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30% of Outpatient Antibiotics Unnecessary
We often hear of inappropriate antibiotic use, including the wrong drug for the bug, the wrong duration of therapy, and the failure to scale down from a broad spectrum drug once the etiology of an infection is determined. But what if you took almost a third of your drug formulary and hurled it out the window, where it will do nothing except help kill off susceptible bacteria in the environment and select out resistant strains?
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Dolan Takes Helm as APIC Meets in Charlotte
As APIC assembles thousands of infection preventionists in Charlotte, NC June 11-13 for its annual conference, an IP with 20 years experience in the rapidly changing field will deliver the 2016 presidential address.
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Breakthrough Against the C. diff Infections Curse?
A Canadian study produces stunning results on what is arguably the greatest infection threat to patient safety.
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Cardiovascular Events Associated with Masked Hypertension and White-coat Hypertension
Analysis from the Dallas Heart Study consisting of 3027 adults revealed that both white-coat hypertension and masked hypertension were independently associated with increased cardiovascular events, and, therefore, home blood pressure monitoring is recommended for U.S. adults, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic.
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ICH May Clinically Mimic TIA
In a large retrospective review of 2137 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, 34 had transient symptoms that could have been misclassified as “transient ischemic attack” if brain imaging had not been performed.
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Is Anticoagulant Bridging Needed in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Going to Surgery?
In patients with atrial fibrillation who had warfarin treatment interrupted for an elective operation or other elective invasive procedure, forgoing bridging anticoagulation was not inferior to perioperative bridging with low molecular weight heparin for the prevention of arterial thromboembolism and decreased the risk of major bleeding.
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Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Management — You Can’t Go Wrong
Rate control and rhythm control strategies for cardiac surgery patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation lead to similar hospital durations, similar complication rates, and similar very low rates of atrial fibrillation at 60-day follow-up.
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One Quarter of General Medicine Readmissions May Be Preventable
The major concept behind the effort to reduce 30-day readmission rates is the impression that some readmissions are preventable and some are not preventable.
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No Liability for Spine Stabilization Surgery Without Intraop Neurophysiological Monitoring
In 2012, a 52-year-old woman was in an automobile collision and was taken to a hospital. A CT scan indicated that the patient suffered serious injuries, which included three spinal fractures, three fractured ribs, bruises to her brain, air in her cervical spine, and fluid around her lungs.
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Treating Physician Did Not Violate Standard of Care for Failure to Treat Brain Swelling, Jury Finds
A 12-year-old girl was taken by ambulance to a hospital. She exhibited symptoms of hyperglycemia, abnormal respiration, and an accelerated heart rate. The physician in the emergency department treated her with insulin. Ten minutes later, the physician noted that the patient had acidemia (significant amounts of acid in the blood).