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The case is typical. the patient had a hip replacement eight years ago and, over the past six months, the hip has begun to hurt, walking is impaired, and the patient is becoming less mobile. The hip must be replaced. But is it infected?
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In January 2009, the publication of an updated vancomycin monitoring guideline1 gave clinicians a set of recommendations on: 1) timing of monitoring, 2) optimal trough concentration, 3) dosing to achieve optimal trough concentrations, 4) loading doses for complicated infections, 5) criteria for monitoring, and 6) frequency of monitoring.
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In this issue: Tamoxifen and CYP2D6 inhibitors, FDA Actions, and FDA
Warnings.
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HOPS is an ongoing prospective, observational cohort study of HIV-infected patients at 10 participating HIV clinics in the United States. A total of 2,699 patients with HIV RNA > 1,000 copies/uL were seen from 1999-2005. Demographic characteristics, clinical factors, and GPT use were correlated with all-cause mortality.
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In order to reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in intensive care units, Northwestern Memorial Hospital implemented patient care bundles in all ICUs in August 2005.
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Neuropsychiatric side effects and sleep disturbances are among the more prominent and limiting features of efavirenz (EFV) therapy for HIV infection.
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In an case that sets an ominous tone for the resurging pandemic, a healthy 51-year-old oncology nurse who worked in Carmichael, CA, recently died of a coinfection with H1N1 influenza A and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (MRSA).
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A New York mandate that health care workers receive seasonal flu shots may drive nurses from the profession even as that state faces a nursing shortage, said Eileen Avery, MS, RN, associate director of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA).
