The number of people in the United States age 65 and older has grown from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010, a 15% increase. This number is expected to be about 55 million by 2020, a 36% increase for the coming decade.1
Infectious diseases account for a significant percentage of emergency department (ED) visits each year and are frequent sources of litigation.
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Supplement to Clinical Cardiology Alert, Clinical Oncology Alert, Critical Care Alert, Hospital Medicine Alert, Infectious Disease Alert, Neurology Alert, OB/GYN Clinical Alert, Primary Care Reports.
This large, multicenter, quality improvement project showed a dramatic reduction in mortality among patients with severe sepsis or septic shock after implementation of a sepsis treatment bundle.
