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Sepsis News

Dialysis Bloodstream Infections Higher With Central Lines Among most US outpatient dialysis centers, bloodstream infections were highest with central lines. This supports the 'Catheter Last' campaign; experts call for improved data quality.
Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2017
Gaps Remain in Recommended Vaccines for Older Americans New data suggest room for improvement in influenza, pneumococcal, tetanus, and shingles vaccine coverage among adults aged 65 and older.
Medscape Medical News, June 28, 2017

Pediatric Sepsis ID Improves With Electronic Alert
Medscape Medical News, June 20, 2017
Time to Revisit Routine Empirical Antibiotics for Newborns at Sepsis Risk: Researchers
Reuters Health Information, June 9, 2017
Standard Tool, Clinical Suspicion Fail to Spot Bacterial Infections in Infants
Reuters Health Information, June 7, 2017
Acute Kidney Injury Often Unnoticed Among Inpatients
Medscape Medical News, June 1, 2017

Sepsis Perspective

Drug Shortages and Septic Shock: Not a Good Mix According to a new study, patients with septic shock had worse outcomes during the 2011 norepinephrine shortage.
Medscape Critical Care, June 28, 2017
Candida auris: Emerging, Frequently Resistant, and Often Deadly Given frequent multidrug resistance, what drug therapy is appropriate for treating Candida auris?
Medscape Pharmacists, May 17, 2017

Sepsis Guidelines and Antibiotics: Going a Bit Too Far?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2017
Does This Patient Really Need a Course of Steroids?
Medscape Internal Medicine, April 28, 2017
Managing Upper GI Bleeding Due to Portal Hypertension
Medscape Gastroenterology, April 27, 2017
Which Score to Use When Screening for Sepsis on the Wards
Medscape Critical Care, April 21, 2017

Journals

Enzymatic Debridement of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Wounds, July 10, 2017
ALK-positive Anaplastic LCL in a Patient With TB
Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 10, 2017
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis
Heart, July 5, 2017
Infections Acquired During Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 5, 2017
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
BJA Education, July 3, 2017

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