Increasing sepsis survivorship creates new challenges
AT CCC47 SAN ANTONIO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – An upward trend in sepsis survivorship drove increases in sepsis survivors at risk for readmission and returns of these patients to the hospital via the...
View ArticleStudy finds AD accounts for hundreds of thousands of annual ED visits
REPORTING FROM AAD 18 SAN DIEGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – A new study finds that primary diagnoses of atopic dermatitis (AD) are made hundreds of thousands of times in United States emergency...
View ArticlePrehospital antibiotics improved some aspects of sepsis care
REPORTING FROM CCC47 SAN ANTONIO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Training EMS personnel in early recognition of sepsis improved some aspects of care within the acute care chain, but did not reduce...
View ArticleALT-70 score outperformed thermal imaging for cellulitis diagnosis
REPORTING FROM AAD 18 SAN DIEGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – A simple scoring system surpassed thermal imaging for diagnosing lower extremity cellulitis in a head-to-head, single-center comparison in 67...
View ArticleHaloperidol does not prevent delirium in ICU patients
FROM JAMA Prophylactic haloperidol did not prevent delirium or improve survival in a placebo-controlled trial of 1,789 critically ill adults at 21 ICUs in the Netherlands. Haloperidol is used routinely...
View ArticleDeath rate steady with pediatric early warning system
REPORTING FROM CCC47 SAN ANTONIO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Use of a pediatric early warning system reduced the incidence of late ICU admissions among hospitalized pediatric patients, but did not...
View ArticleCIRCI guidelines explained
EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM THE CCC47 SAN ANTONIO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – When corticosteroids are used for septic shock, the dose should be low to moderate, the timing should be early, and the duration...
View ArticlePeanut is most prevalent culprit in anaphylaxis PICU admits
REPORTING FROM AAAAI/WAO JOINT CONGRESS ORLANDO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Food was found to be the most commonly identified trigger, with peanuts the most prevalent food cause, in what researchers say...
View ArticleTransporting stroke patients directly to thrombectomy boosts outcomes
REPORTING FROM ISC 2018 LOS ANGELES (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Evidence continues to mount that in the new era of thrombectomy treatment for selected acute ischemic stroke patients outcomes are better...
View ArticleFollow-up care for pediatric concussions not heeded in Ontario
FROM THE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS Despite the rise in pediatric concussions, two-thirds of these youth do not return for recommended follow-up care in Ontario, reported Liraz Fridman, PhD, of York...
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