Archive for the ‘Infectious Diseases’ Category
Use of Procalcitonin to Reduce Patients’ Exposure to Antibiotics in Intensive Care Units (PRORATA trial): A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Posted by: admin on: October 14, 2011
Background. Inappropriate use of antibiotics in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with antimicrobial resistance, which can affect patient outcomes. Procalcitonin, a calcitonin precursor hormone, is a specific marker for bacterial infection in patients with sepsis. The objective of the study was to determine whether an algorithm derived from the biomarker procalcitonin is effective […]
Gonorrhea increasing among adolescents
Posted by: admin on: September 23, 2011
Summer, sun, and unprotected sex. This seems to be the melody for many adolescents in Stockholm, since sexually transmitted diseases always increases during this time of the year. New statistics show that Chlamydia and syphilis remains at the same level, while gonorrhea is increasing. -Team@CMHF
New Guidelines to Prevent Bloodstream Infections
Posted by: admin on: August 4, 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) issue updated steps or guidelines to eliminate bloodstream infection in patients with intravenous catheters. The document, titled “Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections” will be published in its entirety in a special supplement to the American Journal […]
Intensive care unit (ICU) infections can lengthen hospital stays
Posted by: admin on: July 5, 2011
More than half of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide are suffering from infections, which lengthen their hospital stays and increase their mortality rate, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, basic practices for prevention of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in […]
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