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This report details the occurrence of an infected, cellulitic lower extremity wound infection in a 70-year-old British woman secondary to an unusual Vibrio species, V. alginolyticus.
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A total of 32 infants younger than age 3 months with pertussis hospitalized at a large childrens hospital in Southern California were compared to 92 control patients hospitalized with RSV or influenza virus infections.
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Failed extubation is more likely to occur in elderly patients with underlying chronic cardiac or pulmonary disease, and patients in whom it occurs have substantially worse clinical outcomes than those who do not require reintubation.
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Adding gabapentin to valacyclovir early in the treatment of acute herpes zoster may reduce the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia.
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While 16% of patients with candidemia had possible or probable ocular involvement, only 6 of 370 (1.6%) developed endophthalmitis.
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This report is from the ARISTOTLE trial, which was just reported at the recent European Society of Cardiology meeting in Paris.
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Perioperative cardiac events are the leading cause of surgical mortality.
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The decode data (diabetes epidemiology Collaborative Analysis of Diagnostic Criteria in Europe) indicated that all-cause mortality, as well as cardiovascular (CV) events, were better predicted by postprandial glucose (PPG) than fasting blood glucose (FPG).
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The lead II rhythm strip shown above was obtained from a woman with new-onset palpitations. How would you interpret this tracing? How certain are you of your answer? Clinically what would you do?
