August 28, 2024
Retrenching against resistance
An infectious diseases expert weighs in on CDC statistics showing a worrisome trend in hospital-associated drug-resistant infections.
Updated COVID-19 vaccines approved
The FDA also authorized marketing of a molecular-based assay to detect colonization with Candida auris, among other recent actions.
Many in-hospital deaths from nonventilator HAP may not be preventable
Only approximately one in five cases of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and approximately one in 12 related deaths were considered potentially preventable based on a review of medical records at four U.S. hospitals.
Hospitals' uptake of recommended interventions to reduce diagnostic errors relatively low
Ensuring access to medical interpreters and radiologists was common, while convening a multidisciplinary team focused on diagnostic safety and quality and training clinicians to optimize clinical reasoning in the diagnostic process were among the least commonly implemented practices.
Moderate IV fluid resuscitation associated with less sepsis mortality
An industry-funded analysis of ICU patients admitted with sepsis and septic shock found that those who received a moderate amount of IV fluid on day 1 had a 2.5% reduction in mortality compared with those treated with very low or very high amounts of fluid.
New appropriate use criteria offer framework for preop cardiac testing
The American College of Cardiology and other cardiology societies released a framework to guide the use of imaging in cardiovascular evaluation of patients undergoing nonemergent, noncardiac surgery.
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