availability now has been solved.
News
Hospital-acquired conditions drop 8% since 2014, saving 8,000 lives and $3 billion
The largest improvements occurred in central line–associated bloodstream infections (down 31% from 2014).
News
CDC concerned about multidrug-resistant Shigella
if clinicians need to use antibiotics to treat patients who have Shigella infections, they should monitor these patients carefully.
News
Trio of blood biomarkers elevated in children with LRTIs
TORONTO - Proadrenomedullin is most strongly associated with disease severity in children with lower respiratory tract infections.
News
Many hospitals had no mandatory flu vaccine requirements in 2017
Many VA and non-VA hospitals still do not have mandatory influenza vaccination requirements for health care personnel.
News
Severity of sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality
This study outlines a simplified classification scheme for coagulopathy with implications that are potentially “profound.”
HM18
Antibiotic stewardship in sepsis
Antibiotic use is the most important modifiable factor related to development of antibiotic resistance.
News
Simple tool improves inpatient influenza vaccination rates
TORONTO – The influenza rate could have been improved by an additional 22% had 77% of patients not refused vaccination.
Clinical
Teaching hospitals order more lab testing for certain conditions
Is there a difference in the ordering of laboratory tests between teaching and nonteaching hospitals?
Opinion
Kawasaki disease: New info to enhance our index of suspicion
Now the seasonality trends appear blurred in the youngest cases and the male predominance is blurred in the oldest cases.