June 4, 2025
Tackling transfers
Researchers and clinicians are working to optimize the use of transfers and avoid unnecessary relocation of patients.
Body of evidence
The long-ago discoveries of Frederic Lewy are still influencing care.
New guidelines on platelet transfusions support restrictive strategies for many patients
The Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies and the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines updated their recommendations for 2025.
High inpatient mortality rate, disparities in incidence with candidemia in recent years
Bloodstream infections from Candida species were consistently more common in patients who were ages 65 years or older and in Black patients, and more than 60% of these infections occurred when a patient had a central line, according to CDC data from 2017 to 2021.
Cognitive outcomes similar between perioperative blood pressure strategies
A randomized controlled trial compared the effect of hypotension avoidance versus hypertension avoidance on delirium and one-year cognitive decline after noncardiac surgery.
Hybrid HaH model found to be safe alternative to traditional inpatient care
Rates of 30-day all-cause mortality and unplanned readmissions were similar in patients assigned to a virtual hybrid hospital at home (HaH) program and those assigned to brick-and-mortar hospital care, with higher patient comfort in the former group, according to a randomized trial.
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