October 15, 2025
Mortality from a different kind of PE
U.S. hospitals might be seeing more ED deaths associated with a PE that's increasingly prominent in health care: private equity.
CPAP and BiPAP devices recalled
The FDA also announced plans to change the label on acetaminophen, among other actions.
Scores compared for predicting inpatient mortality in older medicine patients
A frailty score based on lab findings was a stronger predictor of inpatient mortality than one using hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet levels, but both scores were associated with length of stay and likelihood of discharge to home in a retrospective Japanese study.
Pneumonia mortality in high-risk patients no lower with broad-spectrum antibiotics than narrow
In a retrospective analysis of Japanese patients who lived in nursing homes or required home care, 30-day in-hospital mortality rates from pneumonia were similar whether they received broad- or narrow-spectrum antibiotics, including in a subgroup with additional risk factors for resistance.
Many patients are not informed about post-intensive care syndrome
Only 16.6% of former ICU patients in a U.S. survey remembered “post-intensive care syndrome” ever being mentioned to them, and 58.2% agreed that they wished they had had more conversations about recovery from critical illness before leaving the ICU.
Fluid management by hydration status may improve some outcomes in sepsis patients
In patients in South Korea with hyperosmolar dehydration at sepsis onset, initial liberal fluid management was associated with improved lactate levels without worsening Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score but no change in 30-day mortality risk.
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